Sentences with phrase «civil legal system»

Our civil legal system is all kinds of fucked up and if I got to build it from scratch again, things would be different.

Unlike criminal cases, individuals in the civil legal system do not have a constitutional right to an attorney if they can not afford one.

The Supreme Court has just released the judgment in Miazga v. Kvello Estate, 2009 SCC 51, what would appear to be the final stop in a long and unhappy ride through both the criminal and civil legal systems in Saskatchewan.

Ontario operates on a «loser pays» civil legal system.

This is not entirely surprising given that, based on criteria such as cost - effectiveness, efficiency, impartiality and independence, the World Justice Project ranked the civil legal system of the Netherlands the highest of all civil justice systems in the world.

All people on the Eastside and survivors of domestic violence countywide will have access to justice in the civil legal system.

In 1994 Ken was appointed by the State Supreme Court to the newly formed State Access to Justice Board charged with coordinating legal aid programs and making the civil legal system more accessible.

This is true throughout the civil legal system with one notable exception: punitive damages.

Infuriated customers nationwide have begun seeking justice through the civil legal system.

Volunteer Legal Services was founded in 1981 by Austin attorneys concerned by inequity in the civil legal system.

The study suggests strong support for federal funding for Legal Service Corporation, an agency that funds programs that work to provide low - income individuals and families access to the civil legal system, particularly with increased education.

While the Foundation is not giving new grants under this initiative, there is still ongoing work to enhance the civil legal system.

Consequently, many persons are forced to choose between exhausting their limited means to fund litigation or not engaging the civil legal system at all.

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