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and altruistic law firms to combat the problem with pro bono programs that supply free legal help to deserving litigants.
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Risks: Self-represented litigants, Canadian Judicial Council, Justice only for the rich, Access to justice, Canada, 20020114 Lawyerless litigants
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that's unjust, argues Osgoode Hall law professor
Allan Hutchinson
It's hardly news that lawyers' fees are high — that, as the system's gatekeepers, lawyers place a charge on access to justice
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to spearhead a much-needed Justice Department initiative to help expand legal access for the poor. Tribe has taught generations of lawyers about the rights enshrined in the Constitution. He now has
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Risks: Abuse of business, regulatory & political authority can destroy people, Access to justice, Affordable, early and non-legal dispute resolution mechanism, Any pretence will do
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system, a British Columbia judge says.
Access to justice is a constitutional right, but the cost of hiring a lawyer and filing the paperwork is preventing many people from seeking a resolution
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One lawyer who asked not to be identified, however, said contingency fees are a regrettable way to broaden access to justice…He also said he is unaware of any studies that confirm that contingency
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Risks: Access to justice, Class action lawsuits are an unproven form of remedy, Class-action lawsuits: lawyers take majority of risks
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action.” Justice Strathy held that: “[t]he lense of judicial economy, access to justice and behaviour modification do not obviate the need for inquiry into whether a class proceeding is a fair
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ceilings on the fees they charge, McMurtry nevertheless soldiered on, describing the need to ensure the individual citizen's access to justice as “the greatest challenge for the legal profession
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, there is a significant impediment to access to justice by way of individual action, particularly where some of the franchisees remain a part of the system.” He concluded that: “A class action in this case
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