57 search results for
2022
Recommendation 2:
Foster legal capability so that people can spot legal issues early, get preventative or proactive help and anticipate, avoid or manage frequent legal issues.
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Recommendation 3:
Develop and expand legal services to include the full continuum of information, advice, help lines, online services, in-person services, and partial or full representation.
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Recommendation 15:
Make family law services easier to find, including triage, early intervention, integrated and collaborative processes, parenting and financial services.
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Recommendation 9:
Non-profit and non-governmental workers should not just receive the mandate to conduct Street Sweeps, nor should civilians be “deputized” to do this work. Any alternative to Street Sweeps should be peer-led, specifically led by the community organizers who are currently experiencing Sweeps. These folks live, and survive, the realities of Street Sweeps and are best-situated to discern appropriate and long-term solutions.
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Recommendation 12:
Timelines, simplified procedures, shared experts, and limited number of witness should be agreed to, or insisted on by judges, to make better use of court time and encourage early settlement.
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Recommendation 32:
Maintain the focus on access to justice to ensure that improvements can be sustained and changes are funded indefinitely.
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Recommendation 7:
Lobby the provincial government to add “social condition” as a protected ground in BC’s Human Rights Code, as recommended by the Office of the Human Rights Commissioner.
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Recommendation 26:
Create a culture of innovation in the justice system by focusing on new ideas and learning about successes and failures.
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Recommendation 17:
Educate people about less adversarial approaches and experiment with new services and processes to create opportunities for consensus resolution.
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Recommendation 20:
Involve the major institutions (courts, governments) professional groups (lawyers’ associations), community groups and non-profits (clinics, PLE providers), academics and individuals to find new creative approaches.
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