Ian Mulgrew: Do the right thing on legal aid, province told
B.C.‘s legal aid plan falls so short of international obligations that the legitimacy of the legal system is in question: lawyers’ group
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Private medical clinics win injunction against B.C. government clampdown
“The justice system has, quite literally, saved many thousands of patients in B.C. from the suffering that the B.C. government would have imposed on them and…
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Ian Mulgrew: Eby’s quick and dirty review of legal aid blowing up in his face
Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada wants Eby to extend the looming deadline and the limited scope of a review he ordered into models for legal aid.
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Ian Mulgrew: Male-dominated legal system on trial for its abusiveness
Ian Mulgrew: From Jian Ghomeshi to Brett Kavanaugh, the #MeToo movement has put the legal system under scrutiny — and it’s not faring well.
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Ian Mulgrew: Legal tax is the elephant in legal aid debate
‘The continued imposition of the special tax on legal services, which is not applied to any other professional services, is not only being diverted from its intended purpose, but it’s actually making access to just even more challenging.’
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