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Caregiver Access to Justice in Canada: Addressing the Challenges Faced by Migrant Workers
…Applicants had to complete 24 months of in-home or child care work and needed at least one year of post-secondary education (or equivalent) and CLB Level 5 language competency, stricter…
The Justice Crisis: A New Book about Access to Justice in Canada
…Prize [English language]. A jury appointed by the Canadian Foundation for Legal Research recommended prize recipients from a list of 27 book nominees: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/2021-walter-owen-book-prize-120000020.html. A virtual event held on February…
COVID, Tech, and the Legal System
…restart YouTube livestream” (CityPulse, May 20, 2021) Online: https://www.lansingcitypulse.com/stories/michigan-judge-reverses-course-will-restart-youtube-livestream,17138. [12] Supreme Court of Canada, Archived Webcasts (2009) Online: https://www.scc-csc.ca/case-dossier/info/webcasts-webdiffusions-eng.aspx?ya=2009&mo=0&submit=Search. [13] Certain people including reporters from designated organisations and court staff…
The Codify Project: Building a Free Database of Global Legislation
…our program to complete the next jurisdiction faster. Based on our current data ingestion schedule, we should have the complete data set for 4 countries completed by the end of…
CFCJ at the 2023 OECD Global Roundtable on Equal Access to Justice
Ab Currie, Senior Research Fellow at CFCJ, represented the CFCJ at the 2023 OECD Global Roundtable on Equal Access to Justice: Making People-Centered Justice Happen in Ljubljana, Slovenia, December 6…
Climbing the HiiL of innovation: A book review of Innovating Justice: Developing New Ways to Bring Fairness Between People
…forward. Determine the metrics for success and how to measure them. This is a practical book on strategies for successful innovation. The book is based on the successful innovations HiiL…
Access to Justice: New Book Will Spark Deep Debate about the Meaning, Causes of Injustice
…but the way it was arrived at causes us concern. In his new book: Broken Scales: Reflections on Injustice (American Bar Association, 2017) Joel Cohen, with the assistance of Dale…
Facilitating Access to Justice Through Innovation
… [9] Anam Khan, “Law van delivers free access to legal advice throughout Wellington County” GuelphToday (3 June 2019, online: GuelphToday <https://www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/law-van-offers-free-access-to-justice-to-people-in-rural-areas-1487125>; CBC News, “Mobile legal clinics coming to rural…
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Community Legal Clinics and Pro Bono Legal Services in Ontario
…innovated to continue to provide legal services at the local level during the pandemic. To learn more about the Community-Based Justice Research project, visit the project page online at: <https://cfcj-fcjc.org/our-projects/community-based-justice-research-cbjr/>….
Alberta Summary Trial Rules
…procedure is not appropriate in the circumstances. With respect to the test for summary trial, the Committee agreed that the test should be stated in a rule, not a practice…
Social Media and Access to Quality Legal Information
…the three-fold relationship between visiting a website for legal information, the content of the website, and the visibility of the website on social media. Consider the following: CanLII has over…
A Changing Role for Lawyers in the Age of Self-Represented Litigants
…Journal <http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/william_hubbard_speaks_about_the_importance_of_technology_in_expanding_acce/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=techshow_wrapup>. [4] Ontario Bar Association, ““Getting it Right”: A Report of the Ontario Bar Association Justice Stakeholders Summit” (June 2007), online: Ontario Bar Association <www.OBA.org/en/pdf/Justice%Summit.sml.pdf>. [5] Cost of Justice,…
Accessing justice… from the cottage?
…public to support litigants that can’t afford legal services. What others are saying: http://www.slaw.ca/2013/07/23/justaccess-seeks-crowdfunding-to-launch-venture-to-crowdfund-legal-disputes/ http://www.canadianlawyermag.com/legalfeeds/1592/crowdfunding-comes-to-legal-services.html eQuibbly: Resolve Disputes Online Quickly and Fairly eQuibbly is an online dispute resolution service…
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Ten Steps Forward on the Way to Justice for All
…including recent reports from Pascoe Pleasence, the OECD/Open Society Foundations and others – catalyzed by Hazel Genn’s Paths to Justice research – has been fundamental for our ability to understand…
The Charter and Legal Aid Ontario’s Proposed Refugee Law Cuts
…comply with principles of fundamental justice. And in New Brunswick (Minister of Health and Community Services) v G(J), [1999] 3 SCR 46, the Supreme Court established the test for when…
Yukon Family Law Case Conferences (Practice Direction 40)
…collaborative practice, judicial mediation, settlement and arbitration consider some of the well-established principles of custody, child support, spousal support and property division identify and narrow the issues set timelines where…
Self-Represented Litigants, Self-Help, and Family Justice Reform
…online: CFCJ <https://www.cfcj-fcjc.org/sites/default/files//docs/Cost-Implication-of-Family-Law-Disputes.pdf>. [20] Ibid at 56. [21] Ibid at 54. [22] Anthony Davis, “Manitoba working on family law reforms” Canadian Lawyer Magazine (7 May 2019), online: <https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/practice-areas/family/manitoba-working-on-family-law-reforms/276115>; Modernizing Our…
Justice Development Goals Website Launch / Lancement du site Web sur les objectifs de développement en matière de justice
The Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters is pleased to announce the launch of its new Justice Development Goals website (www.justicedevelopmentgoals.ca). The Action Committee was…
Clicklaw
…searches. The “Learn and Teach” section includes education resources on the law and legal system. The “Reform and Research” section includes law reform resources. HelpMap provides a searchable map of…
Nova Scotia Small Claims Court
…complex hearings, and 4) developing and implementing a comprehensive data collection plan regarding the Nova Scotia Small Claims Court. Future research should evaluate the impact of recent legislative changes, particularly…
Ontario Family Law Information Centres
…court house where you can get free information and help about issues related to separation and divorce and other family law matters. It is a good idea to get this…
BC Small Claims Court Mediation Program (Rule 7.2)
…Timeline: 1998: CMP established April 2003: Practice Directive replaced by Rule 7.2 Publications: Court Mediation ProgramExternal Link (website) (BC Attorney General, 2009). [Website] British Columbia, Small Claims Rules, r. 7.2.External…
British Columbia’s Civil Resolution Tribunal Launches Implementation Website
…information, the implementation website will allow the public to ask questions and provide comments to the CRT team. The CRT is committed to making the tribunal as easy-to-use and accessible…
A One-Stop-Shop for Civil Access to Justice
…service delivery. By Humna Wasim CFCJ Research Assistant Osgoode Hall Law School Juris Doctor Candidate [1] Julie Matthews and David Wiseman, “Community Justice Help: Advancing Community-Based Access to Justice:…
Integrating Innovation from Other Jurisdictions: Thoughts From the Innovation and Access to Justice Conference
…Although MyLawBC has learned from Rechtwijzer that a guided pathways website for family law disputes does work, the user testing was completed to ensure that the website would function in…
Fifty Percent of Canadians with Civil and Administrative Legal Problems are in the Justice Gap
…said problems persisted after the resolution process had been completed and 57% were facing financial hardships as a consequence of the problem experience. In half of all observed countries 50%…
Saskatchewan Small Claims Court – Case Management Conference
…a Bench Book for Judges presiding over small claims matters, a one day session for judges on case management conferences, and training sessions for court staff from each court office….
Newfoundland and Labrador Case Management (Rule 18A)
Year: 2005 Description: Overview of the case management process Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador rule. Status: Permanent implementation Jurisdiction: Newfoundland and Labrador Court: Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador…
The Rule of Law in Canada: Highlights from the World Justice Project 2014 Rule of Law Index
…the world adhere to the rule of law principle in practice. The 2014 WJP Rule of Law Index ranks 99 countries throughout the world on 9 components of the rule…
Extending the Reach of Legal Aid – The Halton Legal Health Check-Up Project
…intervention. The Legal Health Check-Up project combines two main components. The first is a series of partnerships between intermediaries and the clinic which are facilitated by HCLS standing within Ontario’s…
BC Family Mediation Practicum Project
…agencies and practitioners have been collaborative and constructive, building a firm foundation upon which the Project can build a place in the family justice and mediation communities. The Practicum Project…
Access to Justice Projects at The Law Commission of Ontario
From our inception in 2007, the Law Commission of Ontario has committed to bringing both multidisciplinary experiences and perspectives and those of different communities to bear on our work. Although…
Halifax Case Management
…Joint Bench-Bar Case Management Committee had been created at the outset of the pilot project and it was reactivated to determine what, if any, form of a new case management…
Ontario Telejustice Project
…a website, newspapers, newsletter and more. “There are also future plans to use information sheets, online tutorials, video-conferencing, on-line chat room and opening it up to the public.” (Telejustice Project…
BC Court of Appeal Case Tracking and Management System (WebCATS)
…for “play,” “fast forward” and “stop”. To open the audio, any user (such as a judge or judicial assistant), opens the relevant minute sheet from WebCATS and clicks any of…
Research Update: Paralegals, the Cost of Justice and Access to Justice: A Case Study of Residential Tenancy Disputes in Ottawa
…the four years preceding commencement of the research (mid-2009 to mid-2013). Since many claims do not reach the decision stage, and since only a modest proportion of decisions are reported,…
Joint and Several Liability Under the Ontario Business Corporations Act
…and analyzing arguments for retention of the status quo of joint and several liability, reform to a system of proportionate liability and/or statutory caps, as well as market based mechanisms…
The Global Access to Justice Project
…of access to justice of the early access to justice era. The results of this comparative research were published as the five-volume work “Access to Justice: A World Survey” (1978)….
Yukon Family Law Information Centre
…living test some help with completing court forms computers for public use to research family law matters and to access and prepare court forms notarization of court forms referrals to…
Akitsiraq Law School
…College. Website. Purpose: The need for Inuit lawyers and for a new approach to legal education: Throughout the North there is a growing need for Inuit Lawyers in all levels…
Guest A2J Blog: Law Students Tackle Access to Justice Crisis from Small Business Perspective
…email at thinklab@uvic.ca. Jeremy Maddock is a law student at the University of Victoria, and publisher of CharterCases.com, a legal information resource. He can be reached by email at jeremymaddock@hotmail.com….
Court of Appeal of Québec Mediation Service Program
…and only form that has to be filled out and filed. The form is forwarded to the office of the Court as soon as possible after filing the notice of…
Toronto Case Management (Rule 78)
…rule 78 and amended Rules 24.1 and 77 to implement the Practice Direction. Purpose: Waiting times to obtain dates for both interlocutory motions and trials are unacceptably long and growing….
The 2021 International Legal Aid Group (ILAG) Conference and the Challenge of COVID-19
…the total answer. Rather, complex and mixed services will be required to address complex and mixed problems. Importantly, as digital approaches come into wider use we must avoid the nirvana…
Nova Scotia Family Law Information Centres (FLICs)
…offer family law information clinics make referrals to community agencies and programs offer computer access You can get information at a FLIC about: court processes and forms how to find…
Justice For All
…Bahamas. The International Development Research Centre, The World Bank, The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, The United Nations Development Program and the Open Society Justice Initiative are among the…
The Power of Bilingualism in the Legal Profession – Event Recap
…to testify in English, this may compromise the testimony and reflect poorly on the client. Unfortunately, requesting a French trial may result in delays, so clients often choose to testify…
Manitoba Justice Child and Family Services Division: Family Conciliation
…on children and divorce to community organizations, and participation in various community and government committees. Presentations by the Grandparent Advisor to grandparent groups and others interested in Grand Relations services….
In Canada the Rule of Law is Mostly Thick
…Canada’s scores on most other components of the rule of law index are also high; on constraints on government powers, 0.84, absence of corruption, 0.83, fundamental rights, 0.82, open government,…
Alberta Discovery Amendments – Cost of Justice
…of this Practice Note is to avoid or reduce the need for examination for discoveries through the exchange of information in writing. The Practice Note introduces a new form titled…
Canadian Forum on Civil Justice launches the Access to Justice Research Network
…coordination of research related to access to justice (A2J). Combining a listserv and website, the AJRN allows users to easily exchange resources, including scholarly articles, key research findings, case commentaries,…
Costly justice: Why communities in Sierra Leone turn to paralegals instead of Local Courts to resolve their justice problems
…are part of a bigger ongoing three-country research supported by the Open Society Initiative for West Africa and the International Development and Research Centre of Canada, that is assessing the…
Fixing A Problem That We Don’t Fully Understand
…research represented roughly 1.71% of total research funding and support from one of Canada’s largest research granting bodies. Of the more than $700 million in research grants and other support…
Yukon Judicial Settlement Conference (Rule 37)
…start first and the level of participation of counsel and parties. The settlement conference will be conducted in a respectful way and the conduct of counsel and parties must be…
Prince Edward Island Case Management
…Timeline: 1997: Case management implemented via Practice Note 2006: Practice Notes reviewed and consolidated Publications: Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island, Practice Note 4. PDFExternal Link (September 1, 2006) Purpose:…
New Brunswick Family Court Pilot Project
…for the poor, single parents and First Nations people. Report at publications (2) Following a release of the Task Force’s Report, an implementation committee was formed to implement the recommendations…
New Research on the Suitability and Cost of Family Law Dispute Resolution Processes
…social return on investment (SROI) analysis that offers a common set of parameters around which to compare the financial impacts and social value of each method of dispute resolution relative…
Access to Justice: Rise Women’s Legal Centre Connecting With Diverse Communities (Part Two)
…The response from the legal community, non-profit community and judiciary has also been overwhelming, in a really positive way — we could not have accomplished so much in just 18…
Vancouver Justice Access Centre Self-help and Information Services (previously BC Supreme Court Self-Help Information Centre)
…as the in-person service delivered by the two staff who work at the physical location. The office is open for walk-in service and there is no financial eligibility test for…
Canada is Falling Farther Behind Other Countries on Access to Civil Justice
…(iii) Open Government, (iv) Fundamental Rights, (v) Order and Security, (vi) Regulatory Government, (vii) Civil Justice, and (viii) Criminal Justice. The data used to measure the components are drawn from…
An Evaluation of the Cost of Family Law Disputes: Measuring the Cost Implication of Various Dispute Resolution Methods
…Evaluation of the Cost of Family Law Disputes: Measuring the Cost Implication of Various Dispute Resolution Methods” on the CFCJ website here http://www.cfcj-fcjc.org/sites/default/files//docs/Cost-Implication-of-Family-Law-Disputes.pdf and on the CRILF website at <http://www.crilf.ca/publications.htm>…
Prince Edward Island Simplified Procedure (Rule 75.1)
Year: 1998 Description: Rule establishing mandatory simplified procedure for actions of up to $25 000 in Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island. Status: Permanent implementation Jurisdiction: Prince Edward Island Court:…
Evaluation of the Nova Scotia Small Claims Court
…University research team working in collaboration with the Law Reform Commission of Nova Scotia. The intended audience for this report is the Nova Scotia Law Reform Commission, though we understand…
BC Family Justice Registry (Rule 5)
…the use of the provincial court for Family Relations Act (FRA) matters by promoting the use of early, non-court methods of dispute resolution and by reducing the number and complexity…
CFCJ Publishes New Cost of Justice Reports
…CFCJ’s Cost of Justice survey, as well as pathways used to try to resolve legal problems. This new Cost of Justice report is available on the CFCJ website here: www.cfcj-fcjc.org/wp-content/uploads/SPENDING-Everyday-Legal-Problems-and-the-Cost-of-Justice-in-Canada.pdf….
The Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters Convenes a Meeting of Provincial and Territorial A2J Groups
…more provincial and territorial updates as they become publicly available. A full report on the meeting will be released this spring. For more information on the Action Committee, visit: www.cfcj-fcjc.org/action-committee….
A New Vision for the 2015 Millennium Development Goals: Integrating Access to Justice
…law. I would like to suggest that access to justice and the rule of law, in particular, should be unequivocally adopted as a new freestanding goal come 2015. Access to…
Connecting Ottawa
…Annual Connecting Ottawa Conference, where lawyers, community legal workers, settlement conference workers, policy makers, scholars and other members of the community came together to build connections and strengthen their network….
The Kids are NOT Alright: Access to Justice for Children
…new treaty [6] that allows children to complain directly to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child about alleged violations of their rights. Regrettably, this treaty, while in…
Estate Administration
…of administering an estate is made easier for the PR and all involved if communication is open and effective. Revision History: This summary was last reviewed on June 13, 2024…
Report on Section 29(2) of the Land Title Act and Notice of Unregistered Interests
…from conflicting interpretations of section 29(2) of the Land Title Act. Uncertainty surrounding the effect of section 29(2) complicates dealings with land in British Columbia and raises the level of…
Ontario Case Management (Rule 77)
…automatic application suspended in Toronto Jurisdiction: Ontario Court: Superior Court of Justice (Toronto, Ottawa and Windsor) Body Responsible: Civil Rules Committee Timeline: 1988: Joint Committee on Court Reform called for…
Is “Business” a Dirty Word in Law?
…crass commercialism of business.[1] I began to question how lawyers think about the business side of what they do while doing research for my LLM. My research included a case…
Access to Justice: Interview with Justice George Czutrin
…the chief justice on specific matters concerning the family court (commonly known as the Unified Family Court), including judicial education, practice and procedure, family court expansion and expenditure of budgeted…
Legal Aid Ontario Family Law Expanded Duty Counsel
…open in Hamilton and London February 2000: EDC office in Oshawa opens. October 2002: Prairie Research Associates preparesEvaluation for Legal Aid Ontario. Publications: Evaluation of the Family Law Expanded Duty…
Summary of Ontario Expert Evidence Rules – Cost of Justice
…be called, considering how many are reasonably required for for the fair and just resolution of the proceeding and whether the proposed number of experts is proportional to the amount…
Saskatchewan Queen’s Bench Mandatory Mediation
…shortly after the close of pleadings, and again following completion of examinations for discovery.” Description of Reforms: Section 54.2 relates to civil mediation. After the close of pleadings in a…
The Cyberjustice Laboratory: where justice processes are modeled and re-imagined.
…in place in the justice setting. The third puts the first two into practice by developing new procedural models that combine information and communications technologies while ensuring respect for fundamental…
A Whole of Government and Cross-Institutional Perspective on Legal Aid
…May 14, 2024, Vienna, posted on LinkedIn 24/05/24). This principle applies well to legal aid in view of the changes within socio-legal scholarship and in progressive legal practice over the…
Thoughts on Family Law for Family Day
…diverse; foster families and adopted children; new Canadians coming to a new world; a single mother caring for her young daughter; a son caring for his aging father.” As we…
Administrative Adjudicative Decisions: Statutory Review Mechanisms
…Adjudicative Decisions: Statutory Review Mechanisms – Tribunal Inventory Purpose: For the purpose of its deliberations, ALRI dedicated research time to prepare a detailed inventory of such tribunals and their statutory…
When Access Isn’t Enough: Examining the Intersection Between Social Inequality and Access to Justice
In her recently published book, On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City, sociologist Alice Goffman follows the lives of several young men living in an inner-city community in…
Why the Cost of Not Resolving Legal Problems May be Greater Than We Think
…problems and stress-related illness are common consequences of experiencing legal problems. The Canadian research shows that about 23% of respondents with at least one justiciable problem experienced a physical health…
Alberta Rules of Court Project
…Other than various amendments, the Alberta Rules of Court have not been comprehensively reviewed since they were written in 1968. The legal community and the public have raised concerns regarding…
Are health problems legal problems in disguise?
…Many of these problems may actually be unmet legal needs that can be dealt with in a poverty law practice. In other words, legal services have the power to impact…
Legal Aid Ontario Family Law Offices
…services in the criminal and family law areas came under extreme pressure in the mid-1990s as the Plan was forced to work within a fixed budget, and the demand for…
Discussing Ways to Improve the Economic Efficiency and Accessibility of the Civil Justice System – Reflections from the Civil Justice and Economics Conference
…Michaela Keet presented the results of their research project, which proposes using legal analytics to enhance the capacity of counsel to provide litigants with competent advice at an early stage…
Prince Edward Island Inquiry Line
…Body Responsible: Community Legal Information Association of Prince Edward Island (CLIA PEI) Timeline: 1985: Inquiry Line established Publications: CLIA PEI Inquiry Line Community Legal Information Association of Prince Edward Island…
Manitoba Law Phone-In Program and Lawyer Referral Program
…of Manitoba and The Manitoba Law Foundation, and operated by Community Legal Education Association (Manitoba) Inc. Purpose: Law Phone-In was established to meet a need for summary legal information and…
Alberta Law Line
…referrals, and advice province-wide. The legal advice services are offered for specific categories of legal problems and only to those who qualify under the financial eligibility guidelines. Alberta Law Line…
BC Distance Mediation Project
Year: 2009 Description: BC Mediator Roster Society project to provide communication technology for family mediation with non-urban individuals. Status: Completed Jurisdiction: British Columbia Body Responsible: B.C. Mediator Roster Society Timeline:…
Nova Scotia Summary Advice Counsel (SAC)
…of the available opportunities for justice and problem-solving in Family Court… Overall, then, while clearly the evidence underlines the crucial contributions of SAC for both clients and the court system,…
Using Interactive PLE Programming to Create Paths to Justice for Newcomers
…“Newcomer Conversations: Learning Canadian Law Project” carried out by Halton Community Legal Services (HCLS). HCLS is a community legal clinic that provides free poverty law services to low-income residents of…
Nova Scotia Civil Rules Revision Project
Year: 2005 Description: Project for comprehensive review and revision of the rules, with the aim of developing rules which are efficient, effective, and clear. Status: New Civil Procedure Rules in…
Federal Court Rules – Summary Judgement and Summary Trial (Rules 213 to 219)
…motion for summary judgment in whole or in part and order that the matter proceed to trial and be specially managed thereby allowing the matter to move forward as quickly…
BC Facilitated Planning Meetings Program (FPMP)
…Attorney General and the Ministry of Children and Family Development strike a committee to explore the reasons for delays in court decisions regarding children and youth. Backgrounder Purpose: The prime…
Federal Electronic Filing Service
…immigration and admiralty proceedings November 2008: Electronic Filing Service expanded to the remainder of Federal Court’s jurisdiction May 2020: Updates to Electronic Guide for Preparation of Digitized Court Documents, including…
Access to Justice: How the Rise Women’s Legal Centre Helps the Most Marginalized (Part One)
…promote family security and financial stability.” Rise was conceived of as a one-stop shop where women could receive free, low-barrier legal assistance with a range of issues. However, since opening…
BC Court Services Online (Electronic Filing)
…enabled electronic forms are available free of charge online through filing or you can access them from the following links; Supreme Court Forms and Small Claims Forms. E-filing is a…
Access to Justice Advocate – Fiona MacCool
…know an access to justice advocate? Let us know at communications@cfcj-fcjc.org. Fiona MacCool is the Project Manager of Your Legal Rights, an online resource produced by Community Legal Education Ontario…
Seniors-only Housing
…comment on this proposal, and some related questions. We received a number of responses (see Appendix A). Some voiced support for the Commission’s preliminary conclusion, and some not. In the…
Joint Ventures
…first adopted in 1896 and to common law that has developed over the centuries. There is thus a lack of fit between the applicable law on the one hand and…
Awards of Costs and Access to Justice
…of litigation by settling without going to court. Status: Completed Jurisdiction: Saskatchewan Court: Court of King’s Bench Body Responsible: Law Reform Commission of Saskatchewan Publications: Awards of Costs and Access…
Modernization of the Provincial Offences Act
…the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, changes to the Criminal Code, the considerable increase in fines for certain offences, the importance of new technologies and the official recognition of…
Consultation Paper: Civil Rights in Saskatchewan Long-term Care Facilities
…attention. We should, through the long-term care system we create, provide the highest quality of life that we can for residents. Compassionate and caring long-term care homes and their staff,…
The Family Property Act (previously the Matrimonial Property Act)
Year: 2020 Description: The Alberta Law Reform Institute proposed the legislation that became the Matrimonial Property Act (MPA) more than 40 years ago and there has been no substantive amendment…
Transition to the New Rules of Court
Year: 2010 Description: The Alberta Rules of Court came into force on November 1st, 2010. This paper outlines the transition provisions and how the new rules will affect existing proceedings….
Report on New Probate Rules
…Civil Rules (Civil Rules). The former Rules 61 and 62 could not be given a high priority for revision in that process and appear largely unchanged as Rules 21-5 and…
Wills and the Legal Effects of Changed Circumstances
…Ireland and Scotland. Developments: The Wills and Succession Act was enacted in 2012 as a replacement to the Wills Act. Revision History: This summary was last reviewed on June 13,…
Limitations
…way for current times. Status: Completed Jurisdiction: Manitoba Publications: The Limitation of Actions Act Limitations Limitations Purpose: The Limitations report concerns itself with a review and discussion of The Limitation…
Thinking Big about Access to Justice
…outcomes. How often does our current approach provide both? Once we understand that access to justice must be understood broadly, we quickly see that the problem is both complex and…
Access to Justice Spotlight: A Review of the Recent Access to Justice Report in Australia
…from the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters and one from the Canadian Bar Association – and several recent studies,[1] and research projects.[2] These issues,…
Paralegals and Access to Justice: A Case Study of Residential Tenancy Disputes in Ottawa [1]
…a Cost of Justice Research Alliance member and an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa. Find out more about the Cost of Justice Project here: http://www.cfcj-fcjc.org/cost-of-justice…
Innovating Justice: Ideas from the Netherlands
…legal problems. These three examples provide only a flavour of the interesting discussions at the ILAG conference. Readers should go to the ILAG website at www.Ilagnet.org to access material from…
Making A2J Matter to the Public
The Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters launched the #justiceforall campaign designed to raise public understanding of accessible justice challenges as a component of a…
Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada Fact Sheets
…Action, Social Assistance and Immigration. For information on other outputs from the CFCJ’s Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada study, visit the CFCJ website at: www.cfcj-fcjc.org/cost-of-justice…
Nova Scotia Action for Claim Valued Under $100,000 (Rule 58)
…directions for disclosure, limit discovery, require witness lists and will-says, limit time for trial or examinations, or any other directions that will make the cost proportionate to the interests at…
Access to Justice Advocate – Janet Mosher
…and Test Case Committee of Legal Aid Ontario, and formerly served on its Clinic Law Advisory Committee. Professor Mosher is co-editor, with Professor Joan Brockman, of Constructing Crime: Contemporary Processes…
Prince Edward Island Task Force on Access to Justice
…litigation, simplify practice and procedures, and improve technology. Jurisdiction: Prince Edward Island Body Responsible: Prince Edward Island Courts Office of the Attorney General Timeline: 2001: Task Force on Access to…
Federal Court Rules – Case Management and Dispute Resolution Services (Part 9)
…provincial rules, and make them accessible and easier to understand. The Committee hosted many consultations with various stakeholders. In January 1998, the new Rules were approved by the Rules Committee…
BC Court of Appeal Settlement Conference Program
…during the process, the process comes to an end. The procedure is set out in Practice Directive #8. In brief, a joint request for a settlement conference must be made,…
Provincial Court of Alberta, Civil (Small Claims Court)
…enacted Court intended to be an expeditious and inexpensive forum to access civil justice. Although the Court must apply established legal principles, it is not bound by the laws of…
Access to Justice: Current Crop of Law Students Committed, Enthusiastic
…and commitment of the current generation of law students. Everywhere I encounter today’s law student, I see concern about the injustice of our current poor level of access to justice,…
Access to Justice: Action Committee Looks at Problems, Innovative Solutions
…need for an effective civil and family justice system and people across Canada active in justice innovation developed communities of practice and other tools to help them with their important…
Access To Justice: How It’s Looking On The Ground
…what she told me. TC: Tell me about your role at West Coast Leaf ZJ: In collaboration with the community, West Coast LEAF uses litigation, law reform, and public legal…
Access to Justice: Next Year a Big One for the National Action Committee / Accès à la justice : prochaine année occupée pour le Comité d’action
…action committee is preparing a transition plan, a strategic plan and a governance plan, all to be presented and discussed at the committee’s annual summit in the early spring of…
Ontario Mandatory Mediation Program (Rules 24.1 and 75.1)
…Court of Justice (Toronto, Ottawa and Windsor) Body Responsible: Civil Rules Committee Timeline: January 1999: Program initiated in Toronto and Ottawa March 2001: Report of the Evaluation Committee released December…
Yukon Small Claims Court
…Territorial Court and can hear cases as part of court circuits to the communities. Every judge of the Territorial Court is a judge of the Small Claims Court. Website Highlights:…
Nova Scotia Self-Represented Litigants Project
…a) developing processes, tools, and training for court staff for dealing with self-represented litigants; and b) providing and promoting additional, accessible print and web-based information for self-represented litigants. Implemented reforms…
Newfoundland and Labrador Small Claims Court
…and Labrador, 2009). [Website] Related Reforms: See also Newfoundland and Labrador Mediation Pilot Project in Small Claims Court Development: The Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador acts in the capacity…
Need a Divorce? Wevorce will help you do it online!
…come at a time during which there has been a call for reform in legal services and accessible justice. In Canada, the Final Report of the Action Committee on Access…
Canadian Judicial Council Statement of Principles on Self-represented Litigants and Accused Persons
…concluded that self-represented persons are generally uninformed about their legal rights and about the consequences of the options they choose. They find court procedures complex, confusing, and intimidating and they…
Access to Justice: Katie Sykes on Designing Legal Expert Systems
…Legal Clinic, which will help clinic staff and volunteers to complete commonly requested documents; and an app to assist mobile telecom customers who are looking at filing complaints under the…
Legal Aid Alberta Hosts 2013 Access to Justice Awards Gala
…made it his business to provide legal support by being open to learning about Aboriginal culture and its unique struggles and celebrations. His non-judgmental approach coupled with his compassion and…
Access to Civil Justice in Canada Has Been In a Steady State, But a Bit Low
…The comparable measurement and consistent data collection over a decade that has been achieved by the WJP has considerable value for comparative study among roughly similar high income countries. Why…
Cost of Justice Project Presentations
…Conversation About Problems and Soutions : The Economics of Justice and Injustice International Development Research Centre and the Open Society Justice Initiative : Accesible Justice: Cost and Research Issues …
Paralegals, community agency and access to justice in Sierra Leone
…system. These findings are from a three-country research effort, supported by the Open Society Initiative for West Africa and the International Development and Research Centre of Canada that is assessing…
Manitoba Judicially Assisted Dispute Resolution (JADR)
…the judge meeting with the parties and their counsel in a case conference. Every case conference has a settlement component – the judge will discuss and offer various methods for…
BC Parenting After Separation Program
…families and the efficient resolution of cases. In 1998, some Lower Mainland communities began to offer PAS sessions in Cantonese, Mandarin, Punjabi and/or Hindi. Purpose: The Ministry of the Attorney…
Access to Justice Advocate – Marian MacGregor
Much of the work that is being done to improve access to justice for Canadians comes down to access to justice advocates. As a part of our efforts to highlight…
Going Out to Where People Live or Spend Time to Address Unmet Legal Need
…van travels to 12 communities in Wellington County on a regular basis, visiting each one two or three times each month. The communities vary in size from the town of…
Unreasonable Delays in the Civil Justice System is Canada’s Greatest Weakness According to the 2019 Rule of Law Index
…the scores for the 7 component measures for the civil justice factor. Our civil justice system is not corrupt and is largely free of improper government influence. However, the system…
The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and Access to Justice
…also may be choosing not to comply, because they know that compliance will not be enforced as suggested by the lack of audits by the ADO.[7] In a perfect society,…
Access to Civil Justice for the Victims of Family Violence
…of family violence; of those who began legal proceedings, none said they’d recommend the complaint process. Many complained the legal process was onerous, overcomplicated, and overly intimidating. Our civil courts…
Reports cite heavy toll of legal problems on Canadian society
This article was originally published by The Lawyer’s Daily (www.thelawyersdaily.ca), part of LexisNexis Canada Inc. The price paid for legal problems is not just made up of dollars and cents,…
The Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family and the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice are Studying the Cost of Resolving Family Law Disputes
The Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family (CRILF) and the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice are tackling a piece of the access to justice puzzle together by conducting…
Intéresse le public de A2J
…www.calibratesolutions.ca/actioncommitteecampaign Lancer un dialogue public sur l’accès à la justice changera la perception du problème et amènera une compréhension plus globale de la loi comme étant un élément de la…
Launch of a major project to develop and publish a Status Report on the State of Access to Justice in Canada
…improve access to justice. The next step will be to compile and publish the survey results. This will occur in time for the Action Committee’s next annual meeting in March…
Lancement d’un grand projet visant à rédiger et à publier un rapport d’étape sur l’état de l’accès à la justice au Canada
…tout organisme qui se définit comme un participant à des activités conçues pour améliorer l’accès à la justice. L’étape suivante consistera à compiler et à publier les résultats du sondage…
Human-Centered Design and the Justice System: Lessons from the Field
…CFJC Research Fellow and Winkler Institute Assistant Director Nicole Aylwin met with the Yukon Courts, Department of Justice, and other justice stakeholders to discuss the benefits of a “Human-Centered Design”…
Research Update: Paralegals, the Cost of Justice and Access to Justice: A Case Study of Residential Tenancy Disputes in Ottawa
…commencement of the research (mid-2009 to mid-2013). Since many claims do not reach the decision stage, and since only a modest proportion of decisions are reported, the total number of…
Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada
…is an initiative of the Cost of Justice project. Completed in 2014 with over 3000 respondents, the survey, led by a research team including Trevor Farrow, Nicole Aylwin, Ab Currie,…
Insights into the Cost of Evidence
How do you get credible and testable evidence without making the justice system even more unaffordable than it already is? This question was the sum of the discussion at the…
Reaching Equal Justice: An Invitation to Envision and Act
…and consists of learning organizations committed to continual improvement. This ‘ambitious but possible’ vision of equal justice is at the heart of the Canadian Bar Association’s Access to Justice Committee’s…
2019 International Legal Aid Group Meeting in Ottawa
…environmental factors combine with the legacy of colonialism shape the delivery of legal aid in Canada’s arctic region. Michele Leering from the Community Advocacy and Legal Centre in eastern Ontario…
Tax Court Status Hearings (Rule 125)
…will set dates for the completion of the remaining steps in the appeal, including the exchange of lists of documents, the completion of discoveries and undertakings, a deadline for the…
Federal Court Rules – Simplified Actions (Rules 292 – 299)
…Court: Federal Court Body Responsible: Federal Court of Canada Rules Committee Timeline: 1993: Federal Rules Committee commenced review January 1998: New Rules approved by Rules Committee February 1998: New Rules…
Alberta Class Proceedings Act
…class members (this feature is common to other Canadian provinces but different from American practice); A class proceeding must be the preferable procedure for the fair and efficient resolution of…
Access to Justice: Highs and Lows of Pro Bono Week
…work by lawyers is part of our professional responsibility and its importance to the welfare of our community cannot be overstated. The large attendance at the conference and the lively…
How lawyers resolve family law disputes
…to deal with urgent problems, compel document disclosure, signal a party’s sincerity and commitment to a particular position, or move settlement discussions along. Judicial settlement processes, such as Judicial Case…
Newfoundland and Labrador Court Ordered Mediation (Rule 37A)
Year: 2003 Description: Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court allowing court-ordered mandatory mediation in civil (non-family) cases. Status: Permanent Implementation Jurisdiction: Newfoundland and Labrador Court: Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador…
The Rule Against Perpetuities
…preliminary proposals for reform, and invites comments as to those proposals and related matters. Status: Completed Jurisdiction: Nova Scotia Publications: The Rule Against Perpetuities – Law Reform Commission of Nova…
Access to Justice: The Action-Oriented, Result-Driven Views of John Sims
…innovation, and, of course, money. TC — You have served on both the CBA’s Equal Justice project and its implementation committee and on the Action Committee on Access to Justice…
Access to Justice: Justice System Could Learn From Nova Scotia Veterans Outreach Program
…responsibility that are often diffuse and unclear. Its components exist in silos — judges, lawyers, court officials — so that co-ordinated work toward a common goal is difficult to achieve….
Judicial Resolutions A Call to Action, But Tough Questions Will Follow
…In April, at the urging of the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, the Canadian Council of Chief Judges (composed of the leaders of the…
Unified family courts: an established mechanism for improving access to justice
…a unified family court given in Alberta in 1976 by a special committee composed of the province’s Chief Justice, judges from the superior and provincial courts, with representatives from the…
Access To Justice: Diana Lowe On Support For Families As They Restructure
…including coParenter and Undo. Supports for families are also available in most communities in the province through Family and Community Support Services partnerships between the provincial government and municipal governments;…
BC Small Claims Court Reforms
…written testimony, record or other thing that the court considers is credible or trustworthy and is relevant to the matter being heard, even though the testimony, record or other thing…
Saskatchewan Small Claims Court
…requirement for a party to prove their claim if the other party does not appear for trial; allowing judges to be more detailed in specifying how orders should be complied…
Alberta Family Law Information Centres
…Calgary Centre began with 2 lawyers and 1 clerk. Over time, the centres expanded their services by developing information booklets, programs and courses for parents, and providing referrals. In October…
Politically smart and locally-led justice programming
We are pleased to re-post this piece by Sam Muller which originally appeared on the Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law (HiiL) Innovating Justice Forum website on October 2,…
Legal Secondary Consultation (LSC) Pilot Project Final Report
…secondary consultation pilot project with three community legal clinics in Southwest Ontario is now available on the CFCJ website. Read “Legal Secondary Consultation: How Legal Aid Can Support Communities and…
CFCJ Senior Research Fellow, Les Jacobs Elected to The Royal Society of Canada
…the CFCJ family, serving in various capacities over the years including as Academic Director and Executive Director. Dr. Jacobs is currently a Senior Research Fellow with our organization and plays…
One Problem, Many Responses? – A Multidisciplinary Approach to Access to Justice
…access to justice, and the Cost of Justice research study that she has begun on this theme, in a paper that is published on the CFCJ website here. Dr. Leitch…
Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada
The Canadian Forum on Civil Justice (CFCJ) is thrilled to annouce the publication of three papers from our SSHRC-funded “Cost of Justice” research project. These papers are based on findings…
Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada Fact Sheet
…Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada: Overview Report. The updated fact sheet is posted on the CFCJ website here. A French version of the fact sheet is forthcoming….
The Data Deficit: The Case for Improving Court Records for Future Access to Justice Research Fact Sheet
…of access to justice research including, the inability to contact claimants, limitations related to the currency and completeness of court records and difficulties extracting an appropriate sample of cases. As…
Paths to Justice and the Resolution of Consumer Problems
…In particular, their research looks at patterns in the decision to access the formal legal system to resolve one or more consumer problem, based on ethnicity, level of education and…
LawMatters at Your Local Public Library; A History of BC’s Program for Public Legal Information and Education in Public Libraries
…current public legal education and information service in BC’s libraries. This history references the 1975 Law Commission Report, the 1974 British Columbia Justice Development Commission Report, the 1975 Legal information…
The Global Study on Legal Aid
…focus is more on how legal aid supports access to justice than on a descriptive account of operations and services. Ab Currie, Senior Research Fellow at the Canadian Forum on…
The National Self-Represented Litigants Project
…affected by the SRL phenomenon; building resources for both SRL’s and researchers/ justice system professionals; continuing to collect SRL stories through a self-completed survey on our website; working on new…