UNODC is also engaged in the development of a model law on legal aid. Ms. Monasebian emphasized the importance of adequately reflecting the rule of law, access to justice and legal aid on the post ...

MP SPEAKS | Some 13 years after the National Legal Aid Foundation (NLAF) started operations providing legal aid through government funding, the Dewan Rakyat passed the Legal Aid and Public Defence ...

If you only knew! Legal Aid represents the poor who can’t afford to hire their own lawyer. Many of those poor are nice people who got caught up in a situation that was out of character for them.

Under the new standard, legal aid lawyers are required to promptly meet the recipients at least once during every stage of the criminal litigation procedure, attend the trial and submit their ...

The Dewan Rakyat on Monday (Aug 25) passed the Legal Aid and Public Defence Bill 2025, aimed at expanding access to justice ...

The Criminal Lawyers' Association is calling on the Ontario government to boost the province's legal aid program, saying insufficient funding is leading to more accused being unrepresented and ...

Legal Aid Ontario said last month that it is planning a 3-year increase to financial eligibility thresholds for family and criminal duty counsel and criminal certificate services. (Christopher ...

The government has published its response to Sir Christopher Bellamy QC’s Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid and launched a consultation on proposed changes to the system. The Ministry of ...

The Diocese of Kalookan has launched a legal aid program to help the poor access the country’s justice system and is urging ...

The most significant element of that process has been the government’s agreement with the Law Society to enact an average cut of 17.5% to criminal legal aid fees.

Legal aid lawyers face chaos following cyber attack, says representative body - Chris Minnoch, of the Legal Aid Practitioners Group, said lawyers have called the representative body ‘in tears ...