Sentences with phrase «legal aid system»

The government says the cuts are a vital way to reduce expenditure on one of the most expensive legal aid systems in the world.

I would provide a properly funded legal aid system so that those in need have access to tailored legal advice and support at the outset.

Two more were established as minority positions (on a review of the civil legal aid system and democratic representation on police authorities) which went to conference.

Here are three powerful ways you can join our fight for fairness in BC's family law legal aid system.

In my opinion, this brought many young lawyers into the practice of criminal law as they could now make a living with the certificate legal aid system.

A brief criticizing the existing Legal Aid system was later prepared.

The overarching concern highlighted in our budget submissions was the need for a properly funded legal aid system.

But with training contracts gradually evaporating and government reforms of legal aid system kicking in, could the party be over?

To campaign for a sustainable legal aid system which provides good quality legal help to those who could not otherwise afford to pay for it.

The Campaign is a great example of how Chicago's legal community is coming together to support our pro bono and legal aid system even in these challenging economic circumstances.

The Legal Aid Agency will instead extend existing contracts, suspend a fee cut which was due to come in with the new contracts, and work with the profession to examine ways of promoting greater efficiency in the criminal legal aid system.

Perhaps it would be less amusing if lawyers» fees for certain non commercial matters were also paid for by a functioning legal aid system funded by the taxes on legal fees.

The more comprehensive legal aid system and the famed Rechtwijzer online dispute resolution system in the Netherlands are examples of where to look.

The expansion of the modern American legal aid system began under the presidency of Lyndon Johnson, who's «War on Poverty» included the creation in 1964 of the national Legal Services Program, shifted the perspective of the mission of legal aid from one of limited individual representation to one that considered how lawyers could use their skills to attack the root causes of poverty.

The Justice Secretary said that «we currently have one of the most expensive legal aid systems in the world ``.

New Licence Plates Albertans are living with flooding hospitals, overcrowded schools and a cash - strapped legal aid system, but a new licence plate design is a government priority?

But thanks to this government's vision of a «transformed legal aid system» in Norfolk, Wales and parts of London there won't be a publicly funded lawyer around to give critical advice at a critical time.

Yesterday, the Public Commission on Legal Aid in British Columbia released its report and probably to no one's surprise said the B.C. legal aid system has been so denuded that it can't provide even the most basic services.

[1] The argument is that if the civil legal aid system [2] is viewed by the middle class as a program that could benefit them if they encounter trouble, rather than being only for the poor, a wider segment of the public will have a stake in access to justice and they will support higher levels of public funding.

He says B.C.'s legal aid system receives 30 - per - cent less funding compared with other Canadian jurisdictions, helping increase the proportion of self - represented litigants using the courts.

In its consultation document, the MoJ quotes (at para 3.43) a report commissioned from the University of York into comparative international legal aid systems.

One of the significant hurdles in providing access to the justice system is the extremely overburdened Legal Aid system.

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).

An underfunded legal aid system is undermining justice.

The plaintiffs will argue that BC's legal aid system discriminates against women and children and violates their rights to life and security of the person by increasing their risk of exposure to violence and intense stress.

The scope of criminal legal aid is to remain unchanged, but the civil and family legal aid system will be significantly reformed.

Without this funding, NJP would have been forced to reduce personnel and client service, with potentially devastating impact on our state's already strained and overwhelmed legal aid system.

It now has fairly full material relative to the workings of the Scottish Legal Aid system.

Jordan Weisz is the kind of lawyer who has kept Canada's legal aid system afloat for the past two decades.

«In the light of this uncertainty and the general lack of data, the DCA [Department for Constitutional Affairs] / LSC's intention of a nationwide imposition of fixed fees followed rapidly by competitive tendering across the entire legal aid system is a breathtaking risk.

They included to «develop and continually improve an integrated legal aid system» and both to «build and maintain relationships with communities to enhance our mutual ability to meet the needs of people with low incomes» and to «develop, implement and evaluate innovative approaches to improve delivery of legal services».

The Netherlands, with its exemplary legal aid system, spends $ 29.11 per capita.

Where does Canada stand globally, measured against reasonably comparable legal aid systems in Commonwealth nations?

This is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of one of the strongest legal aid systems in the country and to help shape the direction of civil legal services provided to vulnerable and marginalized communities throughout Massachusetts.

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.

We bring expertise about our state civil legal aid system to ensure thoughtful grantmaking.

The announcement by the Minister for Justice that he intends to transfer the operation of the criminal legal aid system to the Legal Aid Board might seem like it makes sense, but is likely to result in delays and possibly higher costs.

YLAL's main request will be for him to protect and safeguard access to justice and the best legal aid system in the world: This means letting good quality legal aid lawyers and firms get on with representing clients without constant interference.

We all know what is wrong in BC — we need a functioning legal aid system that applies to tenancy, employment, disability and a fully funded clinical system (virtual and bricks and mortar) that would extend CLAS, Pivot, PIAC and enables other initiatives that actually provide representation that is accessible and affordable.

Lord Neuberger on access to justice: The former president of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger, warned that society will fragment without access to justice and that it is «very hard to defend the current legal aid system», in a speech to the Australian Bar Association reported by Legal Voice and the Law Society Gazette.

Pro bono can not, and should not, replace a comprehensive legal aid system.

To challenge the inadequacies of the family law legal aid system, West Coast LEAF and BCPIAC launched a constitutional challenge on behalf of Single Mothers» Alliance and two individual women.

Did you know that BC's legal aid system began as a pro bono system?

The line trotted out by justice ministers and their press officers to justify the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO), as well as the legal aid reforms under New Labour, has been that we have the most expensive legal aid system in the world.

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.