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Following judgment in
R (on the application of GR) v Director of Legal Aid Casework & Anor [2020] EWHC 3140 (Admin), victims of domestic abuse who jointly own property with their abuser must not be automatically denied legal aid on the grounds of capital that is in practice trapped . The court found the Legal Aid Agency has discretion over whether legal aid should be granted in these cases.  This strategic litigation was brought by Public Law Project (PLP) supported by the Law Society
Supreme Court declines to hear transgender man s appeal to be registered as father
The SC has declined to hear a case in which a transgender man who had given birth to a son sought judicial review of the decision that he had to be registered on the birth certificate of the son as his mother .  Alfred McConnell is a transgender man and holder of a gender recognition certificate, who gave birth to a son, YY. The Registrar General for England and Wales decided that Mr McConne ....

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