Sentences with phrase «courts increase access to justice»

Court staff who bring Matterhorn into their courts increase access to justice and improve the workflow for all parties, including slimming their own task list.

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In order to fully implement these reforms and to achieve the objective of increasing access to justice, it will be for the new government to revisit the Prisons and Courts Bill and to fully implement the proposed reforms.

In addition, Matterhorn helps courts level the playing field — enabling them to engage citizens, increase efficiencies, speed up case closure and collection - with lower default rates, all while improving satisfaction and access to justice — regardless of the court's geographic location or resources.

Courts are finding online dispute resolution attractive given the data showing how citizen access to justice increases and court costs decrease.

As somone who works with the public and self - reps trying to navigate our court system every day, I can say that increasing the number of claims that people can access through that simplified court process will definitely increase access to justice.

Allocations include: nearly $ 4.8 million in additional annual funding for legal aid, with a focus on indigenous and family law services; $ 3.8 million per year to fund expansion of Parents Legal Centres; $ 5 million more per year for sheriff services and court staff to help reduce delays in the court system; and an additional $ 3.3 million annually for government initiatives related to family dispute resolution services and increasing digital access to justice services.

Today, in a 6 - 1 ruling written by Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, the top court came down squarely in favour of increased access to jJustice Beverley McLachlin, the top court came down squarely in favour of increased access to justicejustice.

The recommendation comes after a study by an expert group, including Dr Sue Prince, Associate Professor at the University of Exeter Law School, suggested online civil law courts would increase access to justice and streamline the court processes in England and Wales.

In fact, as part of my job with Pro Bono Net, a nonprofit that works with legal aid organizations, pro bono programs, and courts to improve access to justice through increasing volunteerism, collaboration, and effective use of technology, I've had the opportunity to work with Pro Bono Law Ontario and seen how adding technology to their service delivery (both as support for their programs and as information for the general public) has allowed them to be more effective and efficient in their work.

A recent scholarly article covers outreach mechanisms to increase the use of access to justice technology at the 30th District Court in Highland Park, Michigan.

Your court worked with Matterhorn to launch your online dispute resolution (ODR) site because you sought to increase access to justice.

In addition, itnrecommends an immediate increase legal aid funding, the establishment of videoconferencing facilities to increase access to the courts in rural areas, and investment in mental health programs that provide alternatives to the criminal justice system.

If it were not, the great volume of literature that has been written about this «access to justice» problem since 2007 would not have been published, and the disturbingly high and increasing percentages of unrepresented litigants whom judges are warning are clogging their courts, would not be happening.»

Variations of this model include the creation of articling positions for duty counsel in Small Claims, Legal Corps dedicated to improving access to justice, clerkships in Family Court, and increasing funds to legal clinics in order to hire students.

Although ATE insurance is designed to improve access to justice in principle, it may also increase the number of questionable lawsuits that may otherwise have been settled out of court or abandoned entirely.

During his term, Sandy worked tirelessly to bring awareness to the need for increased legislative funding for these programs and to explore ways the courts and the legal aid community could better work together to improve equal access to justice for all litigants.

It involves an ambitious overhaul of the way cases are supposed to work their way through the courts and it is intended to increase access to justice.

She adds that if local authorities consider compromises instead of issuing court proceedings as a way of avoiding increased costs, «vulnerable children will be put at risk and denied access to justice».

For most law students and recent graduates this third thing has fallen off the map at a time when everyone from the Chief Justices of the Supreme Court to the Bar Associations, law schools and LSUC are talking about increasing access to justice.

Since Alberta increased its small claims court limits in 2013, concerns about access to justice and about self - represented litigants have only increased.

Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands updates its rules governing the Virgin Islands IOLTA Program, both to establish the Supreme Court's oversight and to increase participation in order to further access justice in the Territory.

Court Innovations Director of Product Development, Tracy E. Davis speaks on panel discussing how legal technology is used to increase access to justice in the public and private sector and the pros and cons of using technology.

The Divisional Court reinforces the importance of paralegals in making the «justice system more accessible» and describes arbitration in relation to the Small Claims Court as «another parallel process also designed to provide increased access to justice».

This option would increase flexibility for those in the position to choose between the administrative system and the court, but may undermine the statutory system and create serious access to justice issues.

Others still championed LSPs as important for meeting the access to justice gap, but argued against their regulation by state courts on the grounds either it is unnecessary (they are already regulated by consumer protection laws), that it would unnecessarily increase costs, or that regulation would only enable the state bars and courts to exercise their «protectionist instincts» (see this response, this response and this response).

These changes must be made by the courts themselves and are foundational to increasing access to justice.

Along with reduced legal aid, increased complexity further exacerbates the access to justice problem, which puts pressure on the court and bar associations to fix the problem.

In other news senior judges criticised dramatic increases in court fees, the Labour party Access to Justice Commission held its first meeting and Justice Alliance staged the «Voices for Justice» rally in London, in which Jeremy Corbyn described legal aid as a basic human right.

Re Estate of Ireni Traitses is a bold example of a trial judge putting the values articulated by the Supreme Court in Hryniak, namely increasing access to justice, into practice.

My point here is that rather than start ethics reform by randomly introducing less qualified, for - profit law practitioners into the market as specious proof that something is actually being done to improve access to justice, let's tackle the challenges that can and will move the needle; such as, modernization of the court system, increasing legal aid, and modernizing lawyer ethics rules that will enable lawyers and law firms to innovate and modernize the business and practice of law.

April 28, 2016 — «A package approved by the Wisconsin Supreme Court is designed to encourage more pro bono work and increase access to justice.

Topics include: the digital divide and the risk of two tiers of justice; the role of the courts and law schools in providing legal services; the impact of technology on access to the legal system; basic practices for using technology to increase access; and the implications of technology - based dispute resolution mechanisms outside of the courts; a comparative analysis of the US approach to access to the legal system and other countries.

[98] Some respondents championed LSPs as important for meeting the access to justice gap, but argued against their regulation by state courts on the grounds either it is unnecessary (they are already regulated by consumer protection laws), that it would unnecessarily increase costs, or that regulation would only enable the state bars and courts to exercise their «protectionist instincts.»

Over the past decade, the court has, through the creation of the Access to Justice Commission, searched for ways to increase access to legal serAccess to Justice Commission, searched for ways to increase access to legal seraccess to legal services.

Previously it had been unclear how far the courts approved of third party funding, but since Jackson was looking for ways to increase access to justice it is clear he had to give it the green light.

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However, with a view to increasing access to justice and following the Taylor Review, the Scottish Government have introduced the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings)(Scotland) Bill which, if passed, will revolutionise the way in which solicitors and the civil courts will deal with expenses.

Our next Law for Good event is a hackathon focussed on online courts to increase access to justice.

Bonnie received the Faye Stender award from California Women Lawyers, the Opening Doors to Justice award from the Public Interest Clearinghouse, as well as the Award of Merit from the Legal Aid Association of California and the California Commission on Access to Justice for her work to increase access to the courts for low - income peAccess to Justice for her work to increase access to the courts for low - income peaccess to the courts for low - income persons.

«Hardworking people seeking justice through the courts have been hit with a 600 % increase in court fees, a 500 % increase in immigration tribunal charges, and charges of up to # 1,500 for employment tribunals, but still there has been no impact review of these fees on access to justice.

2016 has been a challenging year for the legal sector, with increasing court fees threatening the access to justice, and the Brexit vote introducing uncertainty.

The UK judiciary remains «deeply concerned» about threats to access to justice as a result of increases to court fees in civil cases of 5 % of the value of a claim.

If there is growing weariness, I expect some of that is generated by those on the frontlines who continue to slog forward while waiting for those in governments and courts to finish «exploring initiatives» and start funding and implementing initiatives that actually do increase access to justice.

The Tompkins Court staff received the award because of their outstanding usage and promotion of the Family Court DIY Form programs, increasing access to justice for unrepresented litigants.

Particularly, at a time when the gaps in access to justice continue to grow, when there are no meaningful increases in funding for Legal Aid, and as litigants and accused increasingly represent themselves in court, it is essential that protections are in place to ensure that every citizen has access to equal justice regardless of income level or ability to pay.

While counsel may feel an inherent right to access the judiciary as and when we feel it is necessary, we can be certain the courts are far more taxed than us as a result of increased litigation and fewer and fewer resources to mete out justice.

The government is planning to cut federal funding for programs aimed at increasing access to justice and developing court efficiencies by 20 per cent by 2015 - 16.

Just imagine how judges and court staff can now better use that time to settle time sensitive and / or complex cases, all of this while increasing rather than decreasing access to justice.

The dramatic increase in self - represented litigants in the courts is ordinarily taken as a sign of the crisis in access to justice.

The goals of the Centers are to increase access to justice, educate people about their legal rights and responsibilities, educate litigants about court processes and procedures, link people with existing legal and community resources, and improve public trust in the judicial system.