Professional representative bodies respond to Government's legal aid plans
Family Law Week - Nov 22, 2010
The Law Society has said that the government's long-awaited Green Paper on legal aid, together with a consultation on Lord Jackson's proposals for changes ...
Call for innovative service delivery in wake of UK legal aid cuts CPA Global
Legal aid review may affect accident victims Abeceder
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BONELA, private lawyers kick start legal aid
The Bostwana Gazette - 20 hours ago
Law Society of Botswana Chairman Tebogo Sebego said his society was committed to the cause. “I urge LSB members to take this issue seriously and also urge ...
Something has to give with B. C's legal aid spending
Vancouver Sun - Ian Mulgrew - Nov 17, 2010
The provincial Liberals slashed legal aid when they first arrived in office nearly a decade ago and the Legal Services Society has applied Band-Aids ever ...
Civil legal aid facing 'devastation' after £154m cut Law Gazette
Legal aid payment delays stretch firms Otago Daily Times
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The Patently Impossible Project to Benefit Legal Aid
South Florida Caribbean News - Nov 22, 2010
The Legal Aid Society is the oldest legal services provider for the indigent in Miami-Dade County. Established in 1939 and chartered in 1949, Legal Aid is ...
National Union of Public and General Employees
Legal aid not getting to those who need it most
Vancouver Sun - Doug Ward - Nov 10, 2010
The number of family law cases, for example, approved for legal representation by the provincial Legal Services Society dropped from 15526 in 2001 to 6270 ...
Report author says legal aid “in crisis” in BC Straight.com
Broken BC legal aid system needs major overhaul National Union of Public and General Employees
BC's Busted Justice Pacific Free Press
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Legal fees shoot up for Welsh councils as more children are taken into care
WalesOnline - Peter Law - Nov 21, 2010
Conwy's payments shot up from £38499 to £125806 and the council's acting head of legal services, Delyth Jones, said: “The vast majority of our external ...
Government Proposes Shake-up of Legal aid Services
The Epoch Times - Simon Veazey - Nov 19, 2010
Law Society Chief Executive Desmond Hudson said that under the plans “only the poorest of the poor will continue to be eligible for legal aid”. ...
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Protections of Justice System Should Apply to Us All, Even Non-English Speakers
Huffington Post (blog) - 12 hours ago
The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Georgia and Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center (LAS-ELC) had filed a friend-of-the-court brief ...
Court Rules That Defendants With Limited English Proficiency Have A ... Common Dreams (press release)
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Legal literacy camp held
Times of India - Nov 21, 2010
At a legal literacy and awareness camp, organised by the Tamilnadu State Legal Services Authority, slum dwellers were informed about government programmes ...
Ex-judges to clear backlog of cases
Daily News & Analysis - Odeal D'Souza - Nov 21, 2010
Speaking on the occasion, Supreme Court judge RV Raveendran suggested a few measures that could be incorporated in the Karnataka Legal Services Authority to ...