Legal Aid Alberta
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Alberta government announces new governance agreement with Legal Aid AlbertaThe new governance agreement will come into effect on Friday.CanadaSep 4
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Lawyers say Alberta government’s failure to sign deal threatens legal aid servicesA number of legal organizations say the Alberta government has failed to sign a new governance agreement for legal aid services in the province.PoliticsJul 3
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‘Meaningful good faith’ increase in hourly rate for Alberta legal aid lawyers Jan. 1The Alberta government is hiking the amount of money it will pay for lawyers providing legal aid.CanadaDec 21, 2022
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Alberta government increases pay for legal aid lawyersThe Alberta government announced Wednesday it is boosting the hourly tariff rate for those who take on legal aid files.PoliticsOct 5, 2022
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Defence lawyers to stop taking new legal aid files as dispute with Alberta continuesMore walkouts in Edmonton, Calgary and Red Deer are planned on Friday in a series of escalations between defence lawyers and the province.PoliticsSep 23, 2022
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Alberta defence lawyers walk out of Edmonton, Calgary courts as part of latest job actionContract criminal defence lawyers protested outside Calgary and Edmonton law courts and are no longer taking files to represent some of the the most severe crimes.PoliticsSep 2, 2022
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Alberta criminal defence lawyers escalate job action in legal aid battleCriminal defence lawyers escalated job action Thursday in an ongoing dispute with the provincial government over the amount of compensation paid by Legal Aid Alberta.CrimeSep 1, 2022
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Groups representing Alberta criminal defence lawyers to take further job action over legal aid systemOrganizations representing criminal defence lawyers in Alberta say their members are prepared to take more job action next month.PoliticsAug 18, 2022
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Alberta criminal defence lawyers ‘up the ante’ in job actionCriminal defence lawyers felt like their concerns weren't being taken seriously during a meeting with Justice Minister Tyler Shandro and Legal Aid Alberta CEO John Panusa.CanadaAug 11, 2022
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Defence lawyers begin work stoppages to protest ‘perpetual underfunding’ of Legal Aid AlbertaDanielle Boisvert estimates between 450 and 600 lawyers are taking part in the job action -- about half of Legal Aid Alberta's overall roster.PoliticsAug 9, 2022
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