Sentences with phrase «in legal aid budgets»

Predictably the Board remarked on the apparent reduction in the legal aid budget being wiped out by inefficiency in all other sections of the court system which had become overburdened and unworkable.

They say fees for practitioners had been cut by 30 % across the board since 2007 and a further 20 % cut in the legal aid budget was anticipated.

The biggest single item in the legal aid budget is Crown Court legal aid which weighs in at around # 700m.

At the same time though, the Government could help save money in the legal aid budget by ensuring that its other departments function more effectively.

Not exact matches

Gov. Andrew Cuomo introduced a five - pronged package in January that included these reforms as part of his 2018 State of the State agenda, and the organizations were led to believe they would be part of the state's finalized budget after months of discussions with elected officials, a spokesman for the Legal Aid Society said.

Government plans set for April will cut # 220 million from the # 2 billion annual legal aid budget, predominantly through a 30 % reduction in fees for complex, high - cost cases and an 18 % cut in fees for other crown court work.

«Some issues that we were hoping to see addressed were not, among them the baselining of funding in the budget for initiatives such as legal aid for anti-eviction services and Teacher's Choice, a program that reimburses educators for the purchase of classroom supplies of their choice,» she said.

And Faso quickly shot back «no» when asked whether he would support legislation in the proposed budget to cut funding to legal aid services.

Allowing defendants to use funds restrained under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to fund their private defence in our view would also limit the strain on legal aid budgets.

A single sentence in this year's state budget intended to help fund member items was also responsible for holding up roughly $ 20 million in federal aid to the state Conservation Fund, letters from the Cuomo administration's legal counsel show.

In the meantime, Lippman is pushing for an increased budget of $ 100 million for his civil legal services aid initiative, up from $ 85 million in the current budgeIn the meantime, Lippman is pushing for an increased budget of $ 100 million for his civil legal services aid initiative, up from $ 85 million in the current budgein the current budget.

There are major savings that can be made, in legal aid, in central staffing and in the bureaucratic NOMS empire, but a quarter of the department's budget is spent on prisons, and this scale of savings can only be realised if prison numbers are less than expected in 2015, so jails can actually be closed, or not built in the first place.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito agrees with Legal Aid and that's going to be a point of contention in her negotiations with Mayor de Blasio over the budget.

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Although changes to the criminal legal aid budget have been widely documented in the media, the same can not be said for public funding for family issues.

In 2013 the then coalition Government slashed the budget for legal aid by # 350m a year.

Dramatically rising fees at Canadian law schools with equally dramatic reductions in provincial legal aid budgets have created the perfect storm for young talent in the criminal defence bar.

There are a number of ways to skin this cat but with Ministry budgets in a perpetual state of belt - tightening, throwing more money at courts, crowns, cops and (if anyone remembers to save the table scraps) legal aid, only scratches the surface.

Despite a projected budget surplus of nearly $ 900 million, there is no new funding for legal aid services in the province.

The overall annual budget for the Legal Services Society, which administers legal aid in B.C., is expected to be $ 79 million this fiscal Legal Services Society, which administers legal aid in B.C., is expected to be $ 79 million this fiscal legal aid in B.C., is expected to be $ 79 million this fiscal year.

From the coverage in the legal press, you might think that the «crisis» was limited to the parlous state of legal aid system, but that 40 % cut will cover the entire MoJ budget including prisons and probation as well as our courts.

Since then, and particularly in recent years, there have been a large number of initiatives designed to curb costs, such as limiting Legal Aid, and the removal of the ability to claim so - called additional liabilities in «no win, no fee» agreements - from paying defendants, costs budgeting and the use of alternative dispute resolution.

For the Fiscal Year 2014, we successfully secured a continuation of levels seen in the King County's FY 2013 budget, which included a sizable increase in investment to legal aid programs serving King County's most vulnerable people.

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For the 2013 - 2015 Washington State budget, the Office of Civil Legal Aid (OCLA), which funds NJP, received the same level of funding that the Legislature provided in the 2011 - 2013 biennium — $ 23.186 million.

Our very own board president Susan Kidwell was quoted recently in an article on Texas Lawyer about the effects that legal services budget cuts will have on VLS and other legal aid organizations.

The EJC attended and testified during community hearings on the proposed budget and met with Councilmembers (and their staff) to discuss the collaborative delivery system of the King County legal aid providers that works to ensure the needs of low - income people are met in a timely and effective manner and to illustrate the need for restoring and expanding funding for legal aid.

In a budget year when legislators struggled with issues such as education, mental health, and transportation, to receive a $ 4.8 million increase for legal aid (roughly a 20 % increase in funding) is a gratifying resulIn a budget year when legislators struggled with issues such as education, mental health, and transportation, to receive a $ 4.8 million increase for legal aid (roughly a 20 % increase in funding) is a gratifying resulin funding) is a gratifying result.

We met with nearly 90 members of the Legislature to advocate for increased funding for legal aid; • Op - eds from well - respected Washingtonians ran in the Tacoma News Tribune, The Chronicle, The Olympian, and The Spokesman Review; • The House's budget included a $ 7.6 million increase for legal aid, and for the first time ever, House democrats specifically identified civil legal aid as a priority in their external communications and interviews with the media; • Our statewide coalition and network of support greatly expanded.

@MarieMachete is a third - year law student in the U.K. where cuts of # 350 million from a # 2 - billion legal aid budget mean aid centres are closing and things like getting an amicable divorce will be much harder in the future.

The increase — which represents a $ 32 - million commitment by the province — is the second in just five months under Premier Kathleen Wynne, whose 2014 budget committed to boosting eligibility thresholds for legal aid by nearly 20 per cent.

Legal aid budgets and services continue to shrink; if this trend continues, the only people likely to have legal counsel in family court are those who earn substantially over $ 50,000 annually, and can afford to privately retain a lLegal aid budgets and services continue to shrink; if this trend continues, the only people likely to have legal counsel in family court are those who earn substantially over $ 50,000 annually, and can afford to privately retain a llegal counsel in family court are those who earn substantially over $ 50,000 annually, and can afford to privately retain a lawyer

The report says that it was estimated that the LASPO provisions would cut # 450m from the legal aid budget, but «last year, legal aid spending was actually # 950m less than in 2010».

The dissent states that «it would be inappropriate to consign the administration of amici's budgets to Legal Aid... [because] Legal Aid's expertise is in setting budgets for a person of modest means, which is not the applicable standard in the case of amici appointments» (para 140).

He observed in his announcement that the legal aid budget had reduced from # 2.4 bn in the last Parliament to # 1.6 bn.

The impact of the reforms on the legal aid budget is staggering and estimated in the regulatory impact assessment as being in the order of # 2m per annum.

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 an interview with Buzzfeed, the chair of the Justice Select Committee, Conservative MP Bob Neill, said that «budget pressures» and an «unwillingness to listen to professionals» meant changes to legal aid were rushed through Parliament and went too far.

The Governor, who asked that attorney's urge their legislators to support legal aid, has recommended $ 15.5 million for the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation in his fiscal year 2014 budget proplegal aid, has recommended $ 15.5 million for the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation in his fiscal year 2014 budget propLegal Assistance Corporation in his fiscal year 2014 budget proposal.

Among other things, the 25 - page report, entitled «An Agenda for Justice,» recommends an $ 18 - million increase to the budget of the Legal Services Society over the next election cycle to bring per - capita legal aid spending in B.C. in line with the Canadian aveLegal Services Society over the next election cycle to bring per - capita legal aid spending in B.C. in line with the Canadian avelegal aid spending in B.C. in line with the Canadian average.

But as one respondent pointed out, whether governments increase or decrease budgets for legal aid, there will always be areas of the law never covered leaving a hole in access to justice but also offering opportunities for practitioners to get involved in their communities in new and different ways.

The Canadian Bar Association's British Columbia branch has hit out at the provincial government for its failure to increase financial support for the province's legal aid system in yesterday's budget.

Two pilots in best value tendering and the introduction of Crown Court Means Testing early next year will be vital in our efforts to keep on top of the criminal legal aid budget.

Earlier this year LAG revealed, in support of its contention, that # 117m less had been spent on legal aid services than the Legal Advice Agency budgetedlegal aid services than the Legal Advice Agency budgetedLegal Advice Agency budgeted for.

Recently Alberta's minister of justice and solicitor general, Jonathan Denis, said the province would look at an increase in funding for legal aid for next year if the federal government wouldn't fund a bump to the budget.

The legal aid budget is to be reduced by # 350m and state assistance has effectively disappeared in non-criminal cases.

Legal aid budgets have been slashed in recent years.

This year, lawyers were seeking $ 17 million in funding for civil legal aid in the fiscal year 2015 Massachusetts state budget.

The group, which held its annual walk to Beacon Hill on Thursday, is pushing for the state budget to include $ 25 million in civil legal aid funding next year and then ratchet up to a total of $ 45 million in funding over the three years.

January 30, 2015 — «Attorneys from private law firms and advocates of civil legal aid organizations in Massachusetts gathered at the State House Thursday, calling for a $ 10 million funding increase in next year's state's budget for civil legal aid.