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Middle Income Access to Justice presents a variety of innovative solutions, from dispute resolution process reforms to the development of non-lawyer forms of assistance and new methods for funding legal expenses
List of contents
Foreword
The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, P.C., Chief Justice of Canada
List of Contributors
Part 1: Introduction Michael Trebilcock (University of Toronto), Anthony Duggan (University of Toronto), and Lorne Sossin (Dean of Osgoode Hall Law School)
Part 2: Defining the Problem – What are the Unmet Legal Needs?Chapter 1:
Caught in the Middle: Income, Justiciable Problems and the Use of Lawyers Pascoe Pleasance (University College London) and Nigel J. Balmer (University College London)
Chapter 2:
The Ontario Civil Needs Project: A Comparative Analysis of the 2009 Survey Data Jamie Baxter, Michael Trebilcock, and Albert Yoon (University of Toronto)
Part 3: “Front-End” Proactive SolutionsChapter 3:
Front-End Strategies for Improving Consumer Access to Justice Anthony Duggan (University of Toronto) and Iain Ramsey (University of Kent)
Part 4: Non-Lawyer Forms of AssistanceChapter 4:
Opportunities and Challenges: Non-Lawyer Forms of Assistance in Providing Access to Justice for Middle-Income Earners Russell Engler (New England Law)
Chapter 5:
Middle Income Access to Civil Justice: Implications of Proposals for the Reform of Legal Aid in England and Wales Roger Smith
Part 5: Access to LawyersChapter 6:
Should Legal Services be Unbundled? Samreen Beg and Lorne Sossin
Chapter 7:
Money Isn’t Everything: Understanding Moderate Income Households’ Use of Lawyers’ Services Rebecca Sandefur (American Bar Foundation)
Chapter 8:
Legal Services Plans: Crucial Time Access to Lawyers and the Case for a Public-Private Partnership Paul Vayda (CAW Legal Services Plan) and Stephen Ginsberg (CAW Legal Services Plan)
Part 6: Reforming the Dispute Resolution ProcessChapter 9:
Reforming Family Dispute Resolution in Ontario: Systemic Changes and Cultural Shifts Nicholas Bala (Queen's University)
Chapter 10:
Commentary on Bala Justice George Czurtin (Justice of the Superior Court of Justice - Ontario)
Chapter 11:
Access to Justice for Small Amount Claims in the Consumer Marketplace: Lessons from Australia Justin Malbon (Monash University)
Chapter 12:
Challenges in Small Claims Court System Design: Does One Size Fit All? Shelley McGill (Deputy Judge of the Ontario Small Claims Court)
Part 7: Creating Change and Reform of the Justice SystemChapter 13:
Growing Ontario Legal Aid into the Middle Class: A Proposal for Public Legal Expenses Insurance Sujit Choudry (University of Toronto), Michael Trebilcock, and James Wilson
Part 8: The Options PapersNoel Semple (York University) and Carol Rogerson (University of Toronto),
Middle Income Access to Justice: Policy Options with respect to Family Law Judith McCormack (University of Toronto) and Azim Remani (University of Toronto),
Middle Income Access to Justice: Policy Options with Respect to Employment LawAnthony Duggan, Azim Remani and Dennis Kao (Sidley Austin LLP),
Middle Income Access to Justice: Policy Options with respect to Consumer and Debtor-Creditor LawPart 9: Select Bibliography
About the author
Michael J. Trebilcock is a university professor emeritus of law and economics at the University of Toronto.
Summary
Middle Income Access to Justice presents a variety of innovative solutions, from dispute resolution process reforms to the development of non-lawyer forms of assistance and new methods for funding legal expenses
