“August 7, 1994

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c withholding services’

since July.

ay ment for the hive yers” “legal aid services comes
fron’ the, ; C Legal Services

withdrawn their geivices: ina dispute

‘about a possible: restructuring fe

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Shore,”

Society (BCLSS) :

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‘ deuree 0 of service > withdrawl for legal ~aid ‘cases |

riuries across the province.
But. said Gaudet,

The area director of.the North Shore offi se of
Legal Services agrees, “The solidarity is high, in

“Ht looks like the North:
‘Shore is having problems.”

terms of withdrawal of services, on the North a
“lawyers who Will take on legal-aid clients despite

said Dierdre: Pothecary. She is also a pri-
rate lawyer who recenily Has not decepied new

clients for legal-aid cases.

« Pothecary said the North Shore Legal Services /

office is accepting applications from peopte want-

ing. to gel legat-aid. but “very few of them are
having Lawyers assigned." «

“Tt (the service Withdrawal) is ¥ certainly create :
said

ing problems and we. are not placing cuses.”

: dispute,

f ment: funded legal

‘The North. S Shore Legal Service affice refers
legal-aid clients to approximately 35 lawyers. -

Pothecary: suid most of the would- be legal-aid
clients are returning to-court and “asking for post-
ponements.’ She said scheduled local trials may
begin to feel the pinch this month because of the

- Meanwhile. "Gaudet said there are:some

the dispute involving the: Association of Legal.
JAid Lawyers ‘and’ the BCL SS. The BCLSS" is

fuindee by the provincial government.

Legal- aid lawyers also have concerns about a

government move that would see half of the legal-

“aid work handiéd by! salaried lawyers incan.$.
system:

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Approximately 75,000 people received gov ‘erm:
service last year. a

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