Sentences with phrase «effect on access to justice»

Law Society president, Robert Heslett's letter states: «The implications for the 3,600 businesses and the people employed by those businesses are stark, to say the least, and could have a knock on effect on access to justice if any are forced to close as a result.»

I am unconvinced that the effect on access to justice can be precisely measured in percentage points.

There have been the predictable cries that Lord Justice Jackson's proposals will have a negative effect on access to justice.

Legal aid lawyers maintain that the desire to cut costs, reinforced by austerity in the last eight years, has had a serious effect on access to justice — and thereby the rule of law.

The real tragedy, in my opinion, is the recent legislation in the UK that significantly reduced the scope of legal aid — that has had a huge effect on access to justice.

«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.

So here, with some slightly more reasoned thoughts, I explore whether well - resourced BTCs — with a strong client focus and with the means and the motive, could, in fact, have a positive effect on access to justice.

Proponents suggest that there is evidence to support ABS's positive effect on access to justice and that, in any event, the risks posed by ABS to the legal profession ought not to be overstated.

Not exact matches

To their surprise, Adedipe informed Justice Baba Yusuf that the prosecution counsel, Mr Rotimi Jabobs, SAN replied on April 18 to the effect that the access to Dasuki can only be granted at a convenient room and unhindered in a special room at the DSS headquarterTo their surprise, Adedipe informed Justice Baba Yusuf that the prosecution counsel, Mr Rotimi Jabobs, SAN replied on April 18 to the effect that the access to Dasuki can only be granted at a convenient room and unhindered in a special room at the DSS headquarterto the effect that the access to Dasuki can only be granted at a convenient room and unhindered in a special room at the DSS headquarterto Dasuki can only be granted at a convenient room and unhindered in a special room at the DSS headquarters.

In effect, the ECJ was thus faced with a dilemma between, on the one hand, ensuring a high level of environmental protection and wide access to justice and, on the other, ensuring expediency of decision - making and autonomy of national procedural law.

Already there, the Court was unwilling to give direct effect to Article 9 (3) of the Convention on access to justice with regard to Regulation 1367/2006 establishing an internal review mechanism for EU administrative acts.

Neither report focuses on non-market provision of legal services through legal aid and otherwise or effect of the law and legal institutions on access to justice.

She found that by using the vehicle of a judicial writing seminar, she could expose students to the effects of economic and social status on access to justice.

The Trades Union Congress (TUC), together with its partners in the Speak Up For Justice Campaign, adds its voice to the many organisations criticising the effects of LASPO, in its research report, Justice Denied: Impact of the Government's reforms to legal aid and court services on access to jJustice Campaign, adds its voice to the many organisations criticising the effects of LASPO, in its research report, Justice Denied: Impact of the Government's reforms to legal aid and court services on access to jJustice Denied: Impact of the Government's reforms to legal aid and court services on access to justicejustice.

These amendments are being made without any consultation with the legal profession, or any awareness of the effect they will have on accident victims and their access to justice.

In light of this jurisprudence, and somewhat unsurprisingly given its familiarity with judicial review founded on Article 6, the Court of Appeal concluded that the right of access to justice contained in Article 47 of the Charter was sufficiently precise to have horizontal direct effect [80].

Students with a strong interest in access to justice would also likely to be excluded, which would have a significant effect on law schools where this theme is prominently featured:

I, for one, am very interested to see how she and Trudeau navigate through the next few years and the effects that will have on the legal profession, the justice system, and access to justice.

The Ministry of Justice has spent less than anticipated on legal aid following the cuts as a result of an overly restrictive and bureaucratic approach and poor provision of information on the availability of legal aid, with the effect that vulnerable people are unable to obtain access to jJustice has spent less than anticipated on legal aid following the cuts as a result of an overly restrictive and bureaucratic approach and poor provision of information on the availability of legal aid, with the effect that vulnerable people are unable to obtain access to justicejustice.

Dramatic civil legal aid cuts in the UK in 2012 and corresponding effects to the justice system has put access to justice on the radar of future voters.

Although the province can establish hearing fees under its power to administer justice under s. 92 (14) of the Constitution Act, 1867, the exercise of that power must also comply with s. 96 of the Constitution Act, 1867, which constitutionally protects the core jurisdiction of the superior courts... the fees impermissibly infringe on that jurisdiction by, in effect, denying some people access to the courts».

I suggest that you review the materials OTLA has published (and will continue to publish) on the subject, where you will find that the issue is not whether ABS will reduce access to justice, but that there is no evidence suggesting that ABS has any positive effect on public access to justice.

But a different argument, advanced by the West Coast Women's Legal Education and Action Fund, was to the effect that the right of access to courts was a component of the right to liberty, and maybe also of that to the security of the person, protected by section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and that the hearing fees infringed this right contrary to principles of fundamental justice, due to their disproportionate effect on women and the least well - off.

Second, what effect has the presence of such firms as Slater & Gordon, as you've noted, had on access to justice and legal costs?

The articles focus mainly on the effect of arbitration on consumer and class action litigation and raise important issues of fairness, transparency and access to justice.

The result of the Access to Justice report by Lord Woolf The aim is to provide more effective access to Justice through quicker, cheaper and more proportionate justice for defended cases It introduced a unified set of Rules and Practice Directions for the County and High Courts, and Judicial Case Management The reforms came into effect on 26 ApriAccess to Justice report by Lord Woolf The aim is to provide more effective access to Justice through quicker, cheaper and more proportionate justice for defended cases It introduced a unified set of Rules and Practice Directions for the County and High Courts, and Judicial Case Management The reforms came into effect on 26 AprJustice report by Lord Woolf The aim is to provide more effective access to Justice through quicker, cheaper and more proportionate justice for defended cases It introduced a unified set of Rules and Practice Directions for the County and High Courts, and Judicial Case Management The reforms came into effect on 26 Apriaccess to Justice through quicker, cheaper and more proportionate justice for defended cases It introduced a unified set of Rules and Practice Directions for the County and High Courts, and Judicial Case Management The reforms came into effect on 26 AprJustice through quicker, cheaper and more proportionate justice for defended cases It introduced a unified set of Rules and Practice Directions for the County and High Courts, and Judicial Case Management The reforms came into effect on 26 Aprjustice for defended cases It introduced a unified set of Rules and Practice Directions for the County and High Courts, and Judicial Case Management The reforms came into effect on 26 April 1999

Yet, massive cuts to legal aid for family law in B.C. have had a dramatic, negative and disproportionate effect on women's ability to access justice.