‘Imaginary capital’ rules for home ownership falsely inflated wealth and deprived people of help
More victims of domestic violence will be eligible for legal aid after the Ministry of Justice agreed to drop restrictive “imaginary capital” rules for home ownership which falsely inflated their wealth and deprived them of help.
The new regulations were introduced following a high court judgment in November which said that a single parent and domestic abuse survivor who had only £28 in the bank should not have been refused legal aid for a child custody case.
