Sentences with phrase «to access justice»

«Whether it is fake accounts at Wells Fargo or a massive data breach at Equifax, recent scandals have demonstrated that consumers need to access the justice system when a big, powerful company opens accounts in their name, without their consent, and leaves them vulnerable to fraud by failing to secure their personal data,» said Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D - Nev.

«We are proud to continue to stand with Aisling Hubert and hope for a positive outcome which will ensure that others like her can access justice.»

They found that the rules to access legal aid for victims of domestic abuse were so restrictive that 40 % of women didn't meet the requirements to get the support they needed to access justice.

It's no coincidence that the employers» charter comes on the same day the government proposes to make it easier to fire workers but harder for them to access justice in the courts.

«The Child Victims Act will level the playing field for all survivors of childhood sexual assault, creating a pathway for them to access justice, regardless of whether their predator was an individual or a public or private institution,» she told The News in a statement.

On what basis can it be said that accessing justice should never come at a price?

Washington, like other states, does not have enough legal services for its citizens as 80 percent can not access justice for a variety of reasons.

(2) the population's views and desires as to this evolution in the use of the legal profession's monopoly over the provision of legal services to impose a «cutting costs by cutting competence» limitation upon people's ability to access justice;

There is palpable potential for such apps to help reduce some of the financial, psychological, informational and physical barriers that many people face in accessing justice.

Why would they, whose finances come completely from the fees paid by their members, want to finance programs and services intended to help the public access justice without the assistance of a lawyer?

«As legal organizations working on behalf of marginalized and historically disadvantaged groups, the members of the Coalition each have extensive experience with the obstacles faced by such groups in accessing justice and therefore in enforcing their constitutional rights and other legal entitlements.

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Private prosecutions are increasing and sometimes are regarded as a more effective means of accessing justice than a law suit brought in the civil courts.

The study found that 85 % of low - income people are not able to access justice, which is defined as the ability (or lack thereof) to hire an attorney.

Interviews with representatives from organisations with expertise in the justice sector and assisting people accessing justice;

If some can not access justice because it is beyond their means, then the rule of law everywhere suffers.»

She went to law school with the ambition of helping disempowered groups who encounter barriers to accessing justice.

It truly is the proper way to access JUSTICE when a paid attorney is not reachable.

Law Society Report «Disqualified from justice: Legal aid means test»: On 20 March 2018, the Law Society published a report, which can be downloaded here, which finds that the civil legal aid means test is preventing families in poverty from accessing justice.

One of which is the perception that victims can not properly access justice through our existing criminal justice system.

Self - stigma is not a significant issue for those with paranoid personality disorders who access the justice system.

«These cuts are having a real impact on the ability of the most vulnerable in our society to access justice.

Women's ability to access the justice system is limited by legal costs, traditional justice systems, illiteracy and ignorance of rights.»

«We have to find creative new ways to connect people to the services they need and one way is to provide access justice on line,» she says.

Accessing the justice system remains a challenge for many people: According to the Action Group on Access to Justice (TAG), 45 per cent of Ontarians say they face hurdles when trying to access the legal system.

West Coast LEAF believes that all British Columbians should be empowered to fight for their rights and be able to meaningfully access justice under the Charter.

Today, West Coast LEAF is at the BC Court of Appeal to argue that the law must not add to the barriers in accessing justice already experienced by people navigating the complexities of the legal system.

«We believe that a single, statute - based right to justice will bring the clarity necessary to reset our justice system and ensure that everyone can access justice.»

Accessing Justice: Appraising Class Actions Ten Years After Dutton, Hollick & Rumley (Jasminka Kalajdzic ed., LexisNexis Canada, 2011)(also published in v. 53 Supreme Court Law Review (2d.)

Being able to access justice is fundamental to the rule of law.

She said «These cuts are having a real impact on the ability of the most vulnerable in our society to access justice.

See J. Kalajdzic, Accessing Justice: Appraising Class Actions Ten Years After Dutton, Hollick & Rumley.

Barriers to accessing justice can arise because legal provisions may prohibit such persons from complaining or accessing a court.

One of the fundamental barriers to accessing justice for the general public is the difficulty in dealing with the complexity of the law.

Persons with physical disabilities will often face physical barriers to accessing justice.

Members of the public face many common barriers resulting from the complexity, overlap and fragmentation of laws, systems and bureaucracies that they must deal with in order to access justice.

In the Law Society's press release of the same date, vice-president Christina Blacklaws said «These cuts are having a real impact on the ability of the most vulnerable in our society to access justice.

The disadvantages and marginalization experienced by persons with disabilities, and therefore the barriers to accessing justice they experience, will be heightened depending upon whether they also belong to certain other groups, for example, ethnic groups, and on their status within those groups, for example, status accorded as a result of age, gender, and sexual orientation.

Numerous studies have identified barriers to accessing justice that arise inside the legal system.

Persons with disabilities face barriers to accessing justice because of the negative attitudes of those who design and implement laws and legal policies and practices, including those that are paternalistic, judgmental, stigmatizing, stereotyping or invalidating.

So far, most have only touched on the unique barriers to accessing justice faced by persons with disabilities.

Several major initiatives have been undertaken to address the difficulties that Canadians experience in accessing justice.

It creates a range of barriers for accessing justice, including most obviously a lack of resources for obtaining legal advice and representation.

So how are the people who don't have at least some post-secondary education, and don't qualify for legal aid, accessing justice?

While we can all be thankful that the proposed cap is set at # 25,000, rather than the # 250,000 which had been mooted prior to the consultation, there remains a very real risk that vulnerable and already disadvantaged groups of people will simply not be able to access justice.

Perhaps because I often find myself waiting for hours on end to be treated in a walk - in clinic or a hospital emergency room for yet another sports injury, and because I have had little success finding and keeping a family doctor, I've often thought of the frustrating parallels between accessing our justice system and accessing our health care system as an average citizen.

But the middle class and the poor may not be able to access our justice system.»

Access Justice was formed in 1990, and Pro Bono Law in 2002.

It is within this context that Atticus is set forth with the task of accessing justice for an African - American man where institutionalized racism prevails.

As of April 1st, the Western Canada Society to Access Justice and Pro Bono Law of British Columbia have merged, and will now be known as the Access Pro Bono Law Society of British Columbia — or simply «Access Pro Bono `.