Lawyers & legal aid Archives - Pamela Cross

Real A2J

Pamela Cross — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 14:01:00 +0000

Access to legal aid – a critical component of any meaningful policy commitment to access to justice (A2J) – has been rife with challenges for decades. It’s not complicated: people should be able to have legal representation, regardless of their Continue reading Real A2J→

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No joking matter

Pamela Cross — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 12:43:00 +0000

British Columbia lawyer Michael Ranspot, who I’ll come back to in a minute, is not someone for the profession to be proud of; but jokes are not the way to deal with him. Some of those many lawyer jokes are Continue reading No joking matter→

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Bill 161: Neither smart nor strong

Pamela Cross — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 13:11:00 +0000

Last fall, the provincial government introduced Bill 161, The Smarter and Stronger Justice Act, which proposed amendments to more than 20 existing pieces of legislation, including the Legal Aid Services Act. The Legislature’s Standing Committee on Justice Policy held hearings Continue reading Bill 161: Neither smart nor strong→

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Is there a role for paralegals in Ontario’s family courts?

Pamela Cross — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 18:40:46 +0000

In 2016, at the request of Ontario’s Attorney General Yasir Naqvi and the Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada Paul Schabas, Justice Annenarie Bonkalo undertook a review of family law services in the province. Her report made a Continue reading Is there a role for paralegals in Ontario’s family courts?→

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