Posts by NSRLP
13
Jan
Paying for Legal Services with Time rather than Value: the Billable Hour & its Consequences for Clients
The recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Bank of Nova Scotia v. Diemer (2014 ONCA 851) represents a watershed in judicial forthri...
08
Jan
New Year Wishes: 5 Excuses for Not Involving the Public in A2J Reform to Leave Behind in 2014
I have a New Year wish.
Please can we stop repeating these hackneyed excuses for not including the public – “not now, not yet, not t...
16
Dec
Our Pitch to Santa (with the help of Aretha Franklin): Asking the Public to Support Legal Aid in Canada
Over the last few weeks, we have been asking what you might ask Santa – eloquently described in one response as “…the sublime intangibl...
15
Dec
Dear Santa
Dear Santa,
We know how busy you are, so we thought that one letter from the diverse collective of friends and supporters of the NSRLP ...