Sentences with phrase «challenge of access to justice»

She also talks about the challenge of access to justice.

Justice Cromwell also discussed the challenges of access to justice and touched on the work of the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, which he chairs.

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Not exact matches

With exclusive access to Valle, Erin Lee Carr's unflinching documentary asks a fundamental question that challenges our beliefs about the criminal justice system, and even the very nature of right and wrong: can you be guilty of a crime you only thought about committing?

You'll also be visiting locations like the Hall of Justice, the Batcave, and the Justice League Watchtower, while Batman's Bat Computer will allow you to access training modules where you can take part in various challenges, battles, and races.

The certificate explores the challenges of creating sustainable food systems based on social justice and democratic decision - making that will ensure the right of dignified access to healthy food.

One of the greatest challenges of dealing with legal reform and public members demanding access to justice is the perception that lawyers are rather indifferent to the problems.

Why is the idea of asking service users what they need in terms of access to justice so challenging to those working in the justice system?

What a shattering change to the self - image of courts this requires, and what a challenge to access to justice, and what a rethink of our whole court management, indeed whole civil justice system, challenge.

That the provisions meant the costs of litigation were no longer «reasonably predictable», which would dissuade parties from pursuing challenges and compromise access to justice

Lord Justice Moses concluded that the common law right of access to a court — as demonstrated in cases such as Witham — would not provide a basis to challenge the Lord Chancellor's decision on the test (para 57 — 59).

As the challenges and realities of the SRL explosion have become clearer, I have been shocked by the strength of the resistance not only to responsive change but even to accepting that there is an Access to Justice problem that needs to be understood and addressed.

The Challenge sought to «foster the growth and success of startups that are developing products, technologies, processes, and solutions that have a direct positive impact on access to justice in Ontario.»

Chris Bentley, executive director of Ryerson's LPP, and director Gina Alexandris say they are evaluating all aspects of the program over the summer, such as doing more work on client development and the access to justice innovation challenge.

«The choice of such a hot - button issue, which will attract a great deal of attention but won't actually have I would think that much of an impact at the end of the day, risks being a distraction from the more important and pressing access - to - justice challenges that we as Ontario lawyers ought to be concerned about,» says Adam Goldenberg, a lawyer with McCarthy Tétrault LLP.

The United Nations Development Program maintains that «[i] n the absence of access to justice, people are unable to have their voice heard, exercise their rights, challenge discrimination or hold decision - makers accountable.

In a presentation at the Action Group on Access To Justice's Access to Justice Week, University of Toronto sociology professor Ronit Dinovitzer and PhD candidate Jonathan Koltai discussed their recent work and the imperative for the legal community to meet challenges it faces in mental healtTo Justice's Access to Justice Week, University of Toronto sociology professor Ronit Dinovitzer and PhD candidate Jonathan Koltai discussed their recent work and the imperative for the legal community to meet challenges it faces in mental healtto Justice Week, University of Toronto sociology professor Ronit Dinovitzer and PhD candidate Jonathan Koltai discussed their recent work and the imperative for the legal community to meet challenges it faces in mental healtto meet challenges it faces in mental health.

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-- and a good article once we're into it, but Messrs Ford and Jobs had a very different challenge from those of us who care about access to justice.

«The Access to Justice movement challenges society to seek ways to educate citizens about the law and legal procedure, expand the appearance of counsel to those most in need, and provide information and programs for those handling their own cases.

Ms. Desormeau's comments focus on access to justice, particularly for victims of family violence; Mr. Giggey talks about the challenges of representing a family law client where the opponent lacks representation.

As was very competently illustrated by these layperson panel members, the legal profession has much to learn from those outside our profession who have observed and often, lived the challenges of seeking access to justice.

[1] Ensuring access to justice is the greatest challenge to the rule of law in Canada today.

The cost - effectiveness of cloud technology (aka «virtual law office» or VLO) that enables lawyers to deliver online legal services has been touted as one of best methods to address access to justice challenges, increasing as a result of a prolonged economic downturn.

The first is the lack of early access points in the justice system to address legal problems and challenges.

However, numerous stakeholders, including many in the legal community share a growing concern that access to justice is increasingly posing challenges to those who need it, and obstacles such as time, expense and representation stand in the way of securing this right for all Quebec citizens.

Earlier this month, Kirk Makin of the Globe and Mail scooped an announcement of a major set of Reports on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, an inititaitive that started with the Chief Justice's challenge to the Canadian Bar Association last summer.

The main challenges are: 1) working your way through an ad - hoc process that rests on a yes / no decision of a Chief Justice; 2) juggling a mix of standards and unique requirements that reduce the possible uses of the whole to the strictest of terms imposed by one; and 3) the court actually finding a way to provide or facilitate access to both current and historical decisions in a usable format.

Similar in nature to the inaugural Ontario Access to Justice (A2J) Challenge that was run last year, the AI Challenge will also provide the winning companies with residence in the zone and access to the mentoring, training and support services supplied to all of the startups who are part of the legal technology incuAccess to Justice (A2J) Challenge that was run last year, the AI Challenge will also provide the winning companies with residence in the zone and access to the mentoring, training and support services supplied to all of the startups who are part of the legal technology incuaccess to the mentoring, training and support services supplied to all of the startups who are part of the legal technology incubator.

In my specialized roles as a limited retainer lawyer and as a legal research professional, I have an insight into a problem that has long posed a challenge to the legal community: access to justice for those who can not afford to retain a lawyer to take full carriage of a file.

It also integrates new research data on the Access to Justice crisis and the impact of self - represented litigants, and the adaptations and changes this challenge demands in these and other aspects of lawyering practice.

He took the opportunity to make some pointed comments about laywers having to «pull together» during this time of significant challenges both and in the profession and the justice system — not only in terms of access to justice but in failing confidence of the public in their legal representatives.

Last June, I reported on the plan by BYU Law School to launch LawX, a legal design lab in which second - and third - year law students would take on the ambitious goal of solving one access - to - justice challenge in a semester.

You can see that with all other UN member states Canada committed to promote the rule of law at the national and international levels (a fairly general target — not too hard to achieve) and to ensure equal access to justice for all (much more concrete and challenging).

With respect to this premise, a team of collaborators and I, after a decade of analysis and exploration, sensed the need of creating an open collaborative environment that promotes a multidisciplinary approach focused on understanding the different challenges and questions arising from the combination of technology and access to justice.

In explicitly identifying these issues, Iacobucci has challenged those in the access to justice field to begin thinking through difficult questions regarding power imbalances and the reconciliation of two very different understandings of justice.

It was recently announced, for example, that the Ministry of the Attorney General and the Legal Innovation Zone at Ryerson University will partner to launch the Ontario Access to Justice Challenge (A2J) which will «foster the growth and success of startups that are developing products, technologies, processes, and solutions that have a direct positive impact on access to justice in Ontario.&Access to Justice Challenge (A2J) which will «foster the growth and success of startups that are developing products, technologies, processes, and solutions that have a direct positive impact on access to justice in Ontario.Justice Challenge (A2J) which will «foster the growth and success of startups that are developing products, technologies, processes, and solutions that have a direct positive impact on access to justice in Ontario.&access to justice in Ontario.justice in Ontario.»

I think the number of even higher because the 4 billion assumes that the justice systems in rich countries don't face an access to justice challenge.

Although neither the Ontario Access to Justice Challenge or The Pitch is limited to apps, they do reflect the growing recognition that technology holds considerable potential to transform the delivery of legal services in Canada.

It sheds a light on the challenge that the legal field faces with taming technology and adopting it as a solid and functional component for the sake of improving access to justice.

The introduction of employment tribunal fees and access to justice is the subject of the judicial review challenge by the trade union UNISON which goes before the Supreme Court at the end of March.

Adding, «These issues only serve to remind us that the challenge of securing access to justice can not be solved by locking coders in a room for 24 hours with pizza and energy drinks, try as the courts and judiciary might.»

While the Statutory Accident Benefit regime may give a right to an accident victim to challenge the wrongful denial of a benefit, where the cost of pursuing such a remedy is prohibitive, this raises significant issues as to access to justice that have yet to be addressed.

For Gillian Baker, a consultant at high street firm Baker Gostelow Law, the biggest challenge now facing lawyers at the small end of the profession is how to ensure everyone who needs to access justice can do so.

The national legislature may thus possess discretion to determine criteria to be satisfied by organisations to be able to challenge an infringement of environmental law; however, the very obligation to guarantee access to justice was, for the Advocate General, sufficiently clear to preclude a rule with the effect of excluding certain categories of non-legislative decisions taken by public authorities from the possible scope of review (para 94).

«The UK Supreme Court has decided unanimously that imposing significant fees has had a detrimental effect on access to justice,» said Mrs Motion, who represented one of the unions involved in bringing the legal challenge.

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Ryerson University's Legal Innovation Zone (LIZ) launched the Ontario Access to Justice Challenge with support from the Ministry of the Attorney General.

The cost - effectiveness of cloud technology that enables lawyers to deliver online legal services is one of best methods to address access to justice challenges.

With new tools to address access to justice challenges comes a key turning point in the application of data to solve complex social problems.