Sentences with phrase «legal aid policy»

Three years ago Roger Smith, the NLJ columnist and expert on innovation in legal aid policy, described Rechtwijzer as a «game changer» as it was setting «a new standard for what can be delivered» through new technology.

YLAL submitted its response to the Bach Commission's review of legal aid policy, setting out the steps we consider could be taken to ensure that access to justice for all is a reality.

If this consultation is the best that Sir Michael's commission can do, what added value does it give the development of legal aid policy?

The sheer number of external reviews of legal aid policy since 1997 — from Middelton to Carter through Fundamental and a raft of others — suggests major policy drift at the Ministry of Justice (MOJ).

No wonder legal aid policy is in a mess.

There is no quick answer as to the forward direction of legal aid policy.

It remains to be seen whether the outcome of the election will have an impact on legal aid policy, but you can read about what the political parties said about legal aid in their election manifestos in this article for The Justice Gap by YLAL co-chair Ollie and this blog post by Legal Aid Handbook.

The main points of conflict in criminal legal aid policy seem to boil down to fee rates and how the work should be divided up between providers.

Finally, the TUC powerfully restates the case for an evidence - based approach to legal aid policy, which must be understood within the context of wider public services.

Labour legal aid review: YLAL submitted its response to the Bach Commission, set up by the Labour Party to review its legal aid policy.

One of the first steps he took as the new Labour leader was to announce a review of the party's legal aid policy.

Hundreds of campaigners crowded into the street outside the MoJ's Petty France HQ, celebrated for its brutalist architecture, in opposition to the seemingly endless stream of brutal and mindless legal aid policy emanating from inside.

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The huge march in London at the weekend was in part a roar of deep dissatisfaction at hardline policies in the UK (cuts to legal aid, threats to scrap the Human Rights Act, etc), not just a protest at Trump's divisive rhetoric and policies.

The decision means barristers will not take on any new legal aid work once it comes into force, but it is the no - returns policy which could really bring the crown courts to their knees.

The policy is the result of the settlement of the lawsuit Nunez v. City of New York, originally filed on behalf of several inmates by the Legal Aid Society and eventually joined by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

Just over seven in ten (71 %) of Lib Dem rebellions in the last session were on social policy (broadly defined), such as the various increases and extensions in VAT, the introduction of free schools and the expansion of academies, and curbs to legal aid and superannuation for civil servants.

Despite the city's sanctuary city policies, they will also cooperate in detaining and deporting those immigrants, even though Legal Aid says that many of them are citizens or might have their convictions overturned.

Legal Aid Attorneys Endorse Home Stability Support at Bronx Rally Dozens rally for Home Stability Support outside city's busiest housing eviction court as Association of Legal Aid Attorneys — UAW Local 2325 formally announces support for innovative policy addressing homelessness -LSB-...]

«The city is playing with fire by implementing this policy, particularly in the winter,» Steven Banks of the Legal Aid Society told WNBC.

The move came after the Legal Aid Society filed an action in Manhattan Supreme Court seeking to stop the implementation of the policy.

«Well - meaning but ill - informed expressions of policy, especially without the benefit of formal public comment from affected stakeholders, confuse rather than aid the legal landscape and make the work of schools and parents in ensuring students receive appropriate education needlessly difficult,» said Francisco M. Negrón, Jr., Associate Executive Director and General Counsel, National School Boards Association.

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The index analyzed programs and policies from the number of legal aid attorneys per capita, the availability of resources for people representing themselves in legal matters, language assistance for non-English speakers, and support for individuals with disabilities.

[11] See generally Zachary H. Zarnow, «Obligation Ignored: Why International Law Requires the United States to Provide Adequate Civil Legal Aid, What the United States is Doing Instead, and How Legal Empowerment Can Help,» Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law, 20 (2011): 273 - 309, http://ssrn.com/abstract=2090054.

First, the Department of Justice and the White House Domestic Policy Council released the Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable Toolkit, which is:

He'd also like to see more attention paid to policies around how legal aid is granted.

These cases already account for half of the expenditure on civil legal aid and while the number of cases completed was slightly down on the previous quarter the higher levels of spending appears to be a trend which is likely to continue given the wider picture around child protection policy.

It operated as a joint project of the National Legal Aid & Defender Association and the Center for Law and Social Policy, serving as an online meeting place, information source, and connection mechanism for lawyers and other advocates involved in efforts to provide civil -LSB-...]

I have acted for social security recipients challenging policies that affect them, both on legal aid and pro bono.

Steve Hynes interviewed the former legal aid minister, Lord Bach (pictured), last month to discuss The Right to Justice, the final report from the Commission he chaired on access to justice policy

By Nicholas Caivano, Policy Analyst, and Richard Elliott, Executive Director, Canadian HIV / AIDS Legal Network June 29, 2017 As the world again marks the United Nation's «International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking,» too many UN member states are still missing the point — namely, that drugs are primarily a health issue and not a -LSB-...]

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The recent outbursts should be understood in the context of justice policies such as the legal aid cuts, curtailment of judicial review and plans to repeal the Human Rights Act.

Richard Elliott, executive director of the Canadian HIV / AIDS Legal Network, said: «It's unthinkable to me, as the head of an organization that works on human rights issues, that we might see in 2013 in Canada a law school that is permitted to train people for the practice of law, adopt a policy that overtly discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation.

Legal aid features in the Bill; while the government will still not admit that means testing was perhaps the most shambolic policy ever implemented, it has tried to make amends and has brought forward some welcome proposals to allow for the piloting of future changes, along with an interesting proposal to allow for the conditional grant of legal aid pre-chLegal aid features in the Bill; while the government will still not admit that means testing was perhaps the most shambolic policy ever implemented, it has tried to make amends and has brought forward some welcome proposals to allow for the piloting of future changes, along with an interesting proposal to allow for the conditional grant of legal aid pre-chlegal aid pre-charge.

It really came together to figure out how to support efforts that are already ongoing, including legal aid organizations who are helping immigrants, and also how to sort of push back in a constructive way against policies that we think are bad.

An adequate evidence base for policy changes is important: in 2012, the then Government introduced reforms to the legal aid system, in Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act legal aid system, in Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 20aid system, in Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 20Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.

Your support for civil legal aid also advances system and policy changes that break cycles of poverty forever.

Civil legal aid was one of many unnecessary victims of austerity policy along with libraries, social services, a freeze on benefits and much else which benefitted the less well off.

As the House of Lords is scheduled to vote on the Government's proposals for a residence test for access to legal aid, Angela Patrick, Director of Human Rights Policy at JUSTICE considers today's judgment of the Divisional Court in PLP v Secretary of State for Justice.

«The Canadian HIV / AIDS Legal Network welcomes this opportunity to provide our perspectives on the government's priorities for establishing an international assistance policy and funding framework.

By Richard Elliott, Executive Director, and Nicholas Caivano, Policy Analyst, Canadian HIV / AIDS Legal Network February 1, 2017 Donald Trump has withdrawn the United States from the Trans - Pacific Partnership (TPP) and declared his intention to renegotiate NAFTA.

In introducing LASPO the Government agreed to review each policy between three and five years after implementation date together with «a wider review of the entire package of Legal Aid Reform policies implemented following the June 2011 Legal Aid consultation».

A consultation on the principles of best value tendering (BVT) for criminal defence services, and a policy paper — Assuring and Improving Quality in the Reformed Legal Aid System — have been published by the Legal Services Commission (LSC).

On Wednesday 10 May 2017, Young Legal Aid Lawyers (YLAL) held a pre-general election debate at Garden Court Chambers in London on Access to Justice After the Election, with representatives of the main political parties setting out their respective policies on legal aid and access to jusLegal Aid Lawyers (YLAL) held a pre-general election debate at Garden Court Chambers in London on Access to Justice After the Election, with representatives of the main political parties setting out their respective policies on legal aid and access to justiAid Lawyers (YLAL) held a pre-general election debate at Garden Court Chambers in London on Access to Justice After the Election, with representatives of the main political parties setting out their respective policies on legal aid and access to juslegal aid and access to justiaid and access to justice.

I was told the story of a woman whose house was destroyed and FEMA didn't give her the aid that she was entitled to because she couldn't get a copy for insurance policy and the legal aid lawyer stepped in, helped her file her complaints and she was able to get the documentation she needed.

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