Divorce and separation are never easy, but they could be about to get a lot harder.
Under plans contained in the government’s Green Paper on Legal Aid, Legal Aid will cease to be available for anyone seeking a divorce, or to resolve issues relating to children or finances following a separation, save in very limited circumstances, where children are at risk of being taken into Care, or where there are high levels of Domestic Violence.
Marjorie Taylor, head of the Family law department, spoke to BBC Somerset’s Matt Faulkner, on Tuesday 8th February, about the impact of the cuts:
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