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With her partner making violent threats despite a restraining order, and having no money as he had withdrawn all the funds from her account, Rachel took the difficult decision to return with the children to in England. However, after several months in the UK, Rachel found herself being arrested by the police for removing the children from Greece without their father’s consent. She was released on bail and, although she initially qualified for legal aid, this did not last. Rachel realised that she needed to understand her legal position quickly but she could not afford to pay for a lawyer. At this stage Rachel was desperate but fortunately she found the Anglia Law School Law Clinic which had been recently established with support from LawWorks, where volunteer lawyers provide free family law advice. At the clinic, despite the fact that the odds were stacked heavily against her, Rachel was given the confidence to prepare and organise her defence against her former partner’s claims. At the final hearing, the judge concluded that the children should not be returned to Greece, having been persuaded by the strength of Rachel’s evidence.
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