Canada

Community based organizations are essential partners to courts, legal aid, pro bono, and the private bar as they build systems to support remote delivery, which is increasingly becoming a part of any delivery system.

Year published: 2020

Document Author: Julie Mathews, David Wiseman

The Law Foundation of Ontario (LFO) published two reports following their research on the role of community workers helping people with legal problems. As 'trusted intermediaries', these frontline workers – including from community organizations, social service organizations, and shelters – are critical components of increasing access to justice.

Year published: Law Foundation of Ontario, Karen Cohl, Julie Lassonde, Julie Mathews, Carol Lee Smith, George Thomson

Document Author: 2018

The following is the National Self‐Represented Litigants Project: Identifying and Meeting the Needs of Self-­Represented Litigants Final Report Executive Summary –  

Year published: 2013

Document Author: Julie Macfarlane

This discussion paper provides a framework to understand the mechanisms that cultivate reslient access to justice communities. The paper offers universal principles that support community-based justice help systems. In particular, the paper proposes an approach to supporting community justice help, describes it's place in the broader access to justice ecosystem, and highlights the value of quality assurance and regulatory alignment. The paper concludes with recommendations to nurture robust community justice help. Below is a description provided in the paper:

Year published: 2020

Document Author: Julie Mathews & David Wiseman

The 2019 AFCC annual conference will occur in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. For more information see the AFCC Conference webpage.

Year published: 2018

Document Author: SRLN

In 2012, the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission initiated a project to integrate restorative justice principles into an administrative agency. Early research showed that when restorative justice principles guided the agency's changes, access to justice increased dramatically through significant cost savings and time efficiencies.

Year published: 2015

Document Author: Lisa Teryl

Access to justice issues have frequented academic, legal, political and mainstream debates for many years in Canada where the percentage of self-represented litigants in civil cases is also significant. Some key pieces of Canadian research to explore include the following, covering topics including online dispute resolution, legal service delivery, innovative partnerships and collaborations, legal education, and alternative dispute resolution:

Year published: 2016

Document Author: Alex Smith Davis

The is the Final Report of the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice's (CFCJ's) Attrition Study entitled Civil Non-Family Cases Filed in the Supreme Court of BC Research, Results and Lessons Learned. This study, which is a part of the CFCJ's larger Cost of Justice project, aims to examine the outcome of unresolved, civil, non-family cases in the BC Supreme Court and assess the level of satisfaction among claimants.

Year published: 2015

Document Author: Canadian Forum on Civil Justice

This is a report of the Court Processes Simplification Working Group (CPSWG) of the Canadian Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters hosted by the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice that explores court simplification efforts and opportunities in Canada. It concludes in part:

Year published: 2012

Document Author: Court Processes Simplification Working Group

In this article in Slaw, Canada's on-line legal magazine, Kari Boyle reviews some of the triage activity in Canadian Civil Justice Reform.  About the author:

Year published: 2013

Document Author: Kari D. Boyle