A. It has been reported that Rights of Women has lodged an appeal against the decision of the High Court to reject its application to quash Regulation 33 of the Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) Regulations 2012 - the provision which sets out the types of evidence required to support an application for legal aid in domestic violence cases. Rights of Women had argued that Regulation 33 exceeds the powers conferred under section 12 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LAPSO 2012), as it introduces far more restrictive eligibility criteria for legal aid for victims of domestic violence than that intended by parliament under the statute.
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