Sentences with phrase «seeking access to our justice system»

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The fact that the majority of Canadians can not afford to seek justice through the current system is a problem which far outstrips in magnitude concerns about maximizing procedural and due process protections for those litigants who are presently able to access the system.

Through education, policy research and advocacy, CLASP seeks to improve the economic security of low income families with children and secure access to our civil justice system -LSB-...]

Through education, policy research and advocacy, CLASP seeks to improve the economic security of low income families with children and secure access to our civil justice system by low income persons.

The tragedy has highlighted the divisions in society and raised many questions including issues as to: access to justice and legal funding, as the tenants were unable to obtain legal aid for advice due to the legal aid cuts; the legal protection of tenants both in private and social housing; the inability of council tenants to enforce or seek to have enforced basic fitness standards under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System and Housing Act 2004 (HHSRSA), and the purchase of housing stock by local authorities.

While rooted in the very best of intentions, this standard approach to justice reform fails to consider the opinions and suggestions of the only people who can speak fully to the severity of the access to justice crisis — the people who sought to resolve their legal problems through the justice system and who failed somewhere along the way.

In enhancing access to legal services and the justice system, «We will be accountable for collaboration with other partners in the justice system for specific positive change in the area of access to justice for equity - seeking groups,» he said.

The Florida State Courts System, in conjunction with the Florida Commission on Access to Civil Justice, offers both a self - help website as well as the Florida Courts HELP App to provide information for people seeking a divorce, adoption, orders of protection, name change, and other family law issues.

By hosting a series of Hackathons, think tanks, and building sessions focused on solving legal issues through technology know - how and entrepreneurial, socially - focused action, Tech For Justice seeks to incentivize some of our best minds to help solve pressing issues related to the U.S. legal system, namely that all are able to access its resources.

Stating «There is a difference between the improving the delivery of legal services and access to justice» I believe the later seeks to serve those most marginalized by our civil justice system.

What is unique about A2JBC is that it seeks to impact access to justice by creating a network of justice system stakeholders to align around strategies that are collaborative, user - centred, experimental and evidence - informed.

Clarke has made it clear that he is looking at legal aid for savings: «We will seek to develop an approach which is compatible with fair and necessary access to justice for those who need it most, the protection of the most vulnerable in our society, the efficient performance of the justice system, and our international legal obligations.»

For instance, in 2000, the average employment income for full - time female employees working year - round was 70.8 % of the income of male workers.25 In addition, gender interacts with other factors, such as race, ethnic origin and disability to compound that economic disadvantage.26 Another persistent barrier to equality for women is gender - based violence in the form of spousal and sexual assaults, for which the majority of victims still do not seek support from the criminal justice system.27 Accessing justice is a major concern for Aboriginal women, who experience high rates of violence ranging from assault to murder.28