Petition · past parliament
Stop UK tax payers money funding lawyers against Service personnel or Veterans
Rejected
16 signatures
What the petition asks
Why should we as UK tax payers fund private law firms? They have created their own market and are in no rush to bring any cases to court, whilst this is being dragged out people who are trying to move on with their lives can't.
If they were self funded they would only take on cases they thought they could win, most of these spurious cases would be dropped overnight.
They make huge profits so why are we paying for them to persecute our own Service personnel and Veterans
They make huge profits so why are we paying for them to persecute our own Service personnel and Veterans
Why it was rejected
It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.
As we understand it, the Government does not directly fund private law firms.
If you would like the criteria for eligibility for legal aid to be changed, you could start a new petition asking for that.
If you would like the criteria for eligibility for legal aid to be changed, you could start a new petition asking for that.
Timeline
| 15 Jan 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 19 Feb 2016 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
16
Status
Rejected
Rejected
19 Feb 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.