Posts Tagged ‘lawyers’
Letter to Legal Aid Ontario
From June 9th – July 9th, 2023, Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) held an open consultation on tariff increases for lawyers. Luke’s Place submitted a letter to LAO’s Consultation department in response to the proposal to reform tariffs for the lawyers on their panel. Overall, we are supportive of the proposed amendments, but strongly encourage legal…
Read moreNational Volunteer Week 2023!
National Volunteer Week is a Canada-wide campaign to recognize, celebrate and thank all volunteers across the country. For Luke’s Place, just as we rely on our donors to help fund our organization, we rely on the leadership of our board of directors, the compassion and commitment of our Legal Support Volunteers, and the expertise of…
Read moreViolence screening tools for family law professionals
Woman abuse is a common issue in family court cases, yet few legal professionals screen for it. As The Globe and Mail reports: About 67 per cent of domestic homicides in Ontario involved couples who had separated or were about to separate, according to data from the province’s chief coroner spanning from 2003 to 2016….…
Read moreFamily violence screening tools for family law practitioners
Update: This report on family violence screening is now available on the Department of Justice website. We are excited to announce that Luke’s Place has recently completed a research project with funding from the federal Department of Justice that looks at family violence screening tools for family law practitioners. Many women are uncomfortable disclosing abuse…
Read moreUnrepresented litigants: Obligations of the lawyer
The Law Society of Upper Canada, the governing body for lawyers and paralegals in Ontario, recently provided an e-bulletin to assist lawyers who are dealing with self-represented litigants on the other side in a case. The information it contains is helpful to anyone working with women who are unrepresented or with women who have lawyers…
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