Sentences with phrase «matter of access to justice»

The federation's model code of conduct states: «As a matter of access to justice, it is in keeping with the best traditions of the legal profession to provide services pro bono and to reduce or waive a fee when there is hardship or poverty or the client or prospective client would otherwise be deprived of adequate legal advice or representation.»

As a matter of access to justice, it is in keeping with the best traditions of the legal profession to provide services pro bono and to reduce or waive a fee when there is hardship or poverty or the client or prospective client would otherwise be deprived of adequate legal advice or representation.

This is a matter of access to justice and who should be paying for it.

Not exact matches

Still, we should not discount the significance of what Citizens United meant for independent expenditures, something that Justice John Paul Stevens argued comes close to direct contributions: «The difference between selling a vote and selling access is a matter of degree, not kind and selling access is not qualitatively different from giving special preference to those who spent money on one's behalf.»

Monday 11 March 2013 2.30 pm Oral Questions Plans to tackle inequality in income and wealth in the UK - Lord Dubs Consequences for access to justice for those who will not be able to receive free legal advice on social welfare law matters from 1 April - Lord Bach Future railway re-openings - Lord Faulkner of Worcester Progress towards achieving the projected increase in the size of the UK's reserve forces - Lord Rosser Legislation Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill - Report stage (Day 4)- Viscount Younger of Leckie Short Debate Recommendations of the Francis Report into the Mid-Staffordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Lord Patel Short Debate Impact of NHS innovation and research strategies on health improvement and wealth creation - Lord Kakkar

Switzerland is also a signatory of the 1998 Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision - making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, though does not seem to have ratified it

In a significant win for access to justice in environmental matters, the Court's Grand Chamber found that Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights (the right to an effective remedy), read together with the Aarhus Convention, precluded the application of national procedural rules allowing for swift decision - making at the expense of rights granted to environmental NGOs.

A recent report by the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, chaired by Supreme Court of Canada Justice Thomas A. Cromwell, stated nearly 12 million Canadians will experience at least one legal problem in a three - year period, and few will have the resources to solve them.

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Based partly on the findings from the first part of the communication handed down in 2011, the Committee's findings and recommendations mainly focus on two concerns with regard to EU law and the implementation of Articles 9 (3) and (4) AC on access to justice in environmental matters.

First, as a matter of normative priority, where regulatory change is sought to be justified by potential for improvements in access to justice, it is arguable that it is the needs of the more disadvantaged and impoverished (people living on low income) that ought to be given priority consideration.

Arguably one of the most important international environmental agreements of our days, the Aarhus Convention (AC), obliges its contracting parties to provide access to information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters.

Second, and now as a matter of practical policy - making reality, at a time when governments seem unwilling to devote more attention or expenditure to public provision of legal services for people living on low income, exploring ways to harness private sector innovations may be the most realistic avenue for improving access to justice for that segment of the population.

In particular, we have the benefit of the CBA's Envisioning Equal Justice Summit and report and the final report of the National Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family matters.

Though their ultimate decisions on the matter have been measured, the judiciary has been vocal about the extent to which the rule of law demands effective access to justice.

West Coast LEAF intervened in the distinct matter of «public interest standing» being denied to these women through their representative organization — to argue that such organizations ought to be able to bring forward important constitutional cases on behalf of the many women who do not have effective access to the justice system on their own.

It is of particular relevance to women's equality and access to justice for a variety of reasons, including the fear that an ICBC adjuster can read about a woman's therapeutic abortion or sexual assault history, which may in turn prevent women from seeking damages in personal injury matters.

After emphasizing, at para. 99, that «Marakah had no control whatsoever over the text message conversations», Justice Moldaver proceeds to analyze the same point multiple times to arrive back at the same place, at para. 144, that since the police accessed the text messages on Winchester's iPhone, «Marakah had no control over the subject matter of the search».

The Florida Bar Foundation strives to provide greater access to justice in Florida by: expanding and improving representation and advocacy on behalf of low - income persons in civil legal matters; improving the fair and effective administration of justice; and promoting public service among lawyers by making it an integral component of the law school experience.

(4) Reports, dated May 2012, of the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, recommending that legal services be provided by non-lawyer professionals who provide related services: Report of the Access to Legal Services Working Group; and, Report of the Court Processes Simplification Working Group.

This is why the European Union has adopted its regulation (EU) no 524/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on online dispute resolution for consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2009 / 22 / EC (Regulation on consumer ODR, and why mandatory ODR, no matter how it could be perceived by detractors, needs to be looked at seriously as a way of giving access to justice to those who, for now, can't turn to the courts since the costs associated with the legal process are simply prohibitive...

, «Middle Income Access to Justice» (University of Toronto Press, 2012), the «Introduction» states in part (p. 4): «For our purposes, when we refer to middle income earners, we are contemplating the large group of individuals whose household income is too high to allow them to qualify for legal aid, but too low, in many cases, for them to be in a position to hire legal counsel to represent them in a civil law matter.

I suspect that the real heavy lifting in enhancing access to justice is a matter of procedural reform — specialized decision - making bodies with extremely simplified procedural rules for specific civil law issues (something that actually already exists in certain areas such as Landlord / Tenant, but could be further improved upon), wider permissions for over-the-counter motions, fewer unnecessary court appearances, fewer procedurally - mandated appearances (e.g., going from a Case Conference to a Settlement Conference to a Trial Management Conference, and possibly further, before you can get to a family law trial), and so on.

A greater focus on technology and strong leadership from the judiciary are both key to improving access to civil justice, according to a series of reports released yesterday by the National Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Maaccess to civil justice, according to a series of reports released yesterday by the National Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Mjustice, according to a series of reports released yesterday by the National Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family MaAccess to Justice in Civil and Family MJustice in Civil and Family Matters.

[5] In A Roadmap for Change, then - Justice Cromwell's Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters devoted two of its nine goals to issues of research and funding.

The final report of the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters recommends an Early Resolution Services Sector (ERSS) that embodies this idea.

This documentation is not always readily available for the kinds of issues most commonly dealt with in access to justice initiatives, as written judgements are often not published for routine matters.

Earlier this year, Ms. Walwyn was appointed to the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, which was convened by the Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada, and is focused on improving access to the civil and family justice sAccess to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, which was convened by the Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada, and is focused on improving access to the civil and family justice Justice in Civil and Family Matters, which was convened by the Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada, and is focused on improving access to the civil and family justice Justice of Canada, and is focused on improving access to the civil and family justice saccess to the civil and family justice justice system.

Law reform commissions as well as self - standing initiatives such as the National Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters have made this sort of rethinking a priority for moving forward.

legal service is a matter of limited but uneasy debate in the community of reformers, progressives and do - gooders dedicated to the concept of equal access to justice for everyone.

In 2008, responding to these concerns, the Chief Justice initiated, and is the Honourary Chair of, the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, made up of leaders from all of the key sectors of the justice community and public representJustice initiated, and is the Honourary Chair of, the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, made up of leaders from all of the key sectors of the justice community and public representJustice in Civil and Family Matters, made up of leaders from all of the key sectors of the justice community and public representjustice community and public representatives.

How can we provide more access to justice through the provision of counsel as a matter of right?

Generally lauded by judges and leaders of the profession, the long - term systemic value of pro bono legal service is a matter of limited but uneasy debate in the community of reformers, progressives and do - gooders dedicated to the concept of equal access to justice for everyone.

The final report of the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, A Roadmap for Change, tackles the difficult problem of why this is the case and lays out... [more]

Earlier this month, Kirk Makin of the Globe and Mail scooped an announcement of a major set of Reports on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, an inititaitive that started with the Chief Justice's challenge to the Canadian Bar Association last summer.

Last week, the National Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, chaired by Justice Tom Cromwell, released for public consultation two of four reports from its working groups.

The Committee, established by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Beverley McLachlin, and chaired by Supreme Court Justice Thomas Cromwell, was, in the words of the Backgrounder, also online, «convened to address the urgent and multiple issues surrounding access to justice in civil and family matters.Justice of the Supreme Court, Beverley McLachlin, and chaired by Supreme Court Justice Thomas Cromwell, was, in the words of the Backgrounder, also online, «convened to address the urgent and multiple issues surrounding access to justice in civil and family matters.Justice Thomas Cromwell, was, in the words of the Backgrounder, also online, «convened to address the urgent and multiple issues surrounding access to justice in civil and family matters.justice in civil and family matters.»

(vi) while every group experiences civil needs, the poorest and most vulnerable experience more frequent and more complex, interrelated civil legal problems: Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Matters, Family Justice Reform - A Review of Reports and Initiatives: Canadian Forum on Civil Justice, online http://www.cfcj-fcjc.org/sites/default/files/docs/2013/Family%20Justice%20Reform%20Review%20-%20April%2015%20Final.pdf.

But law societies are expanding the field of professionals they authorize to give legal advice: see the Report of the Access to Legal Services Working Group, May, 2012, of the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters.

A number were proposed in the Final Report of the Family Justice Working Group of the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters.

Pretty much every report on self - represented litigants, from the work of the Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family to the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters to the CBA's Envisioning Equal Justice Initiative to the National Self - represented Litigants Project, agrees that the cost of legal representation is the number one barrier to accessible jJustice in Civil and Family Matters to the CBA's Envisioning Equal Justice Initiative to the National Self - represented Litigants Project, agrees that the cost of legal representation is the number one barrier to accessible jJustice Initiative to the National Self - represented Litigants Project, agrees that the cost of legal representation is the number one barrier to accessible justicejustice.

I am personally encouraged to see Law Day events in communities outside of major provincial urban centres as engagement with the public in these communities is integral to ensuring that all citizens of Canada are educated about the justice system and that access to justice is equal for all people, no matter where they choose to reside.

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[Translated:] «It's as much a matter of the survival of the profession as it is about the urgency to respond to the access - to - justice needs of citizens,» said Barreau president Claudia Prémont in a statement.

The national Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters notes in its final report that only about 6.5 % of legal problems ever make it to court, but it is unlikely in the extreme that so many of the people with high school diplomas or less are bundled into the 93.5 % who manage to resolve their legal issues outside of court, especially when we know that for people with low incomes, legal issues tend not come one at a time but cluster and multiply into other areas of the law.

The final report of the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters,

Of course, no one ever speaks about «equal access to justice» or, for that matter, «access to equal justice.»

How the justice systems served access to justice was measured by the level of legal aid funding for criminal matters per crime.

I am a bit biased here since I am a mediator, but «access to justice», in terms of having a matter adjudicated in Ontario, does not exist for the average litigant.

We envision a Canada that ensures all members of society, can have access to justice and fair representation in all legal matters;