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Student legal aid clinics get funding boost
Every student legal aid clinic in Ontario is about to get a $100,000 annual funding boost. Legal Aid Ontario’s funding increase for each of the seven legal aid clinics run by law schools will allow...
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Alberta lawyers shutting down Missing Advocate Project
With hundreds of poor or unwell people already being turned away for Legal Aid funding in Alberta, the problem is about to get more dire as the stop-gap Missing Advocate Project will be terminated on...
View ArticleLAO announces measures for Syrian refugees
Syrian refugee claimants who apply for refugee protection division coverage will be issued a 10-hour expedite legal aid certificate under a new pilot project from Legal Aid Ontario. The expedite...
View ArticleNordeimer calls legal aid cutoffs unrealistic
An Ontario Superior Court judge has ordered a stay of criminal charges against an alleged drug supplier until he gets a government-funded defence lawyer. The accused, who makes between $14,000 and...
View ArticleLAO to negotiate with staff lawyers’ union of choice
After years of resistance, Legal Aid Ontario has agreed to come to the bargaining table to negotiate with its staff lawyers’ chosen union, the Society of Energy Professionals. Legal aid lawyers, who...
View ArticleReport slams Canada’s immigration detention system for treatment of children
A recent report by the University of Toronto’s International Human Rights Program says Canada’s failure to find other ways to detain children violates its international legal obligations. “Canada’s...
View ArticleFrustrated judge issues rant on Legal Aid Ontario regarding use of resources...
An Ontario Superior Court judge had some scathing words last week for Legal Aid Ontario about what he viewed as squandered resources in a recent family law case.In his ruling in Abdulaali v. Salih,...
View ArticleLSBC puts forward vision for publicly funded legal aid
Legal aid should be publicly funded and available to all members of a democratic society, particularly those who are vulnerable or disadvantaged, says a new report from The Law Society of British...
View ArticleAdvocacy groups in B.C. launch constitutional challenge over legal aid
Two British Columbia advocacy groups have launched a constitutional challenge with the Supreme Court of British Columbia in order to obtain more funding for legal aid for women involved in family law...
View ArticleJudge orders lawyer to personally pay $100,000
A lawyer who was heavily criticized by a Superior Court of Justice judge for her role in a custody battle involving the Children’s Aid Society has been ordered to personally pay $100,000. The custody...
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