Sentences with phrase «to accessing justice»

When this happens children should be able to access justice in their own countries but often this is not possible.
This aim is sensible, as such groups may be least able to access the justice system in order to assert their fundamental rights.
One of which is the perception that victims can not properly access justice through our existing criminal justice system.
Changes are on the way that will alter the means by which people access justice when they wish to make a personal injury claim as a result of another person's negligence.
Their self - serving fees remove access for any low to middle income client from accessing justice.
A class proceeding would allow all Canadian users to access justice without each hiring their own lawyers.
I am most proud of the moments in my career when I have helped those without power and means access justice.
He has held positions on numerous boards and committees created to promote technology solutions to access justice problems.
In addition to my interests in gluten free living I am interested in disease prevention and health promotion, chronic disease management, and food access justice and advocacy.
The people that can no longer access justice through our courts because of legal aid cuts.
One's inability to access justice undermines that presumption.
Self - stigma is not a significant issue for those with paranoid personality disorders who access the justice system.
«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.
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In conjunction with this role, he assisted in carrying out a brief survey of Access to Justice efforts and the extent to which they include the voice of actual consumers of legal services in responding to the difficulties of accessing justice in Canada.
If some can not access justice because it is beyond their means, then the rule of law everywhere suffers.»
Not to be rude but I don't think most ordinary (non-lawyer) people who can't access the justice system are nearly as impressed with it as you are.
After retiring, he volunteered for a short while for Access Justice as a clinic assistant before becoming its Clinic Coordinator.
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.
It truly is the proper way to access JUSTICE when a paid attorney is not reachable.
[2] Sandefur, Rebecca L. Accessing Justice in the Contemporary USA: Findings from the Community Needs and Services Study, 2014 ABA, Aug. 2014.
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?
«I hope that it's sort of a feel good for all of us, because we're giving back as a collective to people that can't otherwise access justice
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.
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.
Constitutionally, the question of the citizen's inalienable right to access the justice process is the most important issue in the court fees debate but until the pips squeak the government seems bent on continuing to squeeze.
«Class actions provide consumers with a useful mechanism to dispute charges related to late payments where they might not otherwise be able to access justice individually,» said Janet Lo, PIAC legal counsel and author of the report.
Estella also had the privilege of working as a researcher for the national Accessing Justice and Reconciliation Project, which focused on the revitalization of Indigenous laws and legal traditions.
Through research, MDAC and our partners have found that children with disabilities experience multiple barriers to accessing justice at all stages criminal, civil and administrative justice systems.
Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands updates its rules governing the Virgin Islands IOLTA Program, both to establish the Supreme Court's oversight and to increase participation in order to further access justice in the Territory.
I joined the Brain & Injury Law team in 2014 with the goal of being involved in complex brain injury litigation, and helping survivors of traumatic brain injury access justice through the legal system.
Class actions were designed to provide a class of plaintiffs with means to collectively access justice where they may individually find it very difficult or prohibitive.
While the exact locale of the constitutional violation is not named, the violation appears to be rooted in the constitutional principle articulated in both BCGEU and Christie — that is, the right to access justice encompassed by the rule of law.
She hoped that the Tech For Justice Hackathon + Veterans event which kicked off Techshow on Wednesday would produce legal technology to help veterans access the justice system.
Jimmy joined Access Justice in 2003 and served as its System Architect, Project Manager, and Acting Executive Director prior to its merger with Pro Bono Law of BC.
Thomas A. Cromwell, «From Trilogy to Quartet» (1987) 7 Windsor Y.B. Access Justice 103 - 117 (Case commentary on Canada (Minister of Finance) v. Finlay (1987), 33 D.L.R. (4th) 321)
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.
This survey will allow the Legal Services Agency to develop better targeted regional and national strategies to help people access justice,» Mark Burton said.
But when the court accepted the privacy commissioner's arguments that the offender's actions could undermine the administration of justice, harm participants in the justice system and potentially discourage people from accessing the justice system, there was no acknowledgement that the same concerns go directly to the heart of the open - court principle and balanced interests that supported the first complete publication of the same document.
Ron is a volunteer for Access Justice, an organization dedicated to providing legal services to individuals who can not afford to employ a lawyer.
This week, West Coast LEAF is at the BC Court of Appeal in coalition with the Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) speaking out for homeless people's right to access justice under the BC Human Rights Code.
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