Not exact matches
Access to justice is an incredibly difficult problem not only for those who are indigent or
without resources but increasingly for those in the middle class who can't
afford legal services in order to meet their basic needs or find them difficult to access.
This is a common arrangement that enables car accident victims who can not
afford to pay for a lawyer to get the
legal services that they need
without having to pay anything.
That is a declaration that the majority of the people in Canada who can not
afford legal services had better get used to dealing with their
legal problems
without lawyers.
There has to be a way to bring down the cost of
legal services without going broke or sacrificing all quality, so that ordinary people can
afford the help they need.
Traditional models of
legal service are breaking down: a growing number of ordinary citizens can not
afford a lawyer to help them navigate basic
legal issues, while lawyers in large organizations are under enormous pressure to find new ways to reduce cost
without increasing
legal risk.