Children's Legal Centre, examines the impact that changes to civil legal
aid are having on access to justice in private family law matters.
Legal aid has been subject to a series of changes in recent years. April 2013 saw the implementation of considerable cuts to legal aid, following key provisions in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 coming into effect. These changes removed particular areas of law out of "scope" of legal aid funding, and has meant that legal aid is now not available in private family law cases, including those involving children (unless there is evidence of a prescribed type which shows there has been domestic violence or child protection concerns), along with many other areas. Coram Children's Legal Centre (CCLC), through its telephone advice services, has been able to measure the impact that these changes are having on children, young people and families in private family law cases.
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