Sentences with phrase «greater access to justice for»

A2J Author ® is a software tool that delivers greater access to justice for self - represented litigants by enabling non-technical authors from the courts, legal services programs, and law schools to rapidly build and implement customer friendly web - based interfaces for document assembly.

This would allow for greater access to justice for all while also adding a level of protection to ensure these types of fee arrangements are not used inappropriately.

The Barreau du Québec has issued an in - depth report calling on lawyers to transition away from hourly billing — not only to enhance efficiency for corporate clients but also to foster greater access to justice for individual clients and provide a more balanced professional life for lawyers.

«Appropriate legal aid funding is a significant measure, among others, that will reduce the number of people representing themselves and provide greater access to justice for families and First Nations in the province.

«A2J Author is a software tool that delivers greater access to justice for self - represented litigants by enabling non-technical authors from the courts, clerk's offices, legal services programs, and website editors rapidly to build and implement customer friendly web - based interfaces for document assembly.

A2J Author ® is a software tool developed in the U.S. that delivers greater access to justice for self - represented litigants by enabling non-technical authors from the courts, clerk's offices, legal services programs, and website editors to rapidly build and implement customer friendly web - based interfaces for document assembly.

«In effect, there is now greater access to justice for motor injury cases to the detriment of other types of claims.»

Lawyers will now be able to advise their clients with greater certainty, and this will help reduce litigation costs and ultimately promote greater access to justice for meritorious claims.

Not exact matches

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Most bizarrely, no mention is made of alternative business structures as used in the UK or Australia — structures that would allow for imaginative combinations that would truly allow for greater access to justice.

Lawyers pushing for greater access to justice constantly fall back on the refrain that Legal Aid needs more funding.

Flat - fee billing would be a great leap forward for access to justice in litigated personal plight matters such as family law.

Is it time for these institutions to «Come together» for the sake of access to justice and the greater good?

This must properly be seen, however, as a template for securing now and over time in the future the critical object of greater access to justice.

The Project convened a renowned group of academicians, lawyers, judges and business innovators to create an action plan for greater access to civil justice for the majority of Americans.

Public interest work can allow you to achieve greater goals beyond earning a paycheck, such as working to effect societal change, supporting an important public cause, or providing equal access to justice for needy individuals and organizations.

Limited scope representation provides greater access to justice, as clients need not retain a lawyer for the whole life of a file, and can instead save money by ordering from a «menu» of legal services.

The reformers see the prospect for greater access to justice (and legal services).

She will continue in her role as minister responsible for francophone affairs, with her new position potentially providing greater scope to explore access for justice issues for linguistic minorities.

When it comes to weighing benefits and risk, we attorneys tend to err on the side of caution and perhaps find it easier to turn a blind eye to the needs of our clients and the public for greater access to justice over the potential discomfort it causes us a business owners to implement changes in the way we operate our law practice.

Moreover, responding to public demand for improved access to justice and to legal information requires that CanLII direct greater energy and resources to generating public awareness of its service and to the education of users.

The current federal election campaign provides a key opportunity for lawyers to shift the discourse and effect meaningful change towards greater access to legal and justice services.

While it is routine for top judges to make speeches (for example in 2011 and in 2007) and judicial decisions reflecting the need for greater access to justice in Canada.

For several years now we've seen great rewards supporting public libraries as invaluable intermediaries in the mission to enhance justice access.

But it is the critical issues related to access to justice that will ultimately, I expect, have the greatest impact on the legal marketplace, as consumers relentlessly search for more affordable and more satisfactory alternatives.

Missing in law society discussions is the fact that outside investment has an excellent chance of creating better access to justice through greater investment in process and technology that in turn will lower prices for the average Canadian.

Nicole Bradick: Yeah, so I do think it's great that there's so much focus right now on access to justice technology, but the people who are doing the really hard work are the people who are out there sort of pushing for a systemic change and trying to make changes to court rules or processes.

He notes, for example, that «much of our litigation is done on a contingency fee basis, and this is very attractive for the public and gives even the poorest person great access to justice particularly from the tort bar.»

Access to Justice Commissions are beneficial in that they bring together these stakeholders and others, such as law schools, for greater collaboration and sharing of assets and information.

So, while LegalZoom has fired off a lawsuit in an attempt to hinder the availability of the free alternatives for justice that consumers seek, again, we choose to fight back and continue the drive toward greater access to the law for all, regardless of ability to pay.

«No matter where it's been implemented ---- whether it's Australia or the United Kingdom — ABS has not resulted in greater access to justice, lower costs for consumers, nor has it facilitated technological advancements and innovation in the profession.

And, (4) our law societies are making no attempt to protect the market of the general practitioner from the inroads being made by the commercial producers of legal services such as, LegalZoom, LegalX, and Rocket Lawyer - see their great success in the U.S. And, (5) Canada's governments do not call our law societies to account for such failures and refusal to fulfill the purpose of a law society in regard to access to justice.

As reported in legalfutures, the Master of the Rolls, Sir Terence Etherton, said «[the online court] should be seen as a template for securing now and over time in the future the critical object of greater access to justice.

Martha has been a great friend of YLAL and was on the panel for the access to justice debate at our 10th anniversary event in April 2015.

In a lecture, the Master of the Rolls, Sir Terence Etherton said that the «online solutions court should be seen as a template for securing now and over time in the future the critical object of greater access to justice.»

«I know he will be a great advocate for providing access to the civil justice system»

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«By a 3:2 majority, the Supreme Court judges reaffirmed the previous line of authorities which provide greater access to justice through the English courts for English domiciled claimants who are seriously injured in a non-EU Member State.

Though they may be providing access to justice services and supports for different reasons (whether for profit, for the public good or as a public service more generally) the resulting innovations show great promise to enhance access to justice and reduce gaps.

There is a greater likelihood of indirect access to justice gains — or what I will call collateral benefits — for people living on low income.

Litigation funding has been endorsed by the Jersey Courts as a means of providing access to justice and various case - law has cleared the way for the greater use of litigation funding in this jurisdiction.

He's strongly passionated about innovation in legal services, legal services design and justice access and thinks that innovvation and digital transformation of the legal and justice are great driver for development and competitiveness and will lead to a real revolution in the approach of all stakeholders to the legal services world.

This video provides an overview of the Tennessee Supreme Court's Justice for All Initiative, an effort to improve greater access to the courts in civil legal matters.

These vulnerable litigants must have greater access to legal representation if we are to achieve our constitutional mission of fostering equal justice for all, rich and poor alike.

«It's a huge development, and great news for access to justice,» Robson tells AdvocateDaily.com, explaining that until this decision, plaintiffs were expected to carry the costs of ATE insurance themselves.

If we are to make good on the Constitutional promise for equal justice for all, we need to work with our State Legislature, as Representatives MacEwen and Kilduff said, to create much greater access to civil legal services.

[48] The Defense Research Institute argued «there is no empirical evidence that greater access to justice has been achieved in jurisdictions that allow [for alternative structures].»

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Finally, the paper calls for a greater commitment from the Supreme Court of Canada to facilitate access to justice.