This is an interesting case although there is insufficient on the nature of the LAA’s refusal of Legal Aid for me to comment further.
The thing is every, single refused application for Exceptional Case Funding (ECF) we have seen has involved much more severe potential Article 6 breaches.
Elsewhere the alternative to Legal Aid for Private Family Law cases does not seem to be working and independent objective research says that cuts are not needed
Nothing to see here, move along.
UPDATE
HT Crimeline (in the comments)
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