In response to a challenge brought by legal charity the
Public Law Partnership, the High Court has ruled that Government changes, which
would have left homeless families without help, have been ruled ‘unauthorised,
discriminatory and impossible to justify’. Regulations introducing a residence
test for civil Legal Aid were aimed at preventing those who could not prove
that they had been lawfully resident in the UK from receiving Legal Aid. The test would withhold Legal Aid from
recent, lawful migrants and irregular migrants.
It would also catch British nationals, including children, born and
living abroad, along with people unable to prove past residence, including
women fleeing domestic violence, victims of trafficking and families with
pre-school age children. Read more on the Shelter website.
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