Campaigning saves legal aid for domestic violence rule applicants
You may have seen our recent blog about government proposals to cut legal aid for women making applications under the ‘domestic violence rule’. Under this rule women who come to the UK on a spousal visa but then face domestic violence can leave their marriage and apply for permission to stay in the UK in their own right. Applications under the rule are complex and have to be completed within strict time limits. IKWRO was worried that without legal...