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Topic: Family
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Addressing rising service demand
We are continuing to see increasing demand for our services, especially in family law, which we need to manage where possible through existing policy…
Legal aid financial eligibility increase: Standard Family Representation cases
Legal Aid BC has increased financial eligibility for Standard Family Representation cases, effective April 1, 2025. The Net household monthly…
Topic: Did You Know?
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Legal aid financial eligibility increase: Standard Family Representation cases
Legal Aid BC has increased financial eligibility for Standard Family Representation cases, effective April 1, 2025. The Net household monthly…
New items and revisions to Criminal and Disbursements tariffs
As communicated in the March 2025 Notice to Counsel #128 (PDF), we’ve revised LABC’s Criminal Tariff (PDF) and Disbursements Tariff (PDF) to include…
Topic: Reminders
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Legal aid financial eligibility increase: Standard Family Representation cases
Legal Aid BC has increased financial eligibility for Standard Family Representation cases, effective April 1, 2025. The Net household monthly…
New items and revisions to Criminal and Disbursements tariffs
As communicated in the March 2025 Notice to Counsel #128 (PDF), we’ve revised LABC’s Criminal Tariff (PDF) and Disbursements Tariff (PDF) to include…
Topic: Criminal
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Retroactive compensation process for section 530 transition
LABC has created a one-time process to compensate criminal defence counsel for work done in response to the May 2024 change in the s. 530 process.…
New items and revisions to Criminal and Disbursements tariffs
As communicated in the March 2025 Notice to Counsel #128 (PDF), we’ve revised LABC’s Criminal Tariff (PDF) and Disbursements Tariff (PDF) to include…
Topic: Duty Counsel
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Retroactive compensation process for section 530 transition
LABC has created a one-time process to compensate criminal defence counsel for work done in response to the May 2024 change in the s. 530 process.…
Topic: Disbursements
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New items and revisions to Criminal and Disbursements tariffs
As communicated in the March 2025 Notice to Counsel #128 (PDF), we’ve revised LABC’s Criminal Tariff (PDF) and Disbursements Tariff (PDF) to include…