Sentences with phrase «for justiciable»

I presume that Lee has in mind the 70 % who don't use lawyers in family law disputes, the 70 % without powers of attorney, the 60 % without wills, the 40 % who do nt seek legal advice when injured, the 1/3 who know that they have legal problems yet don't seek legal assistance and the 85 % who don't seek legal assistance for justiciable problems.

Not exact matches

The Legal Problems of Everyday Life (at p. 56) is the source of the information noted in an earlier column that legal assistance is sought for only 11.7 % of justiciable problems.

The following chart from The Legal Problems of Everyday Life shows both the nature of justiciable problems and the those that cause problems for the public

For the 16.5 % who did not address their justiciable problem (and did not seek any assistance yet thought their problem important), approximately one - third thought that there was nothing that could be done, approximately 10 % were uncertain of their rights and approximately 10 % thought that taking action would take too much time.

For those who sought advice in respect of justiciable issues, 25.9 % sought advice from a barrister or solicitor.

Various studies (see Julie MacFarlane's study of self - represented litigants, 2013;) demonstrate that most individuals with a justiciable issue seek advice (sometimes legal, sometimes other) for dealing with the matter at some stage before and during proceedings.

Should access to justice strategies be designed to challenge barriers that prevent individuals from participating in current dispute resolution mechanisms and to create real opportunities for those individuals (as well others) to seek resolution to a justiciable problem?

For those who feel disempowered in the face of a justiciable issue or who are vulnerable, a self - directed process is unlikely to encourage their participation.

In the United Kingdom, academics Hazel Genn and others have used research about justiciable problems to reorient how access to justice policy is developed, making it more focused the paths to justice available to users for resolving their problems.

At the CFCJ, Ab Currie will develop further this pioneering work on justiciable problems and its insights for access to justice in Canada.

By making these cases justiciable, it allows for oversight.

The court's ruling will help to curtail lengthy litigation over jurisdictional issues in cases where patent counterclaims that form the basis for removal fail to present a justiciable Article III case or controversy.»

There is a justiciable controversy despite Casemaker's promise not to sue for anything that happened prior to April 7.

On January 15, 2018, lawyers for Advocates for the Rule of Law («ARL») will be appearing before the Supreme Court of Canada to make submissions in a case that will consider whether there is a justiciable duty to consult potentially affected Aboriginal groups in the legislative process.

Non-lawyers frequently fail to conceptualize their problems as «justiciable events,» often believe they can address their problems on their own, and go to their unions, governments, or friends and family members for help (see table 40 in the above study).

One potentially useful data point cited by the Initiative from this study is that Canadians seek legal advice for only 11.7 % of «justiciable events.»

Of course, in light of the current composition of the U.S. Senate and the current President, and the precedent that the «nuclear option» can abolish the filibuster for some kinds of judicial appointments (a parliamentary ruling which is almost surely not justiciable due to express language vesting procedural questions in the U.S. Senate in the Senate and not the courts in the U.S. Constitution), this question is unlikely to present itself any time soon.

The Australian study is also important because it reminds us of a similar study done here for the federal Department of Justice and released in 2009: The Legal Problems of Everyday Life — The Nature, Extent and Consequences of Justiciable Problems Experienced by Canadians, by A. Currie.