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Published December 3, 2021
Legal Aid Online will be unavailable from 6 a.m. ET on Dec. 4 while we archive and remove completed certificates. This is routine maintenance called a purchase order close. It applies to concluded appeals and all cancelled,…
Published December 3, 2021
Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) has clarified its Charges Heard Separately policy. These clarifications affect the way lawyers submit requests for additional certificates on an existing certificate, through the online portal. Under both LASA 1998 and LASA 2020, the expectation has always…
Published October 18, 2021
The Legal Aid Services Act, 2020 (LASA 2020) has now been proclaimed. The new act allows Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) the opportunity to innovate and modernize both legal aid services and how those services are delivered. Under LASA 2020, LAO has established rules and policies to…
Published October 12, 2021
Judge-Led Intensive Case Management Court (JICMC) certificates are time-limited and meant to help the Ontario Court of Justice as it addresses the backlog due to the COVID‑19 pandemic in case management court. LAO staff will support the JICMC by identifying self-represented…
Published May 10, 2021
As part of our ongoing response to COVID-19, LAO has temporarily reinstated certificate coverage for substitute decision makers (SDM) in Consent and Capacity Board (CCB) end-of-life proceedings. Until further notice, applications for this coverage will be expedited, and…
Published December 3, 2021
Schedule 2 of the Legal Aid Services Rules regarding fees and disbursements no longer provides coverage for Charter applications on block fee matters. The two-hour tariff enhancer for preparing and filing Charter applications remains available: When the authorized criminal…
Published October 29, 2021
The Judge-Led Intensive Case Management Court (JICMC) is an important initiative, established by partners in the justice system, to eliminate the extensive case backlog as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The JICMC certificates are for the accused who…
Published October 12, 2021
Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) is covering the cost of a lawyer for those whose matters are more than twelve months old and have had their cases adjourned to Judge‑Led Intensive Case Management Court (JICMC). The JICMC was set up to address the large backlog of cases resulting…
Published June 29, 2021
After thoughtful, thorough consultation with Indigenous stakeholders, the Aboriginal Justice Strategy (AJS) at Legal Aid Ontario is publishing Relationships First, Business Later, Part I, of a consultation report on the AJS’s and LAO’s effectiveness in the delivery of…
Published March 30, 2021
Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) is committed to the professional development of private bar lawyers who take on legal aid work. Our second chair mentorship program permits new and mid career lawyers to learn from the knowledge and experience of senior lawyers on interesting and complex…
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