Legal aid lawyers step up job action in Alberta | Globalnews.ca

“We are left wondering – to talk about what?” the joint statement said.The defence lawyers announced a number of escalating work stoppages.“By prohibiting examination of the budget and FEGs, the government has doomed this committee to fail. Its work is a waste of taxpayer money, in the façade of a ‘consultation.’ We refuse to legitimize its work by continuing to participate.”

From August 8 to 19, they’re no longer taking new files for bail-only services, courtroom duty counsel services, complainant counsel services or cross-examination of complainant services where an accused is self-represented.Legal Aid Alberta on how the pandemic has continued to affect court cases – Feb 1, 2022

They also threatened to withdraw all duty counsel services provided to the Justice of the Peace bail office for the first two weeks of September.“Our members have been clear – if Minister Shandro persists in his failure to ensure equal access to justice for all Albertans, further services will be withdrawn,” the lawyer associations’ statement said.

In a statement from Minister Shandro’s office, a spokesperson said the province has reached out to all three lawyers associations and confirmed a meeting between the associations, Shandro and the president and CEO of Legal Aid Alberta will be happening in the “near future.”

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Shandro goes from one failure to another. Why is he still paid by the taxpayers? Second question is for mr. Shandro: do you have no shame or pride?! Being a failure that millions of ppl can see cannot be satisfying. Leave, hide under a rock at lest a decade, maybe ppl will forget

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