Sentences with phrase «on access to justice»

This is not to suggest that legal tech can not have a positive impact on access to justice.

We look forward to connecting with you to share, discuss and collaborate on access to justice issues!

I asked a colleague teaching a course focused on access to justice about who is in that course and learned that class is also more than 75 % women.

What if ethics committees were required to consider the impact of proposed rule changes on access to justice for those of middle and low socioeconomic status?

Appeal in judicial review proceedings considering whether fees in the employment tribunal system were unlawful because of their effect on access to justice.

The review must fairly and objectively assess the impact of legal aid cuts on access to justice.

Were Canadian courts more technologically integrated, an attack of this sort would have disastrous effects not only on the privacy of legal stakeholders, but also on access to justice.

This is an insightful piece and really adds to the discussion on access to justice.

The commission's report recommended that testing on access to justice be part of the essay portion of the exam.

It is unclear whether the federal government put its mind to the impact on access to justice when drafting this budget.

Create an accessible forum for conversations and knowledge exchange on access to justice matters.

When lawyers are self - regulating, their focus is rarely on access to justice or other consumer outcomes.

The Report concluded that the introduction of employment tribunal fees had a significant adverse affect on access to justice.

The study also shows that the leave requirement, at least as it has been applied in recent years, creates an arbitrary limit on access to justice for refugees.

But how do you sell a taxpayer on access to justice?

Ironically, the pure definition of pro bono places a hefty price on access to justice for many people.

It also is looking at cost reduction through impacting on access to justice — less people will be able to bring a claim even though the number of injuries remains the same.

The lack of focus on access to justice and diversity in leadership can create problems and biases in a product's outcome.

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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The report, Ensuring Access to Justice in England and Wales, compiled by an independent working group on access to justice in environmental matters, looked at whether current law and practice prevent individuals and groups from achieving access to justice in environmental matters.

The Right to Justice: In September, the Bach Commission on Access to Justice published its final report, The Right to Justice.

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.

During law school, Sophia completed an internship at the Supreme Court of Canada in the Law Branch working on access to justice issues.

A program of lawyer supervision would have no impact on the access to justice crisis in family law, she wrote, adding that «only licensed and independent paralegals can offer meaningful competition to lawyers.»

Late last fall, the Canadian Bar Association's Task Force on Access to Justice issued a final report, Envisioning Equal Justice.

The Trades Union Congress (TUC), together with its partners in the Speak Up For Justice Campaign, adds its voice to the many organisations criticising the effects of LASPO, in its research report, Justice Denied: Impact of the Government's reforms to legal aid and court services on access to justice.

The courts may eventually step in and take radical action on the Access to Justice front.

Indigenous Australians and Family Law Litigation: Indigenous Perspectives on access to justice.

The Center conducts research, builds software tools, and teaches classes and supports faculty, staff and student projects on access to justice and technology.

There were two surprises at the Sixth National Forum on Access to Justice for those without Means held in London and organised through the aegis of a committee of the Civil Justice Council concerned with litigants in person.

The most recent Senate report on access to justice published in 2009, for example, concluded that «the legal system is not sufficiently providing members of the Australian community with access to justice'i and in its first recommendation proposed that the various tiers of government fund «a comprehensive national survey of demand and unmet need for legal assistance services in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

And of course, read more of Richard's always fascinating thoughts on his Access to Justice blog.

Already there, the Court was unwilling to give direct effect to Article 9 (3) of the Convention on access to justice with regard to Regulation 1367/2006 establishing an internal review mechanism for EU administrative acts.

Last but certainly not least, with more than 1 in 4 respondents (26 %) having experienced a stress - related illness and more than 1 in 5 respondents (21 %) reporting the loss of employment or need to relocate as a result of their legal problem, Global Insights on Access to Justice reinforces the role of justice issues on people's lives.

And, more disturbingly, if the recent reports on access to justice by the CBA and the Action Committee on Access to Civil Justice and Family Matters — both of which suggest putting the public first and involving those who use the system in the reform process — are wrong.

«Our participation in University House's advocacy scheme aligns well with the focus of White & Case's global pro bono program on access to justice,» said London Social Responsibility Manager Sophie Orr.

Erika Rickard is a researcher at the Access to Justice Lab, which conducts rigorous research on access to justice and court administration at Harvard Law School.

Meanwhile, the Bach Commission on Access to Justice found a collapse in the number of legal advice centres from around 3,226 in 2005 to 1,462 by 2015.

On that last point, the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee has just found the ECJ's case - law on standing requirements under Article 263 (4) to be in breach of Article 9 (3) and (4) of the Aarhus Convention on access to justice in environmental matters (together with narrow scope of the Internal Review procedure in Regulation 1367/2006).

Sabreena Delhon is the Manager of External Engagement and The Action Group on Access to Justice at the Law Society of Upper Canada.

Law Society president, Robert Heslett's letter states: «The implications for the 3,600 businesses and the people employed by those businesses are stark, to say the least, and could have a knock on effect on access to justice if any are forced to close as a result.»

We will publish an annual list of the honorees on the Access to Justice Commission and State Bar websites as well as in their publications.