A B.C. Supreme Court Justice, Mark McEwan has struck down Victoria's civil court hearing fees as unconstitutional. The BC government charges $500 a day for civil court starting on day four of a trial...
Keywords: Legal Research, Poverty Research, British Columbia
A report released yesterday calls on the provincial government to restore funding and begin a strategic reform of the criminal justice system. The report, “Justice Denied - The Causes of B.C.’s...
Keywords: Legal Aid, Legal Research, British Columbia
The mission of the Access Pro Bono Society of British Columbia is to promote access to justice in British Columbia by providing and fostering quality pro bono legal services for people and non-profit...
Keywords: lawyers, legal, Legal Assistance, Legal Info (PLEI), Legal Research, pro bono, British Columbia
The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed the federal government's appeal of an exemption which has allowed Insite, a supervised injection site in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, to operate. PHS...
Keywords: Government Policy, Health, Legal Research, British Columbia, All of Canada
AdminLawBC.ca
A Guide to Administrative Law in BC
What is Administrative Law?
All levels of government make laws and regulations that affect us every day. For example, the municipal government makes...
Keywords: administrative law, Legal Info (PLEI), Legal Research, poverty law, tribunal, British Columbia
Legal Services Society (LSS) is the organization that provides legal aid in BC. Check out their redesigned website if you are looking for a lawyer, a legal aid office, legal advice and legal...
Keywords: Legal Aid, Legal Research, British Columbia
BC LawMatters is a blog for public librarians in BC who are participating in the LawMatters project, which will provide all British Columbian residents with local access to basic legal information at...
Keywords: Legal Research, British Columbia
LawLine Journal Blog was created to share some of the solutions to the legal problems of callers to LawLINE a phone service of the Legal Services Society for people with low incomes who face legal...
Keywords: Legal Aid, Legal Research, British Columbia
David Eby is a lawyer with the PIVOT Legal Society in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. His work is focused on housing, policing, and poverty.
Keywords: Homelessness, Housing, Legal Research, Poverty Research, British Columbia
Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) provides a number of legal and advocacy services in the areas of disability, mental, human rights and poverty.
Keywords: Legal Aid, Legal Research, British Columbia
The Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) provides specialized legal aid for British Columbians. The CLAS website publications page has links to a numbers of useful resources including A Lay...
Keywords: Legal Aid, Legal Research, British Columbia
Dispute Resolution is an alternative to going to court; this site provides an explanation of the process and how to utilize it in the Province of BC.
Keywords: Legal Research, British Columbia
The LSLAP (Law Students' Legal Advice Program) was incorporated in 1979 as a non-profit society, to provide free legal advice and representation for the poor and disadvantaged. Part of the program is...
Keywords: Legal Research, British Columbia
Law Courts Education Society of BC has an extensive website aimed at making justice more accessible. There are resources, online learning tools, self-help tools and other hands-on educational...
Keywords: Legal Research, British Columbia
The Electronic Legal Aid Newsletter (ELAN) is published 9 times year by the Legal Services Society to keep individuals and organizations who help low-income people deal with the legal system up to...
Keywords: Legal Aid, Legal Research, British Columbia
Legal Services Society of BC has an online archive of Consumer Law publications.
Keywords: Debt and Consumer Law, Legal Research, British Columbia
“It will make it easier for community groups to request pro bono assistance. It will help lawyers find the type of pro bono work that interests them, and help them practise better, faster and easier...
Keywords: Legal Research, Organizing, British Columbia
The BC Supreme Court has some materials on their self-help information centre website to help understand the court procedure in civil matters. Community Legal Assistance Society has more lay person...
Keywords: Legal Research, British Columbia
The Seniors Gateway is a searchable website of legal information and resources for seniors.
Keywords: Legal Research, Seniors and Elders, British Columbia
The BC Public Interest Advocacy Centre has published a fact sheet (in PDF) for anyone who has been told by the Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance (MEIA) that they owe them money.
Keywords: Legal Research, Welfare, British Columbia
