E (A Child), Re [2022] EWHC 2650 (Fam)

In this judgment (in which a DOLs order is extended to the child’s 18th birthday, and a parents’ application to discharge a care order is refused), it is the Court’s commentary on the legal aid situation that is noteworthy. The parents were forced to represent themselves for 4 days of evidence at a final hearing, because they were £36 over one of the Legal Aid Agency limits.