Mrs L came in for a free family advice appointment regarding a divorce. Her husband had been having an affair and while discussing the situation our Family Solicitor discovered that Mrs J had in fact been suffering years of domestic abuse, mainly emotional and sexual. She was very vulnerable. 

Mrs L had already been to see her GP regarding support and counselling and our solicitor assisted her in obtaining the pro forma letter needed to prove domestic violence before referring her to a solicitor that does offer legal aid. Without this appointment our solicitor is sure that she herself would not have recognised the domestic abuse and would not have obtained legal aid.