Petition · past parliament
End public funding for law firms who hound our soldiers for profit.
Rejected
16 signatures
What the petition asks
British troops facing prosecution for alleged crimes have to pay their own legal costs while lawyers pursuing them get funded by the taxpayer.
Please sign the petition if you think this is wrong.
Please sign the petition if you think this is wrong.
Why it was rejected
It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.
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You could start a new petition calling for specific changes to be made to the rules on entitlement to legal aid, if that's what you would like to happen.
Timeline
| 23 Sep 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 29 Sep 2016 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
16
Status
Rejected
Rejected
29 Sep 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.