Studies show that raising wages would not only lift workers out of poverty, but also reduce turnover and improve the quality of care
for vulnerable clients.
If you compare this with the action taken when the government first began to tackle child abuse cases, you can see that much more can be done to protect
elderly vulnerable clients.
An emotionally
vulnerable client in the hands of a «zealous advocate» who is more concerned with enriching themselves than in helping their client is a dangerous combination.
Home care services need to have mechanisms in place to manage the needs of their
most vulnerable clients during disasters.»
Young Legal Aid Lawyers nominated Gwendolen in recognition of her relentless work promoting and protecting human rights,
helping vulnerable clients, and advocating for legal aid practitioners.
«LAO recognizes that this will have a serious impact
on vulnerable clients and that difficult choices will regrettably need to be made to achieve a balanced - budget plan.»
These are all vital amendments that will
assist vulnerable clients; but it is also fair to say that they will do little to soften the blow of an Act that will essentially fillet the legal aid scheme by removing # 350m from a total budget of # 2.2 bn.
This integrated approach to advice, jointly commissioned by the LSC and various local authorities, provides a one - stop service that has gone some way to break down the advice barrier which has afflicted some of our
more vulnerable clients for far too long.
It is easy to manipulate an
emotionally vulnerable client; a common trick is to give the client false expectations regarding what their outcome can be, so that if a reasonable offer is made, the client will turn it down because they have been led to believe they are going to get more than they could ever get in court.
Further, APILO attorneys teamed with case mangers and social workers to provide holistic care as well as served
vulnerable clients as trustees and fiduciaries.
Some of the greatest pressure came on IDS at the Department for Work and Pensions, whose poor, disabled, unemployed and
otherwise vulnerable clients were seen as easy targets for cuts.
«The resources generated from The Art Show position Henry Street to have a profound impact on those we serve, at a time when our most
vulnerable clients need our services more than ever.
Removal of the rules which prevent solicitors establishing their own firms immediately after they qualify could
put vulnerable clients with complex legal problems in the hands of inexperienced, unsupervised lawyers.»
In R (on the application of Greenwich Community Law Centre) v Greenwich Council [2011] EWHC 3463 (Admin), the law centre challenged the council's decision - making process and claimed it failed to have regard for the consequences, particularly on its
existing vulnerable clients.
As lawyers, in recent years we have seen first hand the devastating impact of legal aid cuts and vastly increased court fees on the ability of ordinary people, including our
often vulnerable clients, to obtain justice.
Ben Saunders, a solicitor from the Elderly &
Vulnerable Client team (E&VC) at Irwin Mitchell's Newbury office, hosted the sessions alongside Chichester - based senior associate Catherine Diamond.
She will help us build on our reputation for
supporting vulnerable clients beyond settlement, ensuring they achieve the very best from settled funds.»
«The inclusion of travel costs in the civil and family fees may
affect vulnerable clients disproportionately by providing an economic disincentive to providers to take on their cases for fear of incurring travel costs beyond the element provided for in the fixed or graduated fee.
A global, all - virtual multidisciplinary collaboratory solving tomorrow's social justice problems in legal education and practice related to issues around youth advocacy, juvenile justice, human rights, and / or access to education and justice for
vulnerable client populations.
The Law Society wants the same result as all the solicitors who attended the meeting — to secure a sustainable future for legal aid and to
protect vulnerable clients.
«Charlotte is a tenacious advocate with an eye for detail and has outstanding client care skills, particularly when working
with vulnerable clients.»
This article has been written to hopefully encourage those entrusted with the care
of vulnerable clients to look at how their behaviour may cross the boundaries of ethical conduct.
However, we are very concerned about the extremely short timescale and lack of indication as to how this review will be conducted, given its potential impact on the
most vulnerable clients.
In addition to assisting Emma and advising on children matters, Fateha assists clients with straight forward divorces and has a particular interest in domestic abuse matters, putting protective measures in place to
assist vulnerable clients and their children.
The sole practitioners, to some extent, are complained against more often because they are dealing with
more vulnerable clients.»
Jayne has a particular interest in
representing vulnerable clients and those lacking capacity which has led her to establish the Court of Protection team within chambers.
The proposals to tender criminal defence work and slash fees paid to lawyers will make it very difficult, if not impossible for many junior lawyers to continue their crucial work
for vulnerable clients.
Our vulnerable clients can fall victim to this perception and create further inquisition of our staff even when our care could not have been improved upon in the hospital environment.
«This places care workers in the invidious position of having to choose between providing lonely and
vulnerable clients with care visits that meet their individual needs and fulfilling their payment - by - results contract,» Ryan says.
Better use of existing consultation mechanisms could provide an opportunity for organisations that have direct contact with asylum seekers, including Freedom from Torture, to alert the government to concerns raised by
their vulnerable clients.
A Milton Keynes solicitor who specialised in acting for elderly and
vulnerable clients has been struck off for serious dishonesty.
The first, a lawyer named Laura (Laura Dern), finds herself confronted by the moral conundrums of the law when
a vulnerable client Fuller (Jared Harris, the image and stature of his father) is refused a claim for a debilitating work injury.
If you are a Pro Bono attorney or legal services staff advising low income and
vulnerable clients, there are resources here to help you.
Unfortunately for our clients (and subsequently myself and my firm) the service we receive from banks, financial firms, utility providers (etc.), when dealing on behalf of
our vulnerable clients still leaves a lot to be desired.
Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin's annual report cites «recurring concerns» around the way the Ministry of the Attorney General's Office of Public Guardian and Trustee treats
its vulnerable clients.