Charter Challenge Links

IT IS DONE.
•  LATEST LEGAL AID BOYCOTT ARTICLE--FOR FINALIST GROUP! •  Here's a great overview of Section 1 •  The Supreme Court of Canada website
•  Article about Gutu Daoud, one of the first Ottawa accused unable to get a lawyer. •  Legal Aid Ontario--tons of info here •  Uh...what's a "stay?"
•  This article was written by Edward Greenspan, a legal Aid lawyer. It is lawyer’s perspective on the issue of legal aid •  The statute (law) that created the legal aid program can be found here. •  The Ministry of the Attorney General
•  This article is a great explanation for what is happening with the Legal Aid lawyers. It covers a lot of information, but keeps the context light enough so that anyone could read the article. •  Law professor Michael Trebilcock’s Report of the Legal Aid Review 2008--historical overview of the program •  The Criminal Lawyers Association
•  This article is a personal favourite because it has information from past years •  In Section 6 of the Report, he describes what he considers to be the four “most compelling normative justifications” for legal aid: •  R. v. Askov--an important precedent regarding trials within a "reasonable" time.
•  This article explains everything that’s happening with the boycott and also has comments from readers. •  CanLII's "Canadian Charter of Rights Decisions Digest" is a good source of case law on Charter issues! •  The Dugald Christie case
•  An excellent page about how to go about conducting legal research •  R. v. Oakes •  Auton case--OJEN also has a good resource document on this on their webpage.
•  EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LEGAL CITATION FORMAT BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK •  Former Ontario Chief Justice Roy McMurtry speaks about access to justice issues •  Beverley McLaughlin's speech--read the part on "access to justice"
•  A police officer who killed his mistress wants legal aid? •  Ombudsman invesigation into the case about the police officer who abused legal aid funding. •  Forget the windup and make the pitch--how to write a good factum.