Thinking you need money you don’t have is one of the biggest things that stops women from even looking into their options. Here’s the honest picture on legal aid, what it covers, and what it doesn’t.
If you believe you’re being abused, or you’re worried that what’s happening in your relationship might be abuse, in England and Wales, you have real legal options, more than most people realise.
If you’ve searched this, you don’t need convincing that something is wrong. You need to know what’s actually available to you, in practical terms, in England and Wales, right now. This is that information.
In 2010, there were 2,401 firms providing family law legal aid across England and Wales. By 2020 that number had fallen to 1,254. Today, almost 40 per cent of the population lives in an area with no housing legal aid provider. The Law Society calls them legal aid deserts. They are gaps in the map…