The CJC argued that the existing procedures were not fully effective nor sufficient for providing
effective access to justice for, inter alia, consumers, small businesses and employees.
West Coast LEAF intervened in the distinct matter of «public interest standing» being denied to these women through their representative organization — to argue that such organizations ought to be able to bring forward important constitutional cases on behalf of the many women who do not have
effective access to the justice system on their own.
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 April 1999
He said: «Where litigation costs
deny effective access to justice, this will in due course undermine belief in, and commitment, to the rule of law, and that results in the undermining of our democracy and all its modern features — health, education, and welfare.»
Self - representing parties seems to be the new reality for courts around the common law world and so courts need to adapt the way they have traditionally operated in order to
provide effective access to justice for unrepresented litigants.»
We must acknowledge and address these wider issues if the reform programme is to have any real prospect of achieving
the effective access to justice that we all crave and our society deserves.
Law Society — Access to justice must be available for all (solicitors» representative body): «If the Government persists with these proposals it would represent a sharp break from the long - standing bipartisan consensus that
effective access to justice is essential to underpin the rule of law... Legal aid clients are some of the most vulnerable in society and good legal representation where required is essential if they are to obtain justice.»
It encourages a cultural and institutional transformation based on the efficient and
effective access to justice for all Colombians.
Others would suggest that the government must bear the cost as access to justice is a societal responsibility akin to healthcare and that without broad and
effective access to justice, our democratic system can not function effectively.
After engaging this afternoon in a discussion about a number of issues related to ongoing access to justice, I continued thinking about the barriers that stand between ordinary people with legal problems and
their effective access to justice.
The Law Society, which published its own access to justice review today, has said that «only the poorest of the poor will continue to be eligible for legal aid» and that the proposals represent «a sharp break from the long - standing bipartisan consensus that
effective access to justice is essential to underpin the rule of law ``.
Providing
effective access to justice is a basic tenet of the rule of law and a core characteristic of the welfare state.
This raises concern about whether the current housing possession process is providing
effective access to justice.
The Engagement Committee was first called the Communications Committee but was changed to reflect the fact that in order to be
an effective access to justice network, A2JBC needed to do more than communicate — it also needed to engage not just the members of A2JBC groups and committees, but networks across the justice sector and beyond.
In this blog post, the writer presents an itemized list of «barriers that stand between ordinary people with legal problems and
their effective access to justice,» but acknowledges that the list is necessarily incomplete (being based solely on her personal knowledge and experiences).
The committee suggests strengthening the lord chancellor's duty to secure «
effective access to justice», to ensure the director of legal aid casework is sufficiently independent of possible government interference, and to guarantee provision for appeals where legal aid is refused.