Sentences with phrase «legal aid spending»

In that time period, legal aid spending went up about four per cent overall.

But, we have to acknowledge that no government would allow legal aid spending to rise at the same rate as it did through the 1980s and 1990s.

For family law, which is the biggest area of civil legal aid spending, the picture is more mixed.

Statistics Canada has just released a report on legal aid spending in the 2007/08 year for all but three jurisdictions (Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island and Nunavut).

Even in the last parliament, when unusually the coalition had a majority in both houses, the Lords tried to block cuts on legal aid spending and the benefit cap.

How much does the Legal Services Commission administration cost as a proportion of Legal Aid Spending?

LASPO aimed to cut legal aid spending by # 450m.

Criminal Defence represents by far the largest element of our remaining legal aid spend, where we are still spending over a billion pounds a year.

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 average.

In the longer term, it says it will take $ 50 million to get legal aid spending in the province back up to pre-2002 levels, after accounting for inflation and population growth.

«Norway tops European legal aid spending table,» was how the Law Society Gazette reported the story.

Though legal aid spending in Canada has seen significant increases in recent years, the evidence is mixed as to whether we are keeping up with comparable countries.

These areas account for about # 200m of the # 2bn annual legal aid spend.

Public spending cuts will force the Ministry of Justice to cut other items of legal aid spending.

Legal Aid spending in Canada is up 15 per cent over the last four years to $ 780 million in 2011, but revenue has only increased by seven per cent, according to new numbers from Statistics Canada.

According to the Law Society's review, the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) was underpinned by the need for «significant cuts to legal aid spend», at a time when the government ring - fenced certain politically sensitive expenditure (health and education) but not justice.

Legal Feeds Ontario tops legal aid spending as revenue lags Legal Aid spending in Canada is up 15 per cent over the last four years to $ 780 million in 2011, but revenue has only increased by seven per cent, according to new numbers from Statistics Canada.

According to figures obtained by the Fabian Society, LASPO aimed to save # 450m per year when it was introduced but last year's legal aid spend was # 950m less than in 2010.

After adjusting for inflation, legal aid spending was up about 6 % from the previous year

Our legal aid spend is compared with France's # 290m and Germany's # 272m.

Reduction of legal aid spending is probably unavoidable.