Sentences with phrase «have an access to justice issue»

Not exact matches

On Tuesday, President Trump ordered the Justice Department to issue regulations that would ban bump stocks, after pressure to do more to curtail access to deadly weapons following the Florida shooting.

These data provoke concern in terms of economic justice, but another real issue is that media owners and players are «gatekeepers,» with the power to define who has access to information.

The access to justice issue must be addressed first... in Canada — Birth Trauma Canada has recently launched a Maternity Legal Action Fund to fill this need.

Kris Nordstrom, a consultant for the progressive N.C. Justice Center (the parent nonprofit for N.C. Policy Watch) and a former fiscal analyst for the legislature, warned legislators that their efforts would be better spent on proven methods, such as increasing access to pre-K programs, expanding instructional time, recruiting and retaining high - quality teachers, and addressing poverty - related issues such as mental health and child nutrition.

Educational disparity is a social justice issue, and we are committed to working with communities to ensure that all students in all neighborhoods have access to an engaging, high quality, 21st century education.

Both of their longstanding, diverse practices have touched on themes of sustainability ranging from micro to global scales, and have covered issues of equality, place, justice, health, and access.

A breakout group of what the report called «ATJ - related tech companies» that focus on access - to - justice issues, had a higher proportion of diverse founders at 44 percent.

Legally Inc. has its eyes set on launching its first product that tackles issues surrounding access to justice; that is Take Charge.

However, another critique launched at the AMP has less to do with its process and more to do with it's digital nature: «what about those people who don't have access to a computer, how will they dispute a charge — this is an access to justice issue».

In recent years, access to justice (A2J) issues have been getting increasingly more attention.

I would be interested to know whether any of the panelists raised the issue of access to justice.

Much of the research and writing on access to justice issues in the last five years, including that of the Canadian Bar Association and Julie Macfarlane's National Self - Represented Litigants Project, has discussed unbundling as a potential, albeit partial, remedy.

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.

Recent reports have underscored that access to justice is everyone's problem yet the issue fails to resonate with the public — they indicate low confidence and a sense of alienation.

Widespread access to legal information via the Internet may help close the justice gap, but the profession has many other access issues to address.

So most access - to - justice issues have to do with employment, personal injury / traffic, and family law.

In relation to Scottish Speculative Agreements it is clear again from Lord Gill's Review that there is a significant issue relating to Access to Justice; this is discussed on pages 98 and 99 and para 107 «as far as Access to Justice is concerned, speculative fee arrangements were said to have been responsible for a reduction in the number of firms taking on personal injury litigation, resulting in less choice for consumers but a concentration of expertise in those firms dealing with such cases... Another respondent was of the view that speculative fee arrangements were being entered into where there was little risk».

Last but certainly not least, with more than 1 in 4 respondents (26 %) having experienced a stress - related illness and more than 1 in 5 respondents (21 %) reporting the loss of employment or need to relocate as a result of their legal problem, Global Insights on Access to Justice reinforces the role of justice issues on people'sJustice reinforces the role of justice issues on people'sjustice issues on people's lives.

Societal issues may have taken center stage, but technology played an important role — even in the opening plenary session on access to justice.

Beyond this, Seabrook also reveals that Neota has a major Pro-Bono programme in partnership with Georgetown Law School in order to continue to teach young professionals their technology, working with charities to solve real - life issues in the Access to Justice space.

Mr. Clark has on many occasions worked for reduced rates where the client's financial means and access to justice are real issues.

Labour legal aid review: the Access to Justice Commission appointed by Lord Bach to assist in the Labour Party's legal aid review has issued its call for evidence.

We have frequently blogged about access to justice issues, including the government's attempts to make Ontario's criminal law system «faster and fairer», and the right to timely trial.

That strikes straight to the heart of the access to justice conundrum: everyone has lots of ideas about what the basic problems are and what could be done to fix them, but there appears to be more eagerness to discuss the issue than to deal with it.

«The choice of such a hot - button issue, which will attract a great deal of attention but won't actually have I would think that much of an impact at the end of the day, risks being a distraction from the more important and pressing access - to - justice challenges that we as Ontario lawyers ought to be concerned about,» says Adam Goldenberg, a lawyer with McCarthy Tétrault LLP.

The question of how much public pressure would be required to improve the historically stubborn problem of adequate funding for legal aid and other access to justice services is a separate issue that can be set aside for now.

As Tapp puts it: «The market for legal aid is quite small and there are all sorts of issues around access to justice, so we are asking what else could we do with the skill sets that we have?»

At the recent Canadian Bar Association in Saskatoon Chief Justice McLachlin reiterated her oft - noted position that access to justice is a major problem in Canada (as reported here, e.g.) The Supreme Court has in these sorts of public statements been a leader in these Justice McLachlin reiterated her oft - noted position that access to justice is a major problem in Canada (as reported here, e.g.) The Supreme Court has in these sorts of public statements been a leader in these justice is a major problem in Canada (as reported here, e.g.) The Supreme Court has in these sorts of public statements been a leader in these issues.

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.

The economic issues these types of requests raise is but one consideration: Access to justice — which has become a prominent issue in Ontario lately — also figures in the equation.

Access to justice issues have frequented academic, legal, political and mainstream debates for many years (with Slawyers often initiating or driving the dialogue happening in the Canadian blogosphere!).

If we were to draw on their collective wisdom to tackle the issues of access to justice with a multi-disciplinary approach, not only would we enhance the discussion, but we would also broaden the range of potential solutions to issues identified.

When I first began to review the data, my cynical expectation was that librarians would have an explicit NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) position on the access to justice issue.

Yet, until now, there has been no identifiable, central platform in Canada where a wide range of justice stakeholders can exchange research and resources, raise questions and share ideas and concerns about access to justice issues.

I've only just had a chance to skim it, but in doing so I have noted a continuous thread throughout the report suggesting that it is essential, if we are to move forward effectively on the issue of access to justice, that we know what we know and what we don't yet know.

Though I've neither been employed in any capacity in the legal system nor ever lived in Manitoba the Honourable Richard J. Scott came to my attention some years ago during my (still ongoing) pursuit of rule - of - law / access to justice issues.

Her goal is to reform the entire legal system by helping as many people as possible to understand their general rights, encouraging individuals to be proactive about legal issues, increasing access to justice for low and middle income individuals, and providing education to the community so that re-entering individuals can have seamless and successful returns to the community.

The tragedy has highlighted the divisions in society and raised many questions including issues as to: access to justice and legal funding, as the tenants were unable to obtain legal aid for advice due to the legal aid cuts; the legal protection of tenants both in private and social housing; the inability of council tenants to enforce or seek to have enforced basic fitness standards under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System and Housing Act 2004 (HHSRSA), and the purchase of housing stock by local authorities.

Part of Ovbiagele's motivation was the messy break up of his parents» marriage in the absence of their having too little money for proper legal representation — an access to justice issue.

The confusion is understandable, given that barely two years have elapsed since the act came fully into force and that the Court of Appeal has yet to pronounce upon the key areas of controversy, but nonetheless highlights critical access to justice issues that went unobserved and unnoticed under the previous legislative regime which thirty years» of case authority had fully illuminated.

«There are a lot of stories that, through a journalistic lens, will help us understand justice better,» says Lorne Sossin, dean of Osgoode Hall, who refers to recent stories in daily newspapers such as the Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail that have examined issues of access to justice and more.

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.

An access to justice issue that has never been included in any the many «access to justice» columns appearing on the Slaw website.

Access is a timely issue for Law Day to highlight given the recent comments of Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin who received wide press coverage when she told a University of Toronto Conference audience, that «We have wonderful justice for corporations and for the wJustice Beverly McLachlin who received wide press coverage when she told a University of Toronto Conference audience, that «We have wonderful justice for corporations and for the wjustice for corporations and for the wealthy.

In explicitly identifying these issues, Iacobucci has challenged those in the access to justice field to begin thinking through difficult questions regarding power imbalances and the reconciliation of two very different understandings of justice.

Canadian Class Actions Monitor Access to Justice in «Manageability» of Individual Issues: Appeal Dismissed in Fantl v Transamerica Life Canada

I don't think anyone has ever claimed that any kind of ODR will be a cure - all for access to justice issues — I suspect even the CRT is held out as an improvement, not a solution.

In other words, the regulatory regime in Canada, as in Australian and the UK, is that legal services have to be provided by expensive service providers — and people wonder why access to justice is an issue?

Only part of the issues surrounding access to justice will have been solved, but the State will not have any additional budget to allocated to legal aid.

In the recent decision of Fantl v Transamerica Life Canada («Fantl»)[1], the Ontario Court of Appeal unanimously dismissed the appeal of the Divisional Court's decision and confirmed the certification of class claims in negligent misrepresentation, noting that it was time for class actions to «deliver on their promise of access to justice» [2] when it comes to individual issues.