Sentences with phrase «legal aid proposals»

He adds: «Mr Straw will find no shortage of people who are keen to sit down and explain to him why the legal aid proposals he is inheriting need serious reconsideration.

Rigorous decisions are being forced upon managers and policy makers, for example in the UK, where drastic legal aid proposals are being put forward by the government or in The Netherlands, where the prison system is undergoing a drastic overhaul.

We are told that legal aid proposals are going to be published with a draft bill before the Easter recess.

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The Legal Aid Society challenged the state's new familial DNA testing proposal, saying the move is an abuse of power.

Ed Stradling's exclusive mini-documentary on what he finds to be the dangers of legal aid reform proposals.

The proposal was strongly supported by organizations of state and city judges as well as the Legal Aid Society and most advocacy groups at the four - hour hearing in Manhattan.

Some of the proposals Cameron suggested included a crackdown on new immigrants claiming benefits and the development of a «residency test» to make it more difficult for migrants to access legal aid.

Immigrant advocates called Wednesday for Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan's support of a budget proposal that would give access to college financial aid to young immigrants without legal status.

The Assembly proposal also restores $ 1 million for immigrant legal services, includes $ 83 million more for CUNY, and would increase school aid statewide by 7.4 %.

In addition, the proposal explicitly mentions the right to legal aid (Article 34) and the right to present evidence, appoint experts and hear witnesses (Article 35), but these rights are also covered by Article 6 ECHR.

Based on these discussions, our focus is on a proposal that encourages the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee to provide $ 5 million annually in state funding over the next biennium for legal aid services to the indigent where legal assistance would: (1) help remove barriers to employment; or (2) protect vulnerable residents from abuse.

Legal aid is under review again as the Government set out proposals for the reform of payments through the Litigators» Graduated Fee Scheme and changing rates for court appointee work.

The proposals, if implemented, will have the effect that many migrants and prisoners will no longer be eligible for legal aid; access to judicial review will be restricted; contracts for criminal work will be the subject of competitive tendering; and fees paid to legal aid solicitors and barristers will be reduced, by more than 50 % in some instances.

In the words of Lord Justice Jackson, the author of the revised «no win, no fee» system proposals, the maintenance of legal aid is crucial to his proposed changes to the no win, no fee system.

Young Legal Aid Lawyers welcomes many of the proposals however is concerned about the practicalities around a number of changes.

The Big Firms Group, whose 40 members carry out approximately 25 % of criminal legal aid work, also opposed the LGFS proposals, calling on the Ministry of Justice to «quickly abandon the false premise that the criminal justice system is sustainable on its current course».

On August 31, 2016, the Health & Human Services Committee of the King County Council reviewed a proposal developed by the King County Department of Community and Human Services to create a new funding allocation methodology for civil legal aid.

Mitigation of the civil proposals, which include restrictions on legal aid for judicial review, seems more unlikely.

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The changes — which were originally proposed in the November 2013 consultation Judicial review: proposals for further reform — include further cuts to legal aid and amendments to the rules on costs which will make it more difficult for charities and NGOs to intervene in judicial review proceedings.

Legal aid features in the Bill; while the government will still not admit that means testing was perhaps the most shambolic policy ever implemented, it has tried to make amends and has brought forward some welcome proposals to allow for the piloting of future changes, along with an interesting proposal to allow for the conditional grant of legal aid pre-chLegal aid features in the Bill; while the government will still not admit that means testing was perhaps the most shambolic policy ever implemented, it has tried to make amends and has brought forward some welcome proposals to allow for the piloting of future changes, along with an interesting proposal to allow for the conditional grant of legal aid pre-chlegal aid pre-charge.

Yet it took the Commission until November 2013 to put forward the Proposal for the Presumption of Innocence Directive (discussed on this blog), along with two further proposals, the Proposal for a Directive on procedural safeguards for children who are suspects or accused persons in criminal proceedings and the Proposal for a Directive on (provisional) legal aid.

Proposals for further reform of the legal aid system in England and Wales.

In the event that the Lord Chancellor's proposals proceed, the Law Society will press the MoJ to work with the Society to develop a support package, and commission and publish, before any further cuts in legal aid rates, an impact assessment of the initial cuts and other changes on the working of the criminal justice system and defence solicitor practitioners.»

More recently further legal aid cuts have been proposed by the Government: see «Transforming Legal Aid: Delivering a more credible and efficient system» Ministry of Justice, April 2013; «Transforming Legal Aid: Next Steps» Ministry of Justice, September 2013; and «Judicial Review Proposals for Further Reform» Ministry of Justice, September legal aid cuts have been proposed by the Government: see «Transforming Legal Aid: Delivering a more credible and efficient system» Ministry of Justice, April 2013; «Transforming Legal Aid: Next Steps» Ministry of Justice, September 2013; and «Judicial Review Proposals for Further Reform» Ministry of Justice, September 20aid cuts have been proposed by the Government: see «Transforming Legal Aid: Delivering a more credible and efficient system» Ministry of Justice, April 2013; «Transforming Legal Aid: Next Steps» Ministry of Justice, September 2013; and «Judicial Review Proposals for Further Reform» Ministry of Justice, September Legal Aid: Delivering a more credible and efficient system» Ministry of Justice, April 2013; «Transforming Legal Aid: Next Steps» Ministry of Justice, September 2013; and «Judicial Review Proposals for Further Reform» Ministry of Justice, September 20Aid: Delivering a more credible and efficient system» Ministry of Justice, April 2013; «Transforming Legal Aid: Next Steps» Ministry of Justice, September 2013; and «Judicial Review Proposals for Further Reform» Ministry of Justice, September Legal Aid: Next Steps» Ministry of Justice, September 2013; and «Judicial Review Proposals for Further Reform» Ministry of Justice, September 20Aid: Next Steps» Ministry of Justice, September 2013; and «Judicial Review Proposals for Further Reform» Ministry of Justice, September 2013.

The Governor, who asked that attorney's urge their legislators to support legal aid, has recommended $ 15.5 million for the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation in his fiscal year 2014 budget proplegal aid, has recommended $ 15.5 million for the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation in his fiscal year 2014 budget propLegal Assistance Corporation in his fiscal year 2014 budget proposal.

On Thursday 27 February the Ministry of Justice published its proposals on criminal legal aid.

For example, a legal expense insurance (LEI) program, anchored within provincial legal aid organizations is necessary to make the rule of law and constitutional rights and freedoms available to all of society; see this recommendation explained in the article by, Sujit Choudhry, Michael Trebilcock, and James Wilson, «Growing Legal Aid Ontario into the Middle Class: A Proposal for Public Legal Expense Insurance,» in, Middle Income Access to Justice, edited by, Michael Trebilcock, Anthony Duggan, and Lorne Sossin (University of Toronto Press, 2012), at pp. 385 - 410, and see Michael Trebilcock, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, Report of the Legal Aid Review 2008 [the «Trebilcock Report&raqlegal expense insurance (LEI) program, anchored within provincial legal aid organizations is necessary to make the rule of law and constitutional rights and freedoms available to all of society; see this recommendation explained in the article by, Sujit Choudhry, Michael Trebilcock, and James Wilson, «Growing Legal Aid Ontario into the Middle Class: A Proposal for Public Legal Expense Insurance,» in, Middle Income Access to Justice, edited by, Michael Trebilcock, Anthony Duggan, and Lorne Sossin (University of Toronto Press, 2012), at pp. 385 - 410, and see Michael Trebilcock, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, Report of the Legal Aid Review 2008 [the «Trebilcock Report&raqlegal aid organizations is necessary to make the rule of law and constitutional rights and freedoms available to all of society; see this recommendation explained in the article by, Sujit Choudhry, Michael Trebilcock, and James Wilson, «Growing Legal Aid Ontario into the Middle Class: A Proposal for Public Legal Expense Insurance,» in, Middle Income Access to Justice, edited by, Michael Trebilcock, Anthony Duggan, and Lorne Sossin (University of Toronto Press, 2012), at pp. 385 - 410, and see Michael Trebilcock, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, Report of the Legal Aid Review 2008 [the «Trebilcock Report»aid organizations is necessary to make the rule of law and constitutional rights and freedoms available to all of society; see this recommendation explained in the article by, Sujit Choudhry, Michael Trebilcock, and James Wilson, «Growing Legal Aid Ontario into the Middle Class: A Proposal for Public Legal Expense Insurance,» in, Middle Income Access to Justice, edited by, Michael Trebilcock, Anthony Duggan, and Lorne Sossin (University of Toronto Press, 2012), at pp. 385 - 410, and see Michael Trebilcock, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, Report of the Legal Aid Review 2008 [the «Trebilcock Report&raqLegal Aid Ontario into the Middle Class: A Proposal for Public Legal Expense Insurance,» in, Middle Income Access to Justice, edited by, Michael Trebilcock, Anthony Duggan, and Lorne Sossin (University of Toronto Press, 2012), at pp. 385 - 410, and see Michael Trebilcock, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, Report of the Legal Aid Review 2008 [the «Trebilcock Report»Aid Ontario into the Middle Class: A Proposal for Public Legal Expense Insurance,» in, Middle Income Access to Justice, edited by, Michael Trebilcock, Anthony Duggan, and Lorne Sossin (University of Toronto Press, 2012), at pp. 385 - 410, and see Michael Trebilcock, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, Report of the Legal Aid Review 2008 [the «Trebilcock Report&raqLegal Expense Insurance,» in, Middle Income Access to Justice, edited by, Michael Trebilcock, Anthony Duggan, and Lorne Sossin (University of Toronto Press, 2012), at pp. 385 - 410, and see Michael Trebilcock, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, Report of the Legal Aid Review 2008 [the «Trebilcock Report&raqLegal Aid Review 2008 [the «Trebilcock Report»Aid Review 2008 [the «Trebilcock Report»].

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has dropped its controversial proposals for a «Supplementary Legal Aid Scheme».

On family legal aid funding we listened to practitioners, and announced a new payment scheme for solicitors and barristers undertaking advocacy in family legal aid cases which revised some of our original proposals.

Concerns about Lord Carter's proposals to reduce the # 2bn legal aid budget and introduce price - competitive tendering will also be discussed by society members at a special general neeting on legal aid on 17 January, after Southampton solicitor, Roger Peach, rallied support for direct action.

«Coupled with the uncertainty caused by the government proposals to remove from scope whole areas of legal aid provision, those from low income backgrounds who are willing to forego the riches of the City or other sectors such as banking, but equally can not afford to risk indefinite periods of unemployment, will be forced to give up on the idea of pursuing a career in legal aid.»

In its response to a recent Constitutional Affairs Select Committee report — Implementation of the Carter Review of Legal Aid, which attacked many of the proposals for reform and warned the government to slow down implementation — the government says it will stand firm on its reform programme.

As the House of Lords is scheduled to vote on the Government's proposals for a residence test for access to legal aid, Angela Patrick, Director of Human Rights Policy at JUSTICE considers today's judgment of the Divisional Court in PLP v Secretary of State for Justice.

In — PLP v Secretary of State for Justice — a rare three judge Divisional Court has held that the Government's proposal to introduce a residence test for legal aid — where all applicants will have to prove 12 months continuous lawful residence in the UK — is both ultra vires and discriminatory.

independent economic analysis report also published today by the Law Society, says that as many as 800 firms will close if the proposals go through in their current form and that additional investment is necessary to avoid the risk of seriously disrupting legal aid supply.

The Constitutional Affairs Committee Evidence 20th February on Legal Aid reforms — See what the Head of Legal Services Commission has to say on the implementation of the Carter Proposals.

Young Legal Aid Lawyers is deeply concerned about the proposal and how it will impact on access to and social mobility within the profession.

While the Committee stressed the need for further research into the possible effect of the proposals on the supply of legal help to the most vulnerable, the impact these reforms may have on BME suppliers and the dangers of Best Value Tendering, the Government response has dismissed these worries out of hand, displaying a now familiar caviler attitude to the future of Legallegal help to the most vulnerable, the impact these reforms may have on BME suppliers and the dangers of Best Value Tendering, the Government response has dismissed these worries out of hand, displaying a now familiar caviler attitude to the future of LegalLegal Aid.

Young Legal Aid Lawyers (YLAL) has today responded to Lord Justice Jackson's preliminary report on civil litigation costs, expressing dismay at its proposal to introduce fixed costs in certain housing cases.

Lord Justice Jackson has criticised the Law Society for its decision to run a «single campaign» against his proposals for the reform of the costs of civil litigation, and proposed changes to legal aid, which are both outlined in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders legal aid, which are both outlined in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Biaid, which are both outlined in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders BiAid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill.

Des Hudson, chief executive of the Law Society, said: «The availability of legal aid and the Jackson proposals are inextricably linked.

Some of the proposals around the LPP debate, such as using articling candidates in Legal Aid clinics, could have potentially addressed these needs.

To scrutinize and influence any proposals for the reform of Legal Aid provision to ensure that access to justice for all members of society is preserved and improved.»

The Law Society, which published its own access to justice review today, has said that «only the poorest of the poor will continue to be eligible for legal aid» and that the proposals represent «a sharp break from the long - standing bipartisan consensus that effective access to justice is essential to underpin the rule of law ``.

During Klein's term, she devised a proposal and advocated for the state to allocate funding for Georgia Legal Services and Atlanta Legal Aid to hire lawyers to help indigent victims of domestic violence.

Linda previously became the first woman to serve as president of the State Bar of Georgia and during her term in that office, she devised a proposal and advocated for the state to allocate funding for Georgia Legal Services and Atlanta Legal Aid to hire lawyers to help indigent victims of domestic violence.

The proposal has earned the support of the State Bar, the Wisconsin Trial Judges Association, the Wisconsin Association for Justice, WisTAF, the Western District Bar Association of Wisconsin, and numerous civil legal aid providers.

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Secondly, the Law Society in running a single campaign against both the Legal Aid cuts and the Jackson proposals has created certain difficulties.