Sentences with phrase «people access to legal advice»

«Our role is to give people access to legal advice at an affordable price,» White said.

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Lucinda Orr, Chair of the Employed Barristers» Committee said: «Pro bono has a vital role to play in assisting members of the public who can not afford or access the legal advice they often desperately need — the employed bar has many talented lawyers whose skills can now be deployed to help such people, and I am thrilled that the employed bar will now be able to contribute in this critical area.»

Those who can not access legal advice (either through full - representation or unbundling), need a service (guide / helper / navigator) to hear the story, consider the process options and present a short list of viable alternatives that best meets the person's unique situation.

«People want access to legal advice online and they want that to be offered with complete transparency on cost and scope of service.

Providing access to justice to people who need legal advice can only increase with providing incentives for said people.

Following the legal aid cuts introduced by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 («LASPO»), it is clear that access to justice has been severely limited — both in terms of the areas of law for which people can obtain publicly - funded legal advice and representation, and in relation to the proportion of people who are financially eligible for such legal legal aid cuts introduced by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 («LASPO»), it is clear that access to justice has been severely limited — both in terms of the areas of law for which people can obtain publicly - funded legal advice and representation, and in relation to the proportion of people who are financially eligible for such legal Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 («LASPO»), it is clear that access to justice has been severely limited — both in terms of the areas of law for which people can obtain publicly - funded legal advice and representation, and in relation to the proportion of people who are financially eligible for such legal legal advice and representation, and in relation to the proportion of people who are financially eligible for such legal legal help.

«If this trend continues, in five to ten years» time there could be insufficient criminal defence solicitors in many regions, leaving people in need of legal advice unable to access their rights.

LAG would suggest that, if the government is serious about access to justice it needs to put back capacity into the system so that these people can get early advice on their legal problems.

80 % below the poverty line and more than 1/2 of those in the middle class — the people who need legal help the most can not get access to even modest legal advice on serious issues like custody, divorce and criminal questions.

Since our founding in 2011, Access Legal Care has helped hundreds of individuals with free phone consultations, affordable in - person legal advice, and legal services that are carefully tailored to individual nLegal Care has helped hundreds of individuals with free phone consultations, affordable in - person legal advice, and legal services that are carefully tailored to individual nlegal advice, and legal services that are carefully tailored to individual nlegal services that are carefully tailored to individual needs.

But, in these gloomy economic times when young people's (particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds) debts spiral, their advice and support services downsized or removed, and the looming legal aid cuts threaten the closure of the few specialised legal advice services that support them, what is to stop them falling into an even bigger access to justice black hole?

Over the next five years we want to fundamentally change the face of legal services and make access far easier — today's announcement underlines that ambition... We believe that the presence of The Co-operative's trusted brand and values, our UK - wide branch network, first class people and services together with fair and fixed pricing options, will enable customers to find it much easier to access expert legal advice from someone they trust.»

LAG believes this narrow LASPO vision of civil legal aid needs to be superseded by one which provides wider access to justice for the many people struggling to get advice on everyday legal problems.

By providing lawyers and legal advice to people living at or near the federal poverty level, civil legal aid programs enhance their clients» ability to access justice and can serve as a powerful tool to combat poverty.

Access to free legal advice and representation is getting more and more difficult, having a disproportionately high impact on vulnerable people who may lose their home, income or contact with their family as a result of not being able to access the right suAccess to free legal advice and representation is getting more and more difficult, having a disproportionately high impact on vulnerable people who may lose their home, income or contact with their family as a result of not being able to access the right suaccess the right support.

People received legal advice and representation to access fair and affordable financial services and protect themselves from deceptive lending practices.

Addressing Ontario's well - documented access - to - justice crisis, PBO's innovative new service fills a huge hole by combining legal advice with court form and document preparation to help people understand their options and take the right next steps.

OUR VISION — To fundamentally change the way the average person and business can achieve affordable self - help, self - serve access to quality legal insight (expertise), documentation and advice, globallTo fundamentally change the way the average person and business can achieve affordable self - help, self - serve access to quality legal insight (expertise), documentation and advice, globallto quality legal insight (expertise), documentation and advice, globally.

We are a small team of passionate, tech - savvy British social entrepreneurs, looking to democratise access to legal help and advice for people and businesses, in the wake of the legal aid cuts and resulting advice deserts.

Over the years I have learned that being a Plaintiff's lawyer in this community means that I must provide people with access to the law, access to information about their health and welfare as well as provide advice and legal services.

Surely law societies have a duty, and therefore the authority, to ensure there are just enough competent lawyers to meet demand, and surely law societies can affect, if not manage, demand by helping to ensure that people in the community have access to legal information (and perhaps to legal advice from qualified non-lawyers) that may make it unnecessary for them to consult lawyers.

Her work is dedicated to fusing legal and design expertise to transform how people may access legal information, advice and dispute resolution.

, NLJ, 6 January 2017, p 8) and the recent Amnesty International report which made the case for reinstating public funding for cases involving young people, welfare benefits, immigration cases involving human rights and initial advice for private family cases («Cuts that Hurt: The impact of legal aid cuts on access to justice», Amnesty International, 2016).

It seems fundamentally unjust that at a time when they are introducing a ceiling of # 400, and when landlords are going to evict people who can't pay their rent that people will lose access to free legal advice.

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The Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation was established by the state legislature in 1983 to ensure that low - income people with critical, non-criminal legal problems would have access to legal information, advice and representaLegal Assistance Corporation was established by the state legislature in 1983 to ensure that low - income people with critical, non-criminal legal problems would have access to legal information, advice and representalegal problems would have access to legal information, advice and representalegal information, advice and representation.

This advice would enable vulnerable people to access the domestic violence gateway to legal aid, and / or learn about and choose more options to help them than just mediation.