Sentences with phrase «impact on access to justice»

We think this will significantly impact on access to justice — there is a great difficulty in fixing costs in different types of litigation.

My personal view is that isn't a problem, if at least some of the graduates are enabled to go in directions that do have an impact on access to justice.

The CCLA argued that the legislation breached s. 8 of the Charter — which the court confirmed — but also that the legislation would have a detrimental impact on access to justice.

Our belief is that for a significant majority of commercial cases, costs budgeting will not have any impact on access to justice.

Jo Hickman, director of the Public Law Project (PLP) said the residence test's «impact on access to justice would have been catastrophic».

Today Woody joins us to share the background and history of unbundled legal services, and how it is positioned to have a tremendous impact on access to justice in the future.

«Law apps are a growing part of the legal landscape and working with partners like Youthlaw enables our students to have an impact on access to justice and while also building skills in this important area.»

This is not to suggest that legal tech can not have a positive impact on access to justice.

While one might not necessarily expect an airline schedule change to have an impact on access to justice, it's possible that it just may.

The profession's current impact on access to justice is highly commendable and should not be detracted from.

It is unclear whether the federal government put its mind to the impact on access to justice when drafting this budget.

It was recently announced, for example, that the Ministry of the Attorney General and the Legal Innovation Zone at Ryerson University will partner to launch the Ontario Access to Justice Challenge (A2J) which will «foster the growth and success of startups that are developing products, technologies, processes, and solutions that have a direct positive impact on access to justice in Ontario.»

We shall study this report, which contains many innovative recommendations, carefully, not least to assess its impact on access to justice.

Practitioner groups have expressed serious concerns about the sustainability and fairness of the proposals and their impact on access to justice.

Our experience so far of lay appointments is of: (a) fiscal measures (increasing fees and reducing legal aid) which have a negative impact on access to justice; and (b) unseemly spats with the Lord Chief Justice about law reform and the freedom of the press.

The Challenge sought to «foster the growth and success of startups that are developing products, technologies, processes, and solutions that have a direct positive impact on access to justice in Ontario.»

Court closures are having a negative impact on access to justice and the effective delivery of justice for court users and staff, with 71 % of respondents citing it as a concern.

Because two of the three legal aid sources are predominately supported by lawyers, decision makers should consider the potential impact on access to justice if lawyers were to dramatically reduce their time / financial support of pro bono services and legal aid programs, which is likely as competition increases and the social contract under which lawyers and society have operated Vis a Vis the state sponsored monopoly continues to unwind.

A program of lawyer supervision would have no impact on the access to justice crisis in family law, she wrote, adding that «only licensed and independent paralegals can offer meaningful competition to lawyers.»

Law Society president Jonathan Smithers also expressed concern about the impact on access to justice for highly complex cases.

the wider impacts on access to justice the wider costs to the public sector and knock - on costs of the reforms;

Yellowknife lawyers say the impending closure of the city's law library could have significant impacts on access to justice in the Northwest Territories.

Not exact matches

Monday 11 March 2013 2.30 pm Oral Questions Plans to tackle inequality in income and wealth in the UK - Lord Dubs Consequences for access to justice for those who will not be able to receive free legal advice on social welfare law matters from 1 April - Lord Bach Future railway re-openings - Lord Faulkner of Worcester Progress towards achieving the projected increase in the size of the UK's reserve forces - Lord Rosser Legislation Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill - Report stage (Day 4)- Viscount Younger of Leckie Short Debate Recommendations of the Francis Report into the Mid-Staffordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Lord Patel Short Debate Impact of NHS innovation and research strategies on health improvement and wealth creation - Lord Kakkar

What hasn't been addressed is the impact that the inefficiency caused by having to use different platforms may have on access to justice.

The Working Group determined that ``... based on the experience to date in other jurisdictions, the likely access to justice impact does not appear to be sufficient to justify majority non-licensee ownership or effective control, for practices generally.»

In the context of this case, the court recognised that the «potential impact on the livelihoods of solicitors and access to justice» meant that a «high degree of fairness was required».

Young Legal Aid Lawyers, Legal Aid Practitioners Group and Legal Action Group have sent an open letter to the new Prime Minister, Theresa May, welcoming her vision of «a country that works not for a privileged few but for every one of us» and calling on the government to review the impact of legal aid cuts on access to justice.

When studying the impact of ABSs on access to justice in the UK and Australia, Kalajdzic used five metrics:

«A vast access to justice project with a big impact on British society, and it's scalable,» a judge said.

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 cuts are having a real impact on the ability of the most vulnerable in our society to access justice.

As a strategic thinker working at the intersection of law, technology and access to justice, and based on my years of experience being embedded in a community legal centre, here are some ideas that seem to me, to have some potential for positive impact:

This case has had such a significant impact on civil legal proceedings in the courts in Ontario, including with respect to the access to justice, that it has, in the course of one year since the decision was released, been cited in more than 400 reported decisions of the courts in Canada.

Please take the time to learn about cy pres and the wonderful impact you can make on your community when you choose to direct court awards to support access to justice through civil legal aid.

It impacts on the decision and strategy on whether to litigate even with a meritorious claim, and is becoming an issue of access to justice, especially for impecunious litigants who are disproportionally affected by the recovery gap.

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.

She said «These cuts are having a real impact on the ability of the most vulnerable in our society to access justice.

In the Law Society's press release of the same date, vice-president Christina Blacklaws highlighted the impact on the budget cuts on legal aid and access to justice.

In the Law Society's press release of the same date, vice-president Christina Blacklaws said «These cuts are having a real impact on the ability of the most vulnerable in our society to access justice.

YLAL co-chair Oliver Carter wrote for The Justice Gap, expressing concern about the impact of further cuts to the MoJ budget on the LASPO review and access to justice genJustice Gap, expressing concern about the impact of further cuts to the MoJ budget on the LASPO review and access to justice genjustice generally.

It also integrates new research data on the Access to Justice crisis and the impact of self - represented litigants, and the adaptations and changes this challenge demands in these and other aspects of lawyering practice.

So why question the impact of strategies, such as the CRT, on access to justice?

The report — Cuts that Hurt: The impact of legal aid cuts on access to justice — draws on research conducted between October last year and June, including interviews with 30 individuals not eligible for legal aid as a result of LASPO.

Think about what is facing us: the calls to action, the future of articling — or if not articling, what to have in its place — the impact of technology on legal practice, the access to justice imperative, the experience of racialized members of the profession, mental health among lawyers and law students and so on and so on.

Furthermore, some systems exclude costs awards altogether, because costs have an impact on access - to - justice.

The keynote will be followed by workshop sessions on a wide variety of topics of interest to criminal, juvenile, child welfare and mental health practitioners, including but not limited to the wrongful conviction and exoneration of Frederick Clay, litigating nursing home admissions, appellate advocacy, criminal case law update, how to use social science research in your case, the new sentencing guidelines, restorative justice, ensuring language access, advanced issues in Superior Court litigation, representing emerging adults, how to contest preliminary drug test results, a practicum on mindfulness, as well as the latest from the immigration impact unit.

For example, the impact of costs on access - to - justice explains why a review body like the Health Professions Review Board does not have costs «follow the event,» such that it will award costs only «in exceptional circumstances» such where a review is commenced in «bad faith» or «for an improper purpose».

Young Legal Aid Lawyers are collaborating with The Access to Justice Alliance to collect evidence about the impact of recent legal aid changes on clients.

The Supreme Court's recognition today of the profound impact that the Fees Order 2013 has had on access to justice is a huge step forward for UK employment law.

While the impact on small firms is unlikely to move the needle, lawyers across the country, including the Canadian Bar Association, have raised concerns about how the changes negatively affect access to justice.