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Legal aid to give more help to more families
- Legal aid to give more help to more families (92.36 KB)(PDF)
News release from the Association of Legal Aid Plans of Canada
- Immediate investment in legal aid needed (107.27 KB)(PDF)
- L’aide juridique réclame un investissement immédiat (109.26 KB)(PDF)
Telephone advice for accused in custody begins
- Telephone advice for accused in custody begins (51.19 KB)(PDF)
Legal aid introduces tiered tariffs for lawyers
- Legal aid introduces tiered tariffs for lawyers (47.54 KB)(PDF)
Opinion poll shows public supports legal aid
- Opinion poll shows public supports legal aid (116.28 KB)(PDF)
Report recommends legal aid rate improvements
- News release (50.14 KB)(PDF)
- Backgrounder (55.58 KB)(PDF)
Legal aid financial eligibility levels relaxed
- News release (44.59 KB)(PDF)
- Backgrounder (50.76 KB)(PDF)
Legal aid rolls out Supreme Court family duty counsel services
- News release (44.35 KB)(PDF)
- Backgrounder (56.93 KB)(PDF)
Legal aid to provide limited Supreme Court family referrals
- News release (35.61 KB)(PDF)
- Backgrounder (49.89 KB)(PDF)
Legal aid LawLINE, Call Centre scripts now multilingual
Legal aid information and advice projects extended
- Legal aid information and advice projects extended (33.27 KB)(PDF)
More people to qualify for legal aid
- Announcement (32.52 KB)(PDF)
- Backgrounder (38.26 KB)(PDF)
- Fact sheet (68.25 KB)(PDF)
Legal aid funding increase to help most vulnerable
- News release (37.7 KB)(PDF)
- Backgrounder (31.39 KB)(PDF)