Legal Aid BC has increased the amount a person can earn to get legal aid. Tue – 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., except the first Tuesday of the month. Or contact the Prince George location – Monday to Thursday: 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Phone: 250-564-9717; Email: Intake.PrinceGeorge@legalaid.bc.ca; Visit: 201-1085 Third Avenue The province says the agreement includes an increase in payments to legal assistants from April 28 to Oct. 31 while a long-term agreement is negotiated. Visit Youth Services for legal services and resources for youth. “We recognize that there is still much work to be done to improve the legal aid system for British Columbians and the lawyers they represent in court,” said Attorney General David Eby. “Legal aid lawyers provide services to some of the province`s most vulnerable members, and we will continue to work with LSS to address the historical underfunding of legal aid.” Visit the Indigenous Legal Resources page for Indigenous legal resources. Legal aid is available by telephone throughout British Columbia. You can apply for legal aid by calling anywhere or by calling our call centre. Personal services are available at select locations across the province.
Please call first to see if this is available. Telephone numbers and locations can be found in the Legal Aid Offices section below. If you need to call a dial-up connection to reach a legal aid agency, you can call Service BC and ask them to make your call for free. Indigenous community legal workers provide limited legal information and advisory services (finding locations). A Justice of the Peace (JP) is a bailiff appointed to keep the peace. Justices of the peace may perform certain judicial tasks, such as conducting court proceedings, issuing court orders, and many other services. Justices of the peace do not need formal legal training. Visit Justice of the Peace (Provincial Court of British Columbia) for more information. Visit Clicklaw for information on legal services and resources. Look for Clicklaw`s help card to find free, low-cost legal services in your community. Tue and Wed: 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Thu: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Email: Intake.CampbellRiver.Courtenay@legalaid.bc.ca Tue and Wed: 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.; Email: Intake.Duncan@legalaid.bc.ca Do: Call or email the Nanaimo office (250-753-4396 or Intake.Nanaimo@legalaid.bc.ca) You can apply for legal aid by calling any legal aid office. Personal services are available at select locations across the province. Please call first to see if this is available. For the Vancouver office, Legal Aid BC promotes personal services by appointment. Call Vancouver Intake at 604-408-2172 to make an appointment. To find out if you are eligible for free legal advice or representation, visit Legal Aid BC.
Tue, Wed and Friday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Email: Intake.Abbotsford@legalaid.bc.ca Cell: 250-570-8161 Email: Intake.Vanderhoof.FtStJames@legalaid.bc.ca Under the agreement, the province will provide $4 million and $3.9 million will come from the Legal Services Society, a not-for-profit organization that oversees legal aid. Email: Intake.CampbellRiver.Courtenay@legalaid.bc.ca The association says the only increase lawyers have received in 28 years was in 2006, when their hourly rate was increased by 10%. applications for legal aid by appointment only; Mon Tue, Wed: 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (Pacific Time March to November) Email: Intake.FtStJohn@legalaid.bc.ca The Legal Services Society (Legal Aid BC) offers admission to over 50 locations in British Columbia. To be eligible for a legal aid lawyer, your legal problem must be covered by our legal aid rules and you must comply with our financial guidelines. When applying, admissions staff will ask you for complete and truthful information about your legal problem, income, savings, and assets. Proof of the financial information provided is required.
We provide legal assistance in British Columbia. The law is complicated, but not everyone can afford a lawyer. We can help you with your legal problem. VANCOUVER — The B.C. government will award a one-time grant of $7.9 million Monday to develop a new approach to legal aid funding and avoid a withdrawal of service. She argues that the average per capita expenditure on legal aid in 1993 was $25.22 and, adjusted for inflation, should now be about $40. Ask a lawyer to take your case and represent you in court. More than 25,000 people receive legal assistance each year. The association says the agreement shows the government takes legal aid lawyers seriously. To apply for legal aid in person or by phone, see Am I eligible? and How do I apply? Monday to Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Closed for lunch: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.PLCTerrace@legalaid.bc.ca Earlier this month, members of the association voted to limit or suspend legal aid to support their demands for increased funding to better pay lawyers.
Legal Information Outreach staff are available in several locations to provide legal information and make recommendations (find locations). For child protection cases in Smithers, Hazelton and Houston. The Legal Aid Lawyers Association says an agreement it has reached with the province means members will not restrict or suspend their work. Initial outreach to Prophet River and Fort Nelson First Nations In this file image, people line up to enter the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia.