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16 Apr 2019, 5:34 am
” The government has not yet provided details about how the cuts to legal aid will actually affect the delivery of legal aid, except to deny the provision of services to immigrants and refugees. [read post]
4 Mar 2019, 2:30 am
A British Columbia-based women’s advocacy group says the provincial government and the Legal Services Society — the legal aid provider in the province — are failing to provide adequate legal aid for family law cases involving domestic violence, especially where women and children are involved. [read post]
28 Sep 2007, 1:22 am
“The future of legal aid remains under threat unless the government changes its stubborn approach to reforms and, as Alan Beith tells Rupert White, carefully rethinks its policies. [read post]
12 Oct 2007, 1:51 am
“This month marks the beginning of a new era in civil legal aid. but many who work in the field believe the arrival of fixed fees is a disaster for the profession. [read post]
1 Dec 2012, 10:40 am
On this World AIDS Day, let us commit to build on and amplify the encouraging successes of recent years to consign HIV/AIDS to the pages of history.AIDS is not just a health issue—society's response to AIDS also has many legal implications. [read post]
30 Mar 2011, 2:59 pm
A new useful addition to criminal law blogs in New York is the Hiscock Legal Aid Society Appeals Program Blog which provides both detailed statistics and case summaries for Appellate Division, Fourth Department decisions. [read post]
8 Sep 2011, 5:12 am
“Opposition amendments to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill have been rejected by a committee of MPs. [read post]
9 Feb 2010, 1:37 am
“The Bar Council and the Criminal Bar Association are set to take the government to court for the first time in 20 years over what they claim are ‘inadequate and unfair’ consultations on new fees for criminal legal aid work. [read post]
30 Jun 2011, 1:33 am
“A close reading of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill has left many lawyers, campaign groups and politicians who support the legal aid system more worried than ever about future provision. [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 2:16 am
“The justice minister Jonathan Djanogly has provided details of the barristers and law firms paid the most from legal aid over the last year, ahead of the publication of the bill setting out the governments planned legal aid cuts. [read post]
9 Jul 2007, 1:49 am
“Jack Straw will face his first court challenge as Lord Chancellor next week when the Law Society, the Commission for Racial Equality and ethnic minority lawyers go to the High Court to try to halt the government’s controversial shake-up of legal aid. [read post]
2 Dec 2010, 2:03 am
“The House of Commons’ Justice Committee has launched an inquiry into the government’s recent legal aid green paper, inviting evidence on the likely impact of the reforms on the number and quality of legal aid practitioners, and whether the government’s civil justice proposals mirror the Jackson report. [read post]
12 Mar 2009, 11:14 am
Jamieson called on the SNP administration to provide a right to legal aid and to follow the UK government's move to impose a legal duty on leaders and courts to make repossession a last resort. [read post]
23 Sep 2011, 3:49 am
“Action Against Medical Accidents has launched a legal challenge against the government’s controversial plans to scrap legal aid for clinical negligence cases. [read post]
4 Aug 2011, 2:25 am
“Lawyers’ groups have come together in an informal coalition to lobby the government over its legal aid and civil costs reforms, which they claim will ‘threaten the entire legal advice network’. [read post]
4 May 2021, 1:03 pm
Parkdale Community Legal Services was established in 1971 at the impetus of Osgoode Hall Law School, but it was not until 1976 that the (then) Law Society of Upper Canada established a committee to address legal clinics, when 7 clinics were created, some 25 years after the first legal aid plan had been created. [read post]
16 Nov 2010, 12:53 am
Most commentators and legal professionals are worried that less money for legal representation will lead to less access to justice for the poorer members of society. [read post]
18 Oct 2010, 11:43 am
Last week, Law Society’s Access to Justice Committee Convener Mike Dailly suggested Law Society should take over Legal Aid Board & SLCC. [read post]
19 Dec 2016, 3:35 pm
We were silent in the face of an obvious mission creep by Legal Aid. [read post]
13 Feb 2014, 1:56 am
The most vulnerable people in our society will now be refused Legal Aid and assistance under these changes. [read post]
