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Eligibility
Legal aid is available to low-income individuals Pro bono
who qualify for a certificate to assist with legal services provided by a lawyer free of
paying the cost of a lawyer. Applicants who charge.
apply for legal aid must disclose financial
information pertaining to income and assets Probation
to ascertain whether they meet the low- authorization for a person to be released SPONSORED BY [FIRM NAME] COMMONLY USED LEGAL TERMS
income requirements. Other criteria are into the community, subject to conditions
considered in addition to financial eligibility, listed in the order.
such as possibility of incarceration and loss of
employment. Recidivism
tendency to relapse into previous
Expanded duty counsel behaviour, especially a pattern of criminal
provides the services of a regular duty counsel, behaviour.
but is also able to continue representing the
accused in less serious matters until the case Stay of proceedings
is resolved. an order suspending a legal proceeding.
Summary service/brief service
Full service refers to the provision of legal advice,
a legal aid certificate, referral, or other information, or any other type of minimal
authorization for legal aid that contains the legal service to an individual, such as
full range of legal services that could include making a telephone call or drafting a letter
preliminary stages of a criminal matter through on behalf of a client.
to a trial.
Tariff
Interim release a schedule of fees to be charged for
release of the accused between committal for various legal services.
trial and the trial’s completion (bail).
Unit of service
Judicare model This count measures the number of units
This model provides eligible accused persons of service rather than the number of
with a legal aid certificate that can be taken persons assisted and is mutually exclusive
to a private lawyer who is willing to act on the of all summary service and duty counsel
basis of legal aid for that particular case. The service.
lawyer is remunerated according to the tariff
rate, and is subject to a cap on the number of Unrepresented accused (self-
hours that may be billed. represented)
one who appears in court without legal
Law lines/legal call centre representation.
a toll-free line for individuals requiring
information about a legal matter.
Mandatory minimum sentences GROW YOUR
offences under the Criminal Code for which a
sentence of imprisonment must be imposed. BUSINESS HERE.
Many of these offences have a compulsory
period of time an offender must serve in SPONSOR THIS
prison.
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Mixed system
This legal aid model provides for legal CONTENT AND
representation, which may be either assigned
to a salaried in-house lawyer or referred to a
private legal practitioner. • GENERATE LEADS
Plea court • RAISE YOUR PROFILE
The court where a declaration is made by a • REACH POTENTIAL
person accused of a crime as to whether he or CLIENTS
she is guilty or not guilty of the charge.

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