Law Society president Jonathan Smithers also expressed concern about
the impact on access to justice for highly complex cases.
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.»
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.
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.
the wider
impacts on access to justice the wider costs to the public sector and knock - on costs of the reforms;
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.»
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.
Practitioner groups have expressed serious concerns about the sustainability and fairness of the proposals and
their impact on access to justice.
We shall study this report, which contains many innovative recommendations, carefully, not least to assess
its impact on access to justice.
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.»
It is unclear whether the federal government put its mind to
the impact on access to justice when drafting this budget.
The profession's current
impact on access to justice is highly commendable and should not be detracted from.
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.
This is not to suggest that legal tech can not have a positive
impact on access to justice.
«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.»
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.
Jo Hickman, director of the Public Law Project (PLP) said the residence test's «
impact on access to justice would have been catastrophic».
Our belief is that for a significant majority of commercial cases, costs budgeting will not have
any 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.
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.
Yellowknife lawyers say the impending closure of the city's law library could have significant
impacts on access to justice in the Northwest Territories.
We think this will significantly
impact on access to justice — there is a great difficulty in fixing costs in different types of litigation.
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 j
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 j
Justice 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 gen
Justice Gap, expressing concern about the
impact of further cuts
to the MoJ budget
on the LASPO review and
access to justice gen
justice 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.