Litigation funding has been endorsed by the Jersey Courts as a means
of providing access to justice and various case - law has cleared the way for the greater use of litigation funding in this jurisdiction.
In theory, contingent fee pricing is an elegant way
of providing access to justice at a fair and reasonable price.
«In my view it offers the best available prospect
of providing access to justice for people and small businesses of ordinary financial resources,» wrote Lord Justice Briggs.
In Briggs LJ's estimation, according to his Interim Report, the OC «offers the best available prospect
of providing access to justice for people and small businesses of ordinary financial resources».
Not exact matches
Because the birth control cases all focus on a 1993 federal law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, not the Constitution, the
Justices will face questions about whether the mandate
to provide free
access to 20 forms
of birth control drugs or devices, sterilization, screenings, and counseling imposes a «substantial burden» on religious freedom
of nonprofit employers with religious objections
to some or all contraceptives, whether the mandate in fact serves a «compelling interest»
of the government, and whether an attempt
to provide an exemption from the mandate satisfies the requirement that such an accommodation is «the least restrictive means»
of achieving the government's policy interest.
FCC Smedes,
justice involves the right for all persons
to share in the; common goods.36 To be able to provide for your family, to live where you can afford a house, to have access to adequate health care and public accommodations, these are rights that all possess by reason of their God - appointed humanit
to share in the; common goods.36
To be able to provide for your family, to live where you can afford a house, to have access to adequate health care and public accommodations, these are rights that all possess by reason of their God - appointed humanit
To be able
to provide for your family, to live where you can afford a house, to have access to adequate health care and public accommodations, these are rights that all possess by reason of their God - appointed humanit
to provide for your family,
to live where you can afford a house, to have access to adequate health care and public accommodations, these are rights that all possess by reason of their God - appointed humanit
to live where you can afford a house,
to have access to adequate health care and public accommodations, these are rights that all possess by reason of their God - appointed humanit
to have
access to adequate health care and public accommodations, these are rights that all possess by reason of their God - appointed humanit
to adequate health care and public accommodations, these are rights that all possess by reason
of their God - appointed humanity.
In the light
of the above, the course aims at adopting a right - based approach
to improve the inclusivity and
provide comprehensive
access to justice for PWDs, either as direct or indirect participants and whether as victims
of crime, suspects, witnesses, plaintiffs, defendants, appellants, remand prisoners and / or prison inmates.
The committee recommended that states — with assistance from relevant federal agencies, particularly the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration —
provide universal
access to evidence - based treatment for opioid use disorder in a variety
of settings, including hospitals, criminal
justice settings, and substance - use treatment programs.
Arenas leads Hoover's after - school Garden Nutrition classes, one
of several programs comprising the educational outreach
of the People's Grocery, a nonprofit West Oakland organization that, in addition
to providing the community with
access to high - quality, affordable food, aims
to educate children and adults about nutrition and what it calls «food
justice,» or «the human right
to healthy food.»
February 24, 2017 —
Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court have or will soon hear cases involving the appropriate scope
of services guaranteed by federal special - education law, government aid
to religious institutions
providing educational services, and restroom
access for transgender students.
Demand that school leaders invest in really supporting students by
providing social and emotional support, like
access to school psychologists and restorative
justice counselors, and spaces where students can work through problems instead
of calling law enforcement
to deal with discipline issues.
«It is crucial for a democratic society
to provide all
of its schoolchildren with fair
access to an unsegregated education,» Ellen A. Peters, then chief
justice of the state's High Court, wrote in the majority opinion in July 1996.
Juvenile
Justice Education Programs; Revising requirements for the multiagency education plan for students in juvenile justice education programs, including virtual education as an option; authorizing instructional personnel at all juvenile justice facilities to access specific student records at the district; providing expectations for effective education programs for students in Department of Juvenile Justice programs; requiring the Department of Education to ensure that juvenile justice students who are eligible have access to high school equivalency testing and assist juvenile justice education programs with becoming high school equivalency testing centers
Justice Education Programs; Revising requirements for the multiagency education plan for students in juvenile
justice education programs, including virtual education as an option; authorizing instructional personnel at all juvenile justice facilities to access specific student records at the district; providing expectations for effective education programs for students in Department of Juvenile Justice programs; requiring the Department of Education to ensure that juvenile justice students who are eligible have access to high school equivalency testing and assist juvenile justice education programs with becoming high school equivalency testing centers
justice education programs, including virtual education as an option; authorizing instructional personnel at all juvenile
justice facilities to access specific student records at the district; providing expectations for effective education programs for students in Department of Juvenile Justice programs; requiring the Department of Education to ensure that juvenile justice students who are eligible have access to high school equivalency testing and assist juvenile justice education programs with becoming high school equivalency testing centers
justice facilities
to access specific student records at the district;
providing expectations for effective education programs for students in Department
of Juvenile
Justice programs; requiring the Department of Education to ensure that juvenile justice students who are eligible have access to high school equivalency testing and assist juvenile justice education programs with becoming high school equivalency testing centers
Justice programs; requiring the Department
of Education
to ensure that juvenile
justice students who are eligible have access to high school equivalency testing and assist juvenile justice education programs with becoming high school equivalency testing centers
justice students who are eligible have
access to high school equivalency testing and assist juvenile
justice education programs with becoming high school equivalency testing centers
justice education programs with becoming high school equivalency testing centers, etc..
Mr Gibb will argue that
access to a strong academic education is the key
to social mobility and his proposals will «
provide the foundations
of an education system with social
justice at its heart».
His Swiss debut follows his 2016 inclusions in the Montreal Biennale, the São Paulo Bienial, and the Asia - Pacific Triennial,
providing an increasingly global audience with
access to the artist's nuanced explorations
of social
justice.
One final remark that arises from this case, is that although the Court is willing
to use Article 47 CFR
to provide greater
access to justice before national courts, its approach towards standing in direct actions by individuals on the basis
of Article 263 (4) TFEU appears
to remain rather conservative, regardless
of the inclusion
of the Charter since Lisbon.
The European
Justice portal Europa
provides access to national and EU laws, with summaries in English, French and German
of decisions in other European languages.
The #whataboutalex website
provides narratives
of how the lack
of access to justice frequently affects the lives
of Canadians.
U
of O has, probably more so than other Ontario law schools, a social
justice / access to justice bent and I have been critical of the CBA's recent Reaching Equal Justice Report mostly because it is unrealistic and provides little hope for
justice /
access to justice bent and I have been critical of the CBA's recent Reaching Equal Justice Report mostly because it is unrealistic and provides little hope for
justice bent and I have been critical
of the CBA's recent Reaching Equal
Justice Report mostly because it is unrealistic and provides little hope for
Justice Report mostly because it is unrealistic and
provides little hope for change.
If we are serious about
access to justice, then we must do a better job
of providing public
access to legal information and legal information services.
Access to Justice for all, in particular those who are economically weak, is at the core
of this project, as is the defence
of the lawyers who seek
to provide it.
The government has now accommodated those concerns
to an extent by
providing, in LSA 2007, s 83 (5)(b) that a licensing authority must, in its licensing rules — which are subject both
to consultation and
to LSB approval —
provide for the ways in which it should, when considering an application for an ABS licence, take account
of the regulatory objective
of improving
access to justice.
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.
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.
See also: (1) «
Access to Justice: A Critique
of the Federation
of Law Societies
of Canada's Inventory
of Access to Legal Services Initiatives
of the Law Societies
of Canada» (pdf; posted on the SSRN on, May 21, 2014); and, (2) «Self - Represented Litigants» Tax Money
Provides More Funding for Legal Aid Ontario,» (posted on Slaw, on July 31, 2015).
Linkilaw helps all pre Series - B startups with their legal needs and was built out
of the admirable desire
to better
provide access to justice.
The Declaration on Free
Access to Law affirms: that public legal information from all countries and international institutions is part of «the common heritage of humanity;» that maximizing access to this information promotes justice and the rule of law; that public legal information is «digital common property» and should be accessible to all on a non-profit basis and free of charge; and that organizations (such as legal information institutes) have the right to publish public legal information and the government bodies that create or control that information should provide access to it so that it can be published by other pa
Access to Law affirms: that public legal information from all countries and international institutions is part
of «the common heritage
of humanity;» that maximizing
access to this information promotes justice and the rule of law; that public legal information is «digital common property» and should be accessible to all on a non-profit basis and free of charge; and that organizations (such as legal information institutes) have the right to publish public legal information and the government bodies that create or control that information should provide access to it so that it can be published by other pa
access to this information promotes
justice and the rule
of law; that public legal information is «digital common property» and should be accessible
to all on a non-profit basis and free
of charge; and that organizations (such as legal information institutes) have the right
to publish public legal information and the government bodies that create or control that information should
provide access to it so that it can be published by other pa
access to it so that it can be published by other parties.
Lord
Justice Moses concluded that the common law right
of access to a court — as demonstrated in cases such as Witham — would not
provide a basis
to challenge the Lord Chancellor's decision on the test (para 57 — 59).
In 2007, Fred spearheaded a powerful innovation in post-graduate legal education known as the «legal incubator» movement by launching the first - ever incubator program, a unique public / private partnership
providing a network
of support and resources for recent CUNY law graduates committed
to increasing
access to justice through their solo and small firm practices.
Pro Bono Net, a national nonprofit organization dedicated
to increasing
access to justice through innovative uses
of technology and increased volunteer lawyer participation, will convene local partners and
provide service design expertise
to execute the pilots.
Finally, a global initiative hosted by the United Nations and led by high profile policymakers, including US Supreme Court
Justice Anthony Kennedy, has recommended the liberalization of the regulation of legal services in order to allow nonlawyers and community - based organizations and advocacy groups to provide legal services to the poor, stating that «it is likely to improve access to justice for the poor substantially while imposing relatively few costs on society,» and that a «major attraction» of such liberalization is that it may require «fewer government or donor expenditures.
Justice Anthony Kennedy, has recommended the liberalization
of the regulation
of legal services in order
to allow nonlawyers and community - based organizations and advocacy groups
to provide legal services
to the poor, stating that «it is likely
to improve
access to justice for the poor substantially while imposing relatively few costs on society,» and that a «major attraction» of such liberalization is that it may require «fewer government or donor expenditures.
justice for the poor substantially while imposing relatively few costs on society,» and that a «major attraction»
of such liberalization is that it may require «fewer government or donor expenditures.»
AUSTIN — Business and community leader and advocate Priscilla Guajardo Cortez has been selected
to lead Volunteer Legal Services
of Central Texas, which helps low - income individuals
access the civil
justice system by
providing volunteer attorneys who donate legal advice and representation.
I think the private Bar can make such a tremendous contribution
to access to justice by
providing this type
of critical procedural assistance.
[38] I would point out that an order under section 140 (1) does not deprive a person
of access to justice; rather, it
provides extra scrutiny by the court, and impresses potential claims with a form
of orderliness without prejudicing their merits.
I hope
to bring together that special group
of lawyers in the Self - Rep Navigators: lawyers who understand the true purpose
of law, who recognize that
providing unbundled services is the means
to the ultimate goal
of access to justice.
A not - for - profit campaign organisation, APIL's 3,800 member lawyers are dedicated
to changing the law, protecting and enhancing
access to justice, & improving services
provided for victims
of personal injury.
Until our
justice system is color - blind and able
to treat immigrants equally under law, we must end the cycle
of incarceration that defaults
to locking immigrants behind bars rather than
providing meaningful
access to our courts.»
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.
The report
of the first working group «
Access to Justice and Rule of Law» contains a number of observations and recommendations with respect to «reforms to the law and justice sector that will provide poor people with the institutional environment, the protections, and the incentives they need to realise their full capabilities and reap the maximum potential return of their existing assets.
Justice and Rule
of Law» contains a number
of observations and recommendations with respect
to «reforms
to the law and
justice sector that will provide poor people with the institutional environment, the protections, and the incentives they need to realise their full capabilities and reap the maximum potential return of their existing assets.
justice sector that will
provide poor people with the institutional environment, the protections, and the incentives they need
to realise their full capabilities and reap the maximum potential return
of their existing assets.»
Limited scope representation
provides greater
access to justice, as clients need not retain a lawyer for the whole life
of a file, and can instead save money by ordering from a «menu»
of legal services.
The Centre
provides access to justice through student training, through looking at the culture
of legal services and how doing good fits into it.
Washington State's legal aid network, known as the Alliance for Equal
Justice, is comprised of statewide and specialty legal aid organizations that work collaboratively with 17 county - based volunteer attorney programs to provide low - income people with access to j
Justice, is comprised
of statewide and specialty legal aid organizations that work collaboratively with 17 county - based volunteer attorney programs
to provide low - income people with
access to justicejustice.
This app
provides a great example
of how a particular technology channel — an app on a smart phone — was used
to provide access to justice to a group
of people who likely would not have been able
to obtain help in any other manner.
As a PhD student studying the use
of knowledge technologies and
access to justice strategies, I am following with interest the development
of the Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT)[Civil Resolution Tribunal Act, SBC 2012, c. 25;] in BC — an online dispute resolution process which will
provide an alternative
to the courts for small claims and strata property disputes.
(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.
While we have a moral and ethical responsibility
to provide people with
access to justice through pro bono work and other public programs, when running a law firm, the question
of profitability can not be ignored.
This historic program seeks
to help bridge the
access -
to -
justice gap by licensing non-lawyers
to provide legal advice and assistance in limited areas without the supervision
of a lawyer.
Salter believes that the model
of online tribunals and the Internet
to provide access to justice and legal information will be a deepening trend.
The Law Foundation
of Ontario used
to provide grants
to Ontario's law school libraries as part
of its mandate
to promote
access to legal information as part
of advancing its vision for a truly accessible
justice system.
... in order
to provide the users
of our court with real
access to justice we must make available
to them a variety
of ways for communicating with the court, including electronic communications.