TORONTO, June 8, 2015 /CNW/ - Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) is continuing the most significant and rapid increase in eligibility for legal aid certificates in more than 25 years. This historic ...

I just wanted to correct some factual inaccuracies in Michael Lacy and Daniel Brown’s op-ed. I think it’s important to note the circumstances in which Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) was initially ...

That data was not broken down into criminal and civil legal aid, but the latest annual report for Legal Aid Ontario shows that out of the $173.5 million spent on the certificate program in fiscal ...

In Ontario, those who make too much to qualify for a publicly-funded lawyer — for a single person that's annual income of between $12,135 and $14,045 for a Legal Aid certificate — may still ...

In fact, 80 per cent of those who accepted legal-aid cases in Ontario last year earned less than $50,000 from all sources. Only a half-dozen billed close to $197,000.

Immigration matters are generally funded through the certificate program, which is the same system as criminal and family matters. If Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) staff determine that your matter has ...

In private law family cases, people applying for the legal aid will have to notify their opponents, who will be allowed 14 days to produce evidence that the applicant is ineligible. 'There are already ...