Sentences with phrase «legal aid certificate»

It is not possible to breakdown the statistics to the number of individuals helped; only the number of legal aid certificates granted.

Phase 1: Increase legal aid funding and issue more legal aid certificates to lawyers.

Being accused of a crime is a scary and confusing time, which is why I accept legal aid certificates and committed to helping those less fortunate.

Our two resident family law lawyers provide family law representation to clients, with legal aid certificates, throughout Nunavut.

Certainly there are negative and positive polarities about this subject: the lawyer who depends a lot on her best detective work — outsources her own secretary... hired at a much lower wage; the ones who take legal aid certificate after l.a. certificate and

It is worth bearing in mind that the Legal Aid Board first provided funding for an MMR - related claim in 1992 and the first legal aid certificate was granted to a claimant in the litigation which subsequently materialised in 1995.

But it is not a national service, and it services only those areas of law for which LAO provides legal aid certificates for legal services.

She appointed G who now acted under a fresh legal aid certificate.

[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.

If the government ends up being able to implement the budget, 1 million more Ontarians could qualify for legal aid certificates over a 10 - year period.

If you require assistance with a family law matter and you do not have a current family legal aid certificate, Legal Aid Ontario («LAO») may be able to help you.

Marshall Swadron, a lawyer used to service civil legal aid certificates, notes that disbursements often helped with the extensive costs associated with expert witnesses.

By issuing 75,000 additional Legal Aid certificates each year for low - income Ontarians, the government is helping to meet the real needs of the vulnerable through LAO's certificate program, which gives clients the right to counsel of choice.»

The cause of action for recovery of legal aid costs in respect of a revoked legal aid certificate is complete, and time therefore begins to run for limitation purposes, from the date of revocation of the certificate, not the date on which costs are taxed.

Solomon is also a member of Legal Aid Ontario's Extremely Serious Criminal Matters (ESM) panel, and can accept Legal Aid certificates for the most serious cases, including murder, dangerous offender applications and terrorism charges.

Decision in Connelly v GA Group and another (relationship of legal aid certificate to actual grant), 8 October 2003

But LAO miscalculated demand for legal services and gave out more legal aid certificates than they could afford.

These same changes will potentially also increase the workload for family lawyers taking Legal Aid certificates, again, with no concurrent increase in their remuneration.

That might be true, but the real problem with access is the eligibility criteria for Legal Aid certificates.

A legal aid certificate does not simply entitle clients to a «free lawyer».

Legal aid certificates are still only available for the most serious legal matters, including charges where a jail sentence is likely, child protection or domestic violence issues and immigration and refugee matters.

In the case at bar, the Applicant conducted herself as if her Legal Aid certificate amounted to a blank cheque — unlimited resources which most unrepresented Respondents would be hard - pressed to match.

Just when you thought it was safe to accept a Legal Aid certificate, they go barrelling towards crisis yet again.

The activity cost may be covered under a legal aid certificate or subsidised in the case of fi nancial hardship (Children Act 1989 (Contact Activity Directions and Conditions: Financial Assistance (England) Regulations 2008)(SI 2008/2940) and see SI 2008/2943).

In keeping with the analogy between medicare and «judicare,» a lawyer retained on a legal aid certificate can be thought of as roughly comparable to a family doctor — at least for the duration of the matter for which the certificate is issued.

Similarly, under our publicly funded legal aid system, an Ontarian with a legal aid certificate is free to retain any lawyer he or she wishes, provided that lawyer is prepared to take the case.

Although the judicare model was the primary means through which legal aid services were proposed to be provided, the Joint Committee also recommended the establishment of «duty counsel,» lawyers paid to attend court to provide summary advice and assistance to those who had not yet been able to retain counsel or obtain a legal aid certificate.

RH Law is here to offer criminal legal consultation to help you and we also accept legal aid certificates.

Legal Aid already works to ration time, a Legal Aid certificate specifies how much time can be spent on each step — or, rather, how much time counsel will be compensated on spending.

A legal aid certificate is a voucher that can be provided to a private practice lawyer, such as myself, guaranteeing if they accept your case, they will get paid.

He says these kinds of administrative difficulties add to defence counsel's hesitation to take on legal aid certificates.

We accept Legal Aid Certificates and we do work pro bono through the Refugee Sponsorship Support Program.

The service can also help you find a lawyer who meets specific requirements such as speaking a certain language or accepting Legal Aid certificates.

Andrea accepts Legal Aid certificates and private retainers.

Legal Aid Certificates There are a range of different legal aid certificates issued in Ireland.

About 80 per cent of the clients who come to his doors each year have a legal aid certificate in hand.

«It offers invaluable experience and opportunities» for younger associates, writes the respondent, despite costing the firm money on «virtually every legal aid certificate case» it takes because «we provide identical service» to clients whether retained on a normal retainer or through legal aid.

The Americans also find our Canadian system quite fascinating (our legal aid certificate system has come up a few times).

About 600 legal aid certificates are typically given out a year for civil cases in Ontario, a practice that appears to have ended.

According to the Law Society, the decision means the Legal Aid Agency will in future need to look at the facts of a specific case to decide whether it should pay the fees in full, and that where unrepresented parents can not afford to commission expert evidence it may be appropriate for the full costs to be borne by the child through their legal aid certificate.