To save money, Legal Aid Manitoba is considering a pilot project to use a trained advocate to handle refugee board hearings rather than lawyers. They'll need approval from Ottawa, however, and ...

Joyal's comments form part of a recent 15-page decision dismissing a charter challenge by accused killer Mark Edward Grant, whose experienced Winnipeg defence lawyer is being paid by Legal Aid.

WINNIPEG - The top justice on Manitoba's Court of Queen's Bench says minimum mandatory sentences introduced by the federal government as part of its tough-on-crime agenda curtail judges.

Winnipeg inmates slept on prison floors while others were taken to holding cells outside of the city yesterday as disgruntled legal-aid lawyers in Manitoba continued to refuse new cases. The ...

Manitoba's criminal lawyers say, as of yesterday, they're not taking on any more legal-aid cases. The provincial government, which has slashed spending to legal aid, has already said it's up to ...