When seeking compensation for discovering your food purchase is tainted, save the food and take a photo, have someone act as a witness, wait a few weeks to determine how sick you’ve gotten as a result, and contact a lawyer for a free consultation, recommends this article in the Toronto Star.
via the Toronto Star
Access to justice is Canada is “abysmal”, says a new report from the Canadian Bar Association.
A summary report was released today at the organization’s conference in Saskatoon; the full report is scheduled for release in the fall.
The system is fundamentally broken, and no “quick fix” will do, the report says.
Among other things, the CBA recommends more federal funding for civil, criminal, and immigration legal aid.
Their plan aims for all Canadians below the poverty line to have coverage for essential legal services by 2020.
via The Globe and Mail, CBA
Legal Aid Ontario has opened a new Family Law Service Centre in Welland, Ontario. Conveniently located across from the Welland courthouse, the centre will provide help with family law matters to low-income people in the Niagara region and province-wide.
Larry Macdonald at Canadian Business deconstructs the reasons for high legal fees from an economic angle. One recommendation he suggests for reducing costs is for lawyers to offer consulting to self represented litigants.
Lowering tuition for law students may enable new graduates to choose lower-paying legal jobs, as Susan Goldberg at the CBA writes.
via Canadian Business, CBA
Two articles with different perspectives tell a cynical or hopeful story of Legal Aid funding, depending on how you look at it.
via The Star; Lawyers Weekly
Many Ontarians are unable to afford quality, affordable legal services. In this 2011 interview on The Agenda, Steve Paikin hosts a panel to discuss what’s being done, and what should change.
An article in The Star discusses how funding cutbacks by Legal Aid Ontario are squeezing already-strapped legal aid clinics across Ontario.
JusticeNet 