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Family Law: Legal Representation

Commons · Question 44768 · Tabled 7 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 28 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Neil Shastri-Hurst

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many family law cases required a qualified legal representative broken down by individual court in the most recent year for which data is available.

Answer

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones, 28 Apr 2025

Data on the number of family law cases involving cross-examination by litigants in person where there were allegations of abuse is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.Data is not held on the number of qualified legal rep...