14
Oct
Pintea v Johns: 18 Months Later by Kaila Scarrow & Julie Macfarlane
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The landmark Supreme Court of Canada case of Pintea v Johns came down in April 2017. The decision rejected the idea that SRLs and lawye...
25
Jul
Costs Awards Against SRLs
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Ashley Haines reports on substantial and punitive costs awards against self-represented litigants from our growing database.
The SRL...
27
Jun
Is Access to Court Transcripts an Access to Justice Issue?
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For SRLs, access to a transcript of their hearing is frequently critical to their effective participation in the justice system. We hea...
28
May
When Judges See SRLs, Do They See Gender?
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Sandra Shushani reports on the use of gendered stereotypes in judicial decisions that explain and evaluate female SRL behaviour.The SRL...
15
Apr
SRL Intake Report 2017
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This Report collates and analyzes data from Intake Forms completed by SRLs from January to December 2017, a total of 66 respondents.
T...
12
Dec
SRL Case Law Database Preliminary Report
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We are thrilled to bring you the first, preliminary, Report on the SRL Case Law Database, which we have been working on for most of the...
23
May
NSRLP Responds to Bonkalo Review of Family Legal Services
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The NSRLP has written two separate submissions to the Ministry of the Attorney General and the Law Society of Upper Canada in response ...
13
Feb
SRL Intake Report 2015-16
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This Report collates and analyzes data from Intake Forms completed by SRLs from April 2015 to December 2016, a total of 73 respondents....
15
Mar
Access to Justice Annotated Bibliography
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This is Version 4 (May 2016) of our Access to Justice Annotated Bibliography. Designed as a resource for students, researchers and SRLs...
01
Jan
NSRLP’s Summary Judgment Research Report
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Described by one media commentator as “groundbreaking”, NSRLP has released its research report on how summary judgments are being used ...
17
Dec
28
May
NSRLP Intake Report 2014-2015
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Despite closing the formal SRL National Study in January 2013, we continue to hear every day from SRLs all over Canada (and occasionall...