Sentences with phrase «n't have an access to justice»

In Re B.C.G.E.U. Dickson C.J. states, «There can not be a rule of law without access, otherwise the rule of law is replaced by a rule of men and women who decide who shall and who shall not have access to justice.»

As was asserted by the Supreme Court of Canada in British Columbia Government Employees» Union v. British Columbia (Attorney General), [1988] 2 S.C.R. 214 at para. 25, per Dickson C.J.: «There can not be a rule of law without access, otherwise the rule of law is replaced by a rule of men and women who decide who shall and who shall not have access to justice.»

We already know that this is untrue — otherwise we wouldn't have an access to justice problem in this country.

What this is all about though, or at least it should be all about, is that many people do not have access to justice, in large part because they do not have access to the legal services they need.

Attorneys at KNP LAW assist and work with PILnet, the Global Network for Public Interest Law, and render free legal services to groups, including grassroots civil organizations, public service foundations, non-profit limited liability companies, as well as individuals who otherwise would not have access to justice.

Many Americans, however, do not have any access to the justice system, never mind that of equal access.

Canadians do not have access to justice.

«I am proud that our government is supporting this great initiative that will open doors for people who would otherwise not have access to justice.»

The Court considered the Supreme Court of Canada's statement on access to justice in B.C.G.E.U. v. British Columbia (Attorney General), [1988] 2 S.C.R. 214 («BCGEU»)(at 200): «There can not be a rule of law without access, otherwise the rule of law is replaced by a rule of men and women who decide who shall and who shall not have access to justice.»

A lot of people do not have access to justice because they can not afford it.

But she points out, as a self - regulating profession, the legal industry must find a way to serve those who would otherwise be excluded: «If legal fees are so out of reach that the average person doesn't have access to the justice system, we have an obligation to fill gaps in the system by requiring the profession to step up to the plate,» she says.

Not exact matches

For now a Department of Justice internal bulletin has instructed that, unless border officers have a search warrant, they need to take protective measures to limit intrusions, and make sure their searches do not access travelers» digital cloud data.

Taplin argues, for example, that if the Justice Department hadn't forced Microsoft to open up access to its browser Google wouldn't have existed.

Free Press President and CEO Craig Aaron, however, said Pai has «never met a mega-merger he didn't like or a public safeguard he didn't try to undermine,» calling him «an inveterate opponent of net neutrality, expanded broadband access for low - income families, broadband privacy, prison - phone justice, media diversity and more.»

Then the king said to the wise men who understood the times (for this was the king's manner toward all who knew law and justice, those closest to him being Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who had access to the king's presence, and who ranked highest in the kingdom): «What shall we do to Queen Vashti, according to law, because she did not obey the command of King Ahasuerus brought to her by the eunuchs?»

«Both the statute and case law surrounding private prosecutions are adamant that courts must protect the right of access to these private prosecutions, by not assessing punitive costs against the person seeking justice - unless the case is frivolous, and never should have been brought.

In the beginning I did not have access to pomegranate molasses so I subbed a reduction of pomegranate juice, which doesn't do the cake justice!

The pronouncement of Justice Baba Yusuf followed a complaint by Dasuki's lawyer Mr Adeola Adedipe that the legal team for Dasuki had not been allowed to have direct access to him in spite of a court order made on April 6.

Governor Ambode said experience over the years has shown that societies with equal and unhindered access to justice have a better environment for economic growth and poverty alleviation than those that do not.

«We are all shocked that the governor vetoed a bill that would have reduced racial disparities in the criminal justice system, helped ensure equal access to justice for all New Yorkers, provided improved public defense programs for those who can not afford an attorney, and much - needed mandate relief for counties,» Gradess said.

«NYCHA has requested addresses on sex offenders from the State Division of Criminal Justice Services as required by state law, but has not been given access to that information,» the spokesperson said.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has begged Justice Abdulaziz Anka of the Federal High Court in Lagos not to give Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) access to his account in Guaranty Trust Bank which has a balance of N75m.

«Disabled people should not have delayed access to justice of sometimes several months in order to first pursue an often futile mandatory reconsideration request to the DWP.

Access to safe family planning options not only allows women to become more economically productive but would also result in a 75 % decline in unintended pregnancies, unplanned births and induced abortions in developing regions, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive justice and sexual health research institution.

Governments that don't work with ICE would lose access to $ 4 billion in Justice Department grants.

In contrast, nonprofits tied to SUNY Polytechnic Institute have not had their access to state subsidies suspended, even though they were involved in questionable dealings that are the focus of wide - reaching criminal investigations — that have yielded significant arrests — by the state attorney general and U.S. Justice Department.

The same violence that has subjected women and girls to «double victimisation» should not be let to take away or prevent their access to justice and protection.

Kids who complete the Pre-K program are far less likely to drop out of high school or encounter the criminal justice system than their counterparts who don't have access.

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

All that has been written and said in relation to the «access to justice» problem — that is, the fact that the majority of the population can not obtain legal services at reasonable cost — fails to contain the necessary solution.

Bridging the digital divide should obviously remain a priority, and stakeholders within the justice system should not forget that not all Canadians can and do know how to use a computer or even have access to one.

The annual LSUC filing does not require lawyers to attest that they have abided by the terms of the oath they swore when they were called to the bar, it does not require them to attest that they have generally complied with the Rules of Professional Conduct, nor does it require them to attest that they have sought to advance any other principles or goals (e.g., justice, access to justice, fairness, quality client service, etc.).

And we won't have to wring our hands about «access to justice» anymore, which I'm sure will be a great relief to everyone else who's tired of listening to us talk about it.

However, another critique launched at the AMP has less to do with its process and more to do with it's digital nature: «what about those people who don't have access to a computer, how will they dispute a charge — this is an access to justice issue».

This isn't a surprise when you consider both crowdfunding for business and for justice have the same intention: to fix society's inefficiencies by democratising access to capital.

The conversations that lawyers should be having about access to justice should be about the law itself — the stuff that other people don't understand and can't work with.

If the Legal Aid Agency is to have a future it should be focused on enabling access to justice not refusing legal aid, says Jon Robins

What hasn't been addressed is the impact that the inefficiency caused by having to use different platforms may have on access to justice.

But to use the digital divide as an argument to stifle the implementation of ODR solutions to alleviate court dockets and facilitate access to justice is not only unwarranted, it's undemocratic since 87 % of Canadians do have access to computers.

While it could be argued that wholesale distribution of law will create more retail (free or low cost) legal information distribution points and thus increase access to justice — indeed, it would solve many of the closed problems of legal information that I listed above — I'm now not entirely convinced that this is the only way to go for state government publication efforts.

David Udell, the National Center for Access to Justice's executive director, says that the biggest story in the 2016 Index is the progress courts have made to help individuals who do not have lawyers.

Therefore, we would argue that living hundred of miles from a courthouse a greater hurdle to access to justice than not having a computer at home.

However, that hasn't worked up until now, and without a systemic shakeup of structure that avails potential clients to legal professionals interested in access to justice, the crisis will remain in control of the efficacy desired in all legal systems interested in true justice.

Failing to acknowledge that this latter possibility is still very much alive is particularly problematic given that, in some of your previous SLAW blogposts in support of allowing ABS, you have highlighted the emergence of the not - for - profit ownership model of ABS, in the form of Salvos Legal in Australia, as proof that ABS can contribute to improving access to justice.

Last but not least, human beings see UPL prosecutions as self - serving and protectionist, and alternative legal services providers helping individuals that were otherwise not getting help from lawyers and paralegals would likely argue that access to justice is being thwarted.

It also plausible that the access to justice gap would be even worse if ordinary people did not have assurance of minimum competence, quality and conduct.

The LSUC ABS Working Group itself has recognized [at para. 118 of its February report] that «it would be wrong to suggest that ABSs are a panacea» for access to justice, but does not yet seem inclined to go further.

That has not yet occurred in law around any facet of the access to justice problem, as far as I can tell.

I just have one problem with this article — saying that at law society law libraries the public are not welcome — that is not true — law society libraries have embraced access to justice initiatives that allow for members of the public to come and use the resources on site.

This does not, of course, provide complete access to justice, but it provides some access to justice, and additional arguments are also to be made that limited legal work has incidental effects that improve clients» overall legal capacity, extending the benefit received beyond the brief services provided.