June 20, 2005
The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) has officially launched the ground-breaking test case that will challenge the constitutional right to civil legal aid in British Columbia. The statement of claim...
January 23, 2005
The Social Planning and Research Council (SPARC BC) talked to people around the province about the poverty law services that remain in place following the withdrawal of legal aid funding, and...
October 17, 2004
As a result of legal aid cuts women are losing custody of their children, giving up valid legal rights to support, and being subjected to litigation harassment, according to a new report. It finds...
October 17, 2004
Nunavut has begun a pilot project which will expand legal aid from simply being available for criminal cases to civil ones. Due to the status of Nunavut there is not the same degree of access to...
July 6, 2004
The government of New Brunswick is amending legislation regarding legal aid, so as to make it more accessible. Their goal is to ensure that anyone who cannot afford a lawyer is able to recieve legal...
May 28, 2004
The Administrative Tribunals Act, currently in the third reading stage, according to a government press release, will create a new, comprehensive set of standards and practices for B.C.'s...
March 14, 2004
Dramatic cuts to legal aid to legal aid in British Columbia have left many poor people without lawyers, with troubling consequences says a Chris Tenove article in The Tyee. “I’ve seen people go to...
June 12, 2003
West Coast Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) has launched an Affidavit Campaign (Link removed - No longer exists) to collect convincing evidence from across the province of British...
April 30, 2003
Anti-poverty lawyers in British Columbia are asking the BC Supreme Court to order the provincial government to provide state-funded legal representation to three people who have been sued in BC...
May 18, 2002
The Attorney General introduced Bill 45, an Act to amend to the Legal Services Society Act in the legislature on May 1, 2002. The Bill has gone through second reading and is in Committee. This bill...
