Sentences with phrase «affordable access to justice for»

There is a very real and concerning lack of affordable access to justice for the average person in Ontario and across the country — this leaves some claimants no choice but to represent themselves.

By doing so, the lawyer is able to offer affordable fixed quotes for strictly defined tasks, which enables a self - represented litigant to get full control over their legal budget while at the same time getting the benefit of affordable access to justice for the limited tasks that they can't handle on their own.

Not exact matches

«In the Senate, I want to fight for public safety and criminal justice reform, education programs, affordable housing, increased access to mental health care, economic development and opportunities, and social service reforms, especially as they affect middle class families and the working poor,» he said in a statement.

«As a State Senator,» he explained, «I will fight for the things that matter to New Yorkers: strengthening rent laws and preserving affordable housing, increasing access to quality schools, safeguarding the environment, promoting economic and social justice, preventing violence in our communities, and creating a fairer and more accessible political process.»

This is why tens of thousands turned out for the «Moral March» at the state's capitol last month, demanding broader access to affordable healthcare and «environmental justice in every community.»

Winkler has spent much of his career on the bench pushing for improved access to fair, timely, and affordable civil litigation in the justice system and he continues to fight that battle.

Lord Bach wrote for the Law Society Gazette about the need to build a cross-party consensus around access to justice to ensure that the justice system is once again affordable to all.

In addition to the benefits that unbundling provides for attorneys, it also increases access to justice by making affordable legal services available to a larger segment of the public who are actively seeking such assistance online.

But it is the critical issues related to access to justice that will ultimately, I expect, have the greatest impact on the legal marketplace, as consumers relentlessly search for more affordable and more satisfactory alternatives.

My dream is for the Navigators to develop high quality, affordable legal services so that access to justice is a reality.

Improving your access to justice: Society encourages a more affordable legal services model for Nova Scotians

Lord Bach wrote for the Law Society Gazette about the interim report and the need to build a cross-party consensus around access to justice to ensure that the justice system is once again affordable to all.

As a lawyer who has worked in small claims courts, my clients need for affordable access to justice is a problem I have struggled with.

In her inaugural statement, Lavin pledged support for affordable access to justice, and said the profession faced a «unique moment» with so many new leaders taking post, and should make the most of it to «think creatively» on how best to serve the public.

The middle class has been denied access to affordable justice for years.

The Susskinds offer one reason for A2J optimism: machines will themselves soon provide mass, affordable access to justice.

In contrast to OTLA's doing nothing in twenty years to improve access to justice for injured Ontario auto accident victims (only a fool would argue that CFAs by themselves make OTLA lawyers the poster boys and girls for affordable, quality lawyering) the OTLA machine has almost over-night ramped up a constitutional challenge to this private - interest (big insurance) home - grown governmental attack on its profits.

2) The joint failure of government and the legal profession to provide access to justice in Ontario (ie affordable legal services for the public and equitable access to the profession for qualified licensees) is reason enough to make the LPP permanent;

But the one change that I would like to see is for access to justice to somehow become more affordable.

ARAG helps to close the access to justice gap by providing affordable access to legal help for moderate to modest mean income Americans.

A key procedural barrier for accessing justice is the ability to obtain high - quality, affordable legal representation.

Aside from the amount of time spent by counsel for the plaintiff, the matter appears to have moved forward efficiently and within the culture shift referenced by Justice Karakatsanis in [Hryniak v. Mauldin, 2014 SCC 7 (CanLII), [2014] 1 S.C.R. 87] as part of promoting timely and affordable access to the civil justice Justice Karakatsanis in [Hryniak v. Mauldin, 2014 SCC 7 (CanLII), [2014] 1 S.C.R. 87] as part of promoting timely and affordable access to the civil justice justice system.

Increasing affordable, reliable legal services for low and moderate - income people will improve access to justice in our community and help make the justice system more fair and efficient for everyone.

In its important decision in Hryniak v. Mauldin, 2014 SCC 7, the Supreme Court of Canada signalled the need for lawyers and judges to re-think their approach to the civil justice system in order to provide timely and affordable access to the courts.

So it was a welcome surprise in January 2013 when the Supreme Court of Canada issued a unanimous ruling calling for a «culture shift» in favour of more «timely and affordable access to civil justice.»

Specifically, the access - to - justice movement is going to focus less on making lawyers» services more affordable, and more on making people aware that they have choices other than lawyers for their legal needs.

The goal is clear — SRLs need and want assistance, and a National Database could offer information on affordable assistance that provide at least a measure of access to justice for those who would wish to avail of them.

My wish for Access for Justice in Canada this holiday season is that every lawyer in Canada commit to assisting at least one SRL over the holiday season with unbundled legal services at an affordable hourly rate — and that they enjoy working with a SRL so much that they make this a permanent part of their practice going forward into 2015.

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