Published: 22nd January 2015 We have today been unsuccessful in a challenge brought by Rights of Women to the lawfulness of the evidence criteria for legal aid, specifically legal aid applications for family proceedings involving victims of domestic violence. You can read press releases from the Law Society, who supported the case, and Rights of Women, by following the links below. http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/news/press-releases/court-deals-blow-to-rights-of-domestic-violence-survivors/ http://rightsofwomen.org.uk/news/