The former head of the Family Court, Alastair Nicholson, says women are being put through distress and justice is not being delivered as a direct result of cuts to Legal Aid.
The retired chief justice says that the situation is so grim that men accused of physically or sexually abusing their partners are allowed to directly cross-examine their victims in court due to a lack of legal representation.
He says the situation is widespread and unacceptable and is affecting the rights of women and children.
Legal Aid groups say it's so traumatising that some women are too frightened to leave their abusive partners and go to the Family Court.
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