Sentences with phrase «wider access to legal aid»

Labour does not offer a great deal more, focused primarily on low - cost initiatives and on changing mindsets, although the party does also offer a National Refuge Fund and wider access to Legal Aid for victims of domestic violence.

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[1] The argument is that if the civil legal aid system [2] is viewed by the middle class as a program that could benefit them if they encounter trouble, rather than being only for the poor, a wider segment of the public will have a stake in access to justice and they will support higher levels of public funding.

The report concludes: (1) legal aid is no longer available for many of those who need it; (2) those eligible for legal aid find it hard to access it; (3) wide gaps in provision are not being addressed; and (4) LASPO has had a wider and detrimental impact on the state and society.

Moreover, the debate should not only be limited to issues involving legal aid, as so far it has been concentrated upon, but also as to wider issues incorporated by the term access to justice.

The concept of unbundled legal services has been recognized as a measure to improve access to justice for those who fall into the wide and growing gap between Canadians who can afford full representation and those who qualify for legal aid.

LAG believes this narrow LASPO vision of civil legal aid needs to be superseded by one which provides wider access to justice for the many people struggling to get advice on everyday legal problems.

The Chicago Bar Foundation (CBF) takes a system - wide approach to improve access to justice by bringing together all of the stakeholders — including legal aid organizations, the courts, law firms, and individual lawyers — to strengthen and improve Chicago's pro bono and legal aid system.