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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 convened in 2008 by the Rt. Honourable Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada, in order to develop consensus and priorities around improving access to civil

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Launch of a major project to develop and publish a Status Report on the State of Access to Justice in Canada

As work to improve access to justice in civil and family matters continues to gain momentum across Canada, the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters is pleased to announce the launch of a major project to develop and publish a Status Report on the State of Access to Justice in

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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

Alors que les efforts pour améliorer l’accès à la justice en matière civile et familiale se multiplient partout au Canada, le Comité d’action sur l’accès à la justice en matière civile et familiale est heureux d’annoncer le lancement d’un grand projet visant à rédiger et à publier un rapport d’étape sur l’état de l’accès à

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Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada Fact Sheets

The CFCJ’s Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada: Overview Report discusses the frequency of seventeen different civil and family justice problems experienced by Canadians, as well as the costs to Canadians and to the State of having an everyday legal problem. We are thrilled to announce the publication of several Everyday

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Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada Infographic

Our most recent infographic provides an overview of some of the key concepts presented in our “Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada: Overview Report“. Essentially all of us will experience at least one significant everyday legal problem over the course of our lifetime. Experiencing and trying to resolve these problems can

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Nudging the Paradigm Shift, Everyday Legal Problems

How do we define a legal problem? What is meant by justice and access to justice? What ought to be encompassed within the concept of a justice system? In “Nudging the Paradigm Shift, Everyday Legal Problems in Canada”, Dr. Ab Currie, Senior Research Fellow at the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice, discusses the responses to

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