Family legal assistance, dedicated criminal case aid among legal aid review suggestions

By Jeremy Hainsworth / Glacier Media
Review hampered by short time period, access to legal aid clients

An independent lawyer has made 25 recommendations to B.C.’s government for improving B.C.’s legal aid system – including legal clinics, a targeted criminal law aid system and expanded availability of lawyers for families. Legal aid is not broken in B.C. It has simply lost its way,” author Jamie McLaren said in the report released Monday.…

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March 5, 2019

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