Sentences with phrase «on access to legal aid»

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Labour does not offer a great deal more, focused primarily on low - cost initiatives and on changing mindsets, although the party does also offer a National Refuge Fund and wider access to Legal Aid for victims of domestic violence.

He will appoint a commission, to be co-chaired by the shadow attorney general, Lord Bach, and the former chief executive of a local Citizens Advice Bureau, Yvonne Fovargue MP to advise on improving access to legal aid.

Some of the proposals Cameron suggested included a crackdown on new immigrants claiming benefits and the development of a «residency test» to make it more difficult for migrants to access legal aid.

A large part of the activities of these organisations depends on the involvement of volunteers who participate in collective actions such as legal aid, advice and support in terms of access to services (housing, schools, welfare, etc.), language or educational support (in particular children's support), fundraising, therapeutic or moral support.

The reality is that while some clients may be able to pay privately for the Art 8 parts of their case (which is of course a bonus to the firm on top of the fixed fee they would otherwise get from legal aid funding), many more can not afford to do so (if they have been assessed as eligible on means for public funding for the asylum part of the case it is hard to see how they are expected to have easy access to private funding for the Art 8 part of their case).

Access to legal aid is reserved only for the very poorest, while the private bar is reserved only for the very richest, leaving the vast majority out in the cold facing not only exclusion from the justice system based on finances, but also based on knowledge given the complexity of the legal system and the inherent difficulties of self - representation.

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Lawyers pushing for greater access to justice constantly fall back on the refrain that Legal Aid needs more funding.

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).

Neither report focuses on non-market provision of legal services through legal aid and otherwise or effect of the law and legal institutions on access to justice.

Not surprisingly, the panel had some disheartening statistics on access to justice, with Gulotta noting the United States ranks a dismal 94th of 113 nations surveyed on access to justice, Minow adding that 15 - 30 percent of legal services lawyers have been laid off over the last eight years, and Justice Goodwyn citing US Department of Justice data indicating that more than half of those qualified for civil legal aid had to be turned away — and that wasn't even considering the many people who didn't even know where to go.

Because two of the three legal aid sources are predominately supported by lawyers, decision makers should consider the potential impact on access to justice if lawyers were to dramatically reduce their time / financial support of pro bono services and legal aid programs, which is likely as competition increases and the social contract under which lawyers and society have operated Vis a Vis the state sponsored monopoly continues to unwind.

Asylum seekers: YLAL committee member Ronagh Craddock wrote for openJustice about the impact of legal aid cuts on asylum seekers, who may be left homeless and destitute because of lack of access to legal advice.

This is Young Legal Aid Lawyers» submission to the call for written evidence by the Bach Commission on Access to Justice, which was set up by Lord Bach after he was asked by Jeremy Corbyn to carry out a comprehensive review of legal aid for the Labour Party, considering civil, crime, family and social welfareLegal Aid Lawyers» submission to the call for written evidence by the Bach Commission on Access to Justice, which was set up by Lord Bach after he was asked by Jeremy Corbyn to carry out a comprehensive review of legal aid for the Labour Party, considering civil, crime, family and social welfare lAid Lawyers» submission to the call for written evidence by the Bach Commission on Access to Justice, which was set up by Lord Bach after he was asked by Jeremy Corbyn to carry out a comprehensive review of legal aid for the Labour Party, considering civil, crime, family and social welfarelegal aid for the Labour Party, considering civil, crime, family and social welfare laid for the Labour Party, considering civil, crime, family and social welfare law.

Outgoing AALS president Paul Marcus of the William & Mary Law School organized the opening plenary on access to justice where he was joined by Cara Drinan of Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law, Associate Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn of the Virginia Supreme Court, veteran legal aid attorney and former executive director of Bay Area Legal Aid Alex Gulotta, and Legal Services Corporation vice chair and former Harvard Law School dean Martha Mlegal aid attorney and former executive director of Bay Area Legal Aid Alex Gulotta, and Legal Services Corporation vice chair and former Harvard Law School dean Martha Minaid attorney and former executive director of Bay Area Legal Aid Alex Gulotta, and Legal Services Corporation vice chair and former Harvard Law School dean Martha MLegal Aid Alex Gulotta, and Legal Services Corporation vice chair and former Harvard Law School dean Martha MinAid Alex Gulotta, and Legal Services Corporation vice chair and former Harvard Law School dean Martha MLegal Services Corporation vice chair and former Harvard Law School dean Martha Minow.

The home page for the Center states that the Center's «two main focuses» are «supporting the growth and development of state - based Access to Justice Commissions,» and «collecting and analyzing data on the various sources of funding for civil legal aid.»

IOLTA, or Interest on Lawyer's Trust Accounts, is a system that generates funds that go to addressing gaps in access to justice and serving civil legal aid programs.

Young Legal Aid Lawyers, Legal Aid Practitioners Group and Legal Action Group have sent an open letter to the new Prime Minister, Theresa May, welcoming her vision of «a country that works not for a privileged few but for every one of us» and calling on the government to review the impact of legal aid cuts on access to jusLegal Aid Lawyers, Legal Aid Practitioners Group and Legal Action Group have sent an open letter to the new Prime Minister, Theresa May, welcoming her vision of «a country that works not for a privileged few but for every one of us» and calling on the government to review the impact of legal aid cuts on access to justiAid Lawyers, Legal Aid Practitioners Group and Legal Action Group have sent an open letter to the new Prime Minister, Theresa May, welcoming her vision of «a country that works not for a privileged few but for every one of us» and calling on the government to review the impact of legal aid cuts on access to jusLegal Aid Practitioners Group and Legal Action Group have sent an open letter to the new Prime Minister, Theresa May, welcoming her vision of «a country that works not for a privileged few but for every one of us» and calling on the government to review the impact of legal aid cuts on access to justiAid Practitioners Group and Legal Action Group have sent an open letter to the new Prime Minister, Theresa May, welcoming her vision of «a country that works not for a privileged few but for every one of us» and calling on the government to review the impact of legal aid cuts on access to jusLegal Action Group have sent an open letter to the new Prime Minister, Theresa May, welcoming her vision of «a country that works not for a privileged few but for every one of us» and calling on the government to review the impact of legal aid cuts on access to juslegal aid cuts on access to justiaid cuts on access to justice.

Delivering access to justice demands change and action on a very broad range of initiatives — pro bono work by the private bar, fair and adequate funding of legal aid, collaboration among all system participants (clients, lawyers, courts, agencies, NGO's), legal education (and its financing), e-filing and case data standards, court forms, court interfaces to self - represented litigants, unbundled legal services, virtual law practice, multistate practice, law practice ownership and investment, limited practice licenses, unauthorized practice of law rules, lawyer advertising rules, and lawyer discipline.

Recommendations At the heart of the TUC's report is its call on the Government to ensure that access to legal aid is based on need and enables people to enforce their right to justice.

We maintain a 24 - hour call service to protect your rights and to ensure that you have access to justice at all times and accept cases on private retainers as well as Legal Aid.

Legal Aid of East Tennessee will improve access to legal information by creating a series of videos that provide low income people with on demand guidance on matters such as orders of protection, foreclosure, and other common legal isLegal Aid of East Tennessee will improve access to legal information by creating a series of videos that provide low income people with on demand guidance on matters such as orders of protection, foreclosure, and other common legal islegal information by creating a series of videos that provide low income people with on demand guidance on matters such as orders of protection, foreclosure, and other common legal islegal issues.

Welcome to our update of the latest legal aid and access to justice news from November 2016, featuring the interim report by Labour's Bach Commission on Access to Justice, a welcome U-turn by the government on immigration and asylum tribunal fees and muchaccess to justice news from November 2016, featuring the interim report by Labour's Bach Commission on Access to Justice, a welcome U-turn by the government on immigration and asylum tribunal fees and muchAccess to Justice, a welcome U-turn by the government on immigration and asylum tribunal fees and much more.

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.

Inevitably, the media spotlight was distracted from «access to justice» on the day the Bill, the biggest rolling back of the legal aid scheme since it was introduced in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, was published.

Allocations include: nearly $ 4.8 million in additional annual funding for legal aid, with a focus on indigenous and family law services; $ 3.8 million per year to fund expansion of Parents Legal Centres; $ 5 million more per year for sheriff services and court staff to help reduce delays in the court system; and an additional $ 3.3 million annually for government initiatives related to family dispute resolution services and increasing digital access to justice servlegal aid, with a focus on indigenous and family law services; $ 3.8 million per year to fund expansion of Parents Legal Centres; $ 5 million more per year for sheriff services and court staff to help reduce delays in the court system; and an additional $ 3.3 million annually for government initiatives related to family dispute resolution services and increasing digital access to justice servLegal Centres; $ 5 million more per year for sheriff services and court staff to help reduce delays in the court system; and an additional $ 3.3 million annually for government initiatives related to family dispute resolution services and increasing digital access to justice services.

Jamie Maclaren, a Vancouver lawyer and executive director of the Access Pro Bono Society of British Columbia, says although he agrees with the LSS» recommendations, they don't go nearly far enough to increase the incentive for private lawyers to take on legal aid cases.

Steve Hynes interviewed the former legal aid minister, Lord Bach (pictured), last month to discuss The Right to Justice, the final report from the Commission he chaired on access to justice policy

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Our experience so far of lay appointments is of: (a) fiscal measures (increasing fees and reducing legal aid) which have a negative impact on access to justice; and (b) unseemly spats with the Lord Chief Justice about law reform and the freedom of the press.

As well, in recent years considerable popular and legal media attention has focused on the lack of access to justice and the high cost of legal representation, often making connections to concerns about the adequacy of available legal aid.

Louise Christian wrote how «deeply disappointed» she and many legal aid lawyers were with Labour's failure to take «a principled position on access to justice».

Ab Currie, currently Chief Research Advisor and Principal Researcher: Legal Aid and Access to Justice, in the Federal Department of Justice, is leaving the Government of Canada to join the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice (CFCJ) as the Senior Research Fellow.

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 Gazlegal aid system», in a speech to the Australian Bar Association reported by Legal Voice and the Law Society GazLegal Voice and the Law Society Gazette.

In the Law Society's press release of the same date, vice-president Christina Blacklaws highlighted the impact on the budget cuts on legal aid and access to justice.

Lord Bach, who is chairing Labour's Commission on Access to Justice, resigned from his frontbench role in the House of Lords in May 2016 following his election as Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicestershire, but his review of legal aid is continuing its work.

The report concludes: (1) legal aid is no longer available for many of those who need it; (2) those eligible for legal aid find it hard to access it; (3) wide gaps in provision are not being addressed; and (4) LASPO has had a wider and detrimental impact on the state and society.

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I realize that cost is often a major impediment to access to justice, hence I accept legal aid clients and Cba referrals as well as offer unbundled services, all on a case by case basis.

«Access to justice in B.C. has deteriorated to the point that our province is an embarrassing 10th out of 13 provinces and territories on legal aid funding spending per capita.»

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But before leaving the category of proceedings into which magistrates» court child support work falls: for the Legal Services Commission if a lawyer should seek legal aid for his client in committal proceedings (CSA 1991 s 39A — 40) it is treated as «criminal proceedings» under Access to Justice Act 1999, s 12 (2)(g) and Criminal Defence Service (General)(No 2) Regulations (SI 2001/1437) by application on CDS14 and CLegal Services Commission if a lawyer should seek legal aid for his client in committal proceedings (CSA 1991 s 39A — 40) it is treated as «criminal proceedings» under Access to Justice Act 1999, s 12 (2)(g) and Criminal Defence Service (General)(No 2) Regulations (SI 2001/1437) by application on CDS14 and Clegal aid for his client in committal proceedings (CSA 1991 s 39A — 40) it is treated as «criminal proceedings» under Access to Justice Act 1999, s 12 (2)(g) and Criminal Defence Service (General)(No 2) Regulations (SI 2001/1437) by application on CDS14 and CDS15.

Ab Currie, originally trained as a demographer, has been a key player in major research initiatives by Justice Canada on legal aid and access to justice across the country for more than two decades.

As part of its renewed approach to advancing access to justice, the CBA has released a 125 - page research report, Moving Forward on Legal Aid: Research on Needs and Innovative Approaches.

The report — Cuts that Hurt: The impact of legal aid cuts on access to justice — draws on research conducted between October last year and June, including interviews with 30 individuals not eligible for legal aid as a result of LASPO.

Against the backdrop of cuts in legal aid and local authority spending on legal advice, the profession attempts to facilitate access to justice; most notably through pro bono work which assists many individuals who would, without it, ultimately, be deprived of access to justice.

Having practised at Macfarlanes he may be a little rusty on legal aid practice but at least he should have familiarity with our work and business and the principles of access to justice and the rule of law.»

«We can all agree that nobody should be denied access to justice,» wrote Lord McNally in a letter to The Guardian earlier this month («We need a cross-party consensus on legal aid», 4 April 2016).