Eliminate the discriminatory way of awarding legal aid on family related issues.

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

The fees with the solicitors can easily mount up to 20K pounds in the court proceedings in familily related matters which is totally prohibitive for a UK medium wage of 38K pounds a year. On the other hand, if the other part is not in employment and claiming benefits is entitled to free legal aid.

Modify the legislation to eliminate this discrimination in the way of awarding free court legal aid support on family related issues which are based on the person and should be awarded based on the case.
This type of case related legal aid procedure is already followed in the mediation phase so this can be extended to the court proceedings.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for a similar action: Make legal aid available to all parents in family court cases

Timeline

3 Jun 2021	Petition opened for signatures
9 Jun 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18

Status Rejected

Rejected 9 Jun 2021

Follow this petition