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A Study Of The Costs Of Legal Services In Personal Injury Litigation In Ontario: Final Report, Allan C. Hutchinson
A Study Of The Costs Of Legal Services In Personal Injury Litigation In Ontario: Final Report, Allan C. Hutchinson
Commissioned Reports, Studies and Public Policy Documents
Contingency Fee Agreements (CFAs) are now a fixed feature of the Ontario litigation landscape. However, little research or study has been done on exactly how they operate in practice, whether they advance the objectives that they were intended to achieve, and whether litigants are best served by the current arrangements. In this study, I intend to make a preliminary start to that research, set out some tentative criticisms of the CFA system as it currently operates, and, where appropriate, suggest preliminary proposals for change.
It should be said at the outset that my efforts to obtain real and serious data …
Book Review: Visualizing Law In The Age Of The Digital Baroque: Arabesques And Entanglements, F. Tim Knight
Book Review: Visualizing Law In The Age Of The Digital Baroque: Arabesques And Entanglements, F. Tim Knight
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Addressing The Needs Of Self-Represented Litigants In The Canadian Justice System, Trevor C. W. Farrow, Diana Lowe, Martha E. Simmons, Bradley Albrecht, Heather Manweiller
Addressing The Needs Of Self-Represented Litigants In The Canadian Justice System, Trevor C. W. Farrow, Diana Lowe, Martha E. Simmons, Bradley Albrecht, Heather Manweiller
Commissioned Reports, Studies and Public Policy Documents
How can the Canadian justice system better assist self-represented litigants (SRLs) with their legal needs?
There is a service gap that exists in the Canadian justice system between what SRLs need and what is currently being provided. The system needs to better address how SRLs understand, avoid, manage and resolve their legal issues.
While the entire justice system has a role to play in understanding and addressing this question, courts and court administrators in particular have a central role to play. Some important efforts have begun to address the needs of SRLs. However, major challenges persist in providing adequate court …