A second longer - term recommendation to go before the association's board of governors would see the legal aid lawyers in the province
withdraw duty counsel services completely.
The Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia is coordinating a withdrawal of legal aid
duty counsel services in support of the campaign to restore Legal Aid funding in the Province of British Columbia.
The TLABC is currently in the middle of a service - withdrawal campaign to highlight legal aid underfunding, with members refusing to perform
duty counsel services for the first two weeks of February.
Last November, B.C.'s legal aid lawyers started an escalating job action that
saw duty counsel services withdrawn at 50 courthouses for increasingly longer periods over each of the four months.
The lawyer in question was
providing duty counsel services through the Sykes Corp., which has a contract with legal aid to assist clients via the Brydges hotline, according to LAO.
Due to budget constraints, the Legal Education discontinued its «Public Information Seminars», and the Westend / Corrections Project cancelled
its Duty Counsel service in the Stony Plain Provincial Court.
You may not qualify for
all duty counsel services.