Sentences with phrase «legal aid applicants»

Under the present regime to qualify for legal aid applicants must submit evidence from a prescribed list only (eg, an unspent conviction, a letter from a doctor detailing injuries or a condition consistent with domestic violence or a domestic violence protection order) from a period of five years before the legal aid application.

On Friday permission was granted for a judicial review of regulations made under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act setting out «gateway» criteria for legal aid applicants to prove that they are victims of domestic violence.

In the United Kingdom, the lawyer is chosen by the legal aid applicant from among the solicitors» offices having concluded an agreement with the Legal Services Commission, funded by the Ministry of Justice.

Not exact matches

The program is designed to supplement the low salaries paid to legal aid attorneys by allowing qualified applicants to obtain forgivable loans from the Foundation to assist them in paying their law school student loans while employed by such organizations.

A link to the Government's materials about applying for both legal aid providers and applicants in person, forms to use and the Lord Chancellor's funding guidance: www.gov.uk/legal-aid-apply-for-exceptional-case - funding

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[3] Legal aid certificates began to be issued for a variety of proceedings, including serious criminal offences and family law matters, to applicants whose incomes fell at or below a certain level.

Funding for private family law cases is generally only available where the applicant for legal aid can show that they are a victim of domestic abuse, or where they can show that the aim of the proceedings is to protect a child at risk of abuse from a third party (such applications are in scope because of Paras 12 and 13 of Part 1 Schedule 1 of LASPO; see also Chapter 6 of the Handbook).

However, as Universal Credit has a wider scope than the existing passporting benefits it replaces, the government proposes in future to only «passport» those applicants for legal aid in receipt of Universal Credit who have no income from earnings.

Was Legal Aid Alberta carrying out a commercial activity when it collected, used and / or disclosed the Applicant's personal information?

The adjudicator ordered Legal Aid Alberta to comply with the Act and provide the applicant with the information he requested.

This case involves an applicant who sought the assistance of the Alberta Legal Aid Society in 2008 and 2011.

Now the adjudicator had to decide if the Legal Aid Society collected, used and / or disclosed the applicant's personal information in such a way.

At issue was whether the Legal Aid Society is a «non-profit organization» under PIPA, and, if so, whether it collected, used and / or disclosed the applicant's personal information in connection with a commercial activity as defined in the Act.

Legal Aid promptly responded to the applicant and provided the applicant with a copy of the staff lawyer's notes from a meeting held September 19, 2011, and certain notes of lawyers involved in one of his appeals.

The applicant was not satisfied and made a formal request to the Alberta Office of Information and Privacy Commissioner to review Legal Aid's responses to two of his initial requests he felt were not dealt with properly.

The adjudicator ultimately concluded that PIPA applies to Legal Aid Alberta because it was carrying out a commercial activity when it collected, used and / or disclosed the applicant's personal information.

When the applicants have completed the intake process and provided all of the required documents, their case will be reviewed by Legal Aid Center's attorneys.

In — PLP v Secretary of State for Justice — a rare three judge Divisional Court has held that the Government's proposal to introduce a residence test for legal aid — where all applicants will have to prove 12 months continuous lawful residence in the UK — is both ultra vires and discriminatory.

Despite the fact that women disproportionately bear the economic costs of relationship - breakdown, 60 % percent of applicants for family law legal aid representation were denied last year.

Legal Aid does not need job applicants so much as it needs money to fund its work: closing the access to justice gap.

Maybe my law school and my state are atypical when it comes to the popularity of Legal Aid, but my sense is that the problem is funding, not job applicants.

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An applicant who, in the Member State of origin, has benefited from complete or partial legal aid or exemption from costs or expenses shall be entitled, in the procedures provided for in Articles 21, 28, 41, 42 and 48 to benefit from the most favourable legal aid or the most extensive exemption from costs and expenses provided for by the law of the Member State of enforcement.

Under the provisions of the Legal Aid Services Act, an applicant must demonstrate that an appeal has merit before public funds are made available.

In Hungary, the applicant must keep strictly to the registers kept by the justice departments and, in Italy, to the list of lawyers permitted by the Bar to provide legal aid.

«Some applicants are interested in sharing a student,» says REAL project manager Angela McCue, who wrestles annually with the logistics of getting more second - year law students and articling students into rural high - needs areas, especially those where legal aid services are needed.

However, Doob says the number of applicants is not necessarily relevant since many people don't bother applying for legal aid because of extremely low eligible - income cutoffs.

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(2) All legal communications between a lawyer, student or service - provider at a clinic, student legal aid services society or other entity funded by the Corporation, or any other member, officer or employee of a clinic, student legal aid services society or other entity funded by the Corporation and an applicant for legal aid services are privileged in the same manner and to the same extent as solicitor - client communications.

The legal aid contribution is assessed on the applicant's disposable income and disposable capital.