Sentences with phrase «vulnerable have access to justice»

This sponsored walk (or run for those brave members of staff) helps raise money for the London Legal Support Trust, ensuring those most vulnerable have access to justice.

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«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.

New York Chief Judge John Lippman echoed this connection between access to civil justice and public safety when he stated: «If what happens inside this courthouse or any courthouse... is anything short, even by the smallest amount, of promoting equal justice... [t] he most vulnerable in our society, they're the ones who have suffered the most.»

TUC Report finds women and children have been disproportionately affected by the devastating impact of LASPO, by Emma Fitzsimons Prior its enactment, campaigners warned that the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 («LASPO») 1 would decimate legal aid, deny access to justice to thousands of vulnerable litigants and prove to be a false economy, shifting the burden to an already understaffed court system and overburdened legal aid services sector.

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

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

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.

The term «civil justice gap,» has long been employed to highlight the reality that the poorest and most vulnerable persons have tremendous difficulty accessing legal services.

We believe in the fundamental right of all people, including the poor, the most vulnerable, and the hardest to reach, to have equal access to justice under the law.

These vulnerable litigants must have greater access to legal representation if we are to achieve our constitutional mission of fostering equal justice for all, rich and poor alike.

The Ministry of Justice has spent less than anticipated on legal aid following the cuts as a result of an overly restrictive and bureaucratic approach and poor provision of information on the availability of legal aid, with the effect that vulnerable people are unable to obtain access to jJustice has spent less than anticipated on legal aid following the cuts as a result of an overly restrictive and bureaucratic approach and poor provision of information on the availability of legal aid, with the effect that vulnerable people are unable to obtain access to justicejustice.

As Charter litigation often involves some of Canada's most vulnerable communities, a flexible approach to these two issues has relieved some of the financial and emotional burdens of Charter litigation, and advanced access to justice.

We are delighted that the Supreme Court has recognised that the UK's State Immunity Act is too generous to foreign states, preventing employees, including many vulnerable workers, accessing justice and going well beyond the requirements of international law.

In McGuffie, Justice Doherty also relied upon the power imbalance rationale that was emphasized by Chief Justice McLachlin in R v Suberu, [2009] 2 SCR 460, where she and Justice Louise Charron wrote jointly, at para. 40: ``... [T] he purpose of s. 10 (b) is to ensure that individuals know of their right to counsel, and have access to it, in situations where they suffer a significant deprivation of liberty due to state coercion which leaves them vulnerable to the exercise of state power and in a position of legal jeopardy.

In a recognition of the importance of access to justice for vulnerable women and children, the government promised that legal aid cases would not be scrapped to those affected by domestic violence.

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.»

«Their outstanding commitment has helped ensure equal access to the justice system for Ohio's most vulnerable individuals.»

Ensuring there is fair access to the family justice system: The legal aid reforms created by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) have had a severe impact on the ability of vulnerable people to access family justice.