Sentences with phrase «criminal legal aid did»

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«We are deeply disappointed that the City Council passed a flawed Right To Know Act which will do little to end deceptive and often abusive NYPD searches,» said Tina Luongo, Attorney - In - Charge of the Criminal Defense Practice at The Legal Aid Society.

The emails do not appear to provide evidence of illegal activity, but legal experts say Trump Jr. could run into trouble if investigators find he aided a criminal action, such as hacking into Democratic computer networks, or violated campaign - finance laws by accepting gifts from foreign entities.

Tina Luongo, attorney - in - charge of the Criminal Defense Practice at The Legal Aid Society, which has supported closing Rikers Island, applauded the reduction but warned more work still needs to be done.

«Change does not happen without an honest conversation in our communities, in our courthouses, at City Hall about how we have real reform in the criminal justice system, real reform in our communities and real relationships between NYPD and the people they serve,» Tina Luongo, attorney - in - chief for Legal Aid Society Criminal Practice, the plaintiff in the court cascriminal justice system, real reform in our communities and real relationships between NYPD and the people they serve,» Tina Luongo, attorney - in - chief for Legal Aid Society Criminal Practice, the plaintiff in the court casCriminal Practice, the plaintiff in the court case, said.

Rand felt that women were good as solicitors but did not have the fortitude for criminal law, a notion that would not bode well for our classes in which women outnumber men, the legal aid clinic, or our struggling criminal law program.

Oliver explained the background and current position of the criminal legal aid judicial reviews, in the absence of Jon Black from the LCCSA (who had been invited to attend but was unable to do so due to urgent developments).

While he was Lord Chancellor, Ken Clark protected criminal absurdly well — given what he was doing to civil legal aid, but Chris Grayling came in and proceeded to cut criminal.»

Criminal legal aid has been around for over a century and LASPO did nothing to alter it significantly.

A «perfect storm» is about to hit, the report claims, because public bodies and large corporate are seeking to reduce their advocacy spend; solicitor - advocates are increasing in number, and will soak up more advocacy work; 2,000 instructing law firms may close this year, and larger firms may seek to do more in - house; family law legal aid firms are closing shop following the introduction of new contracting rules, and the Ministry of Justice is seeking to cull criminal legal aid firms, perhaps to a level of 70 %, reducing the pool of referral law firms; and tenancies will continue to decrease as chambers merge to consolidate their business position.

The NAO argues that the commission has paid practitioners # 25m too much and concluded that the LSC should «do more to understand the market for criminal legal aid to make the most of its ability to control price and quality».

ILF's publication, «Measuring Justice» began to answer three baseline questions in defining and evaluating quality for criminal legal aid providers: Why does quality matter?

The Government has announced a new consultation on cuts to criminal legal aid, specifically its plans to reduce the number of contracts that let firms do «duty solicitor» work.

If you were fixated with an ideological concern to introduce best value tendering into criminal legal aid then there are areas where you could do it.

The Ministry of Justice is firmly in This - Is - Fine - Dog - meme - mode, and is pressing ahead with its plans to (a) further «reform» criminal legal aid (by shuffling the deckchairs in such a way as to amount, in some complex cases, to a 40 % cut); and (b) do absolutely nothing about the chronic underfunding of the courts, Crown Prosecution Service, police, Probation, prisons and many other decaying limbs of the criminal justice system.

There are also some types of cases Legal Aid does not handle, such as criminal cases and fee - generating cases, like car accidents where you want to make the other person pay for your injuries or the damage to your car.

More help needs to be provided for self - reps in a justice system where some accused people can't afford counsel and don't qualify for legal aid, says Oshawa criminal lawyer Lawrence Forstner.

The Criminal Law Project assists people who have been charged with an offence, but who do not qualify for Legal Aid, and who can not afford a lawyer.

Imagine you are a criminal lawyer or family lawyer doing a fair bit of pro-bono and / or legal aid work, earning income at levels far below those of your former classmates in large downtown Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver firms — and the suggestion is that to reduce the burden on lawyers seeking to come into practice, you «ONLY» need to pay an additional $ 100.00.

Individuals with other kinds of legal issues where constitutionally protected interests are at stake, such as criminal law matters, have access to greater legal aid than do women in Family Law Proceedings,» says the notice of civil claim.

The budget for criminal legal aid is being cut by # 215m, but this did not start to take effect until April 2014.

The Board does not provide direct legal aid or advice in respect of criminal matters, however, it is responsible for the management and administration of 3 ad - hoc criminal legal aid schemes,