Foreword
The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, P.C., Chief Justice of Canada
List of Contributors
Part 1: Introduction
Michael Trebilcock (University of Toronto), Anthony Duggan (University of Toronto), and Lorne Sossin (Dean of Osgoode Hall Law School)
Part 2: Defining the Problem – What are the Unmet Legal Needs?
Chapter 1: Caught in the Middle: Income, Justiciable Problems and the Use of Lawyers
Pascoe Pleasance (University College London) and Nigel J. Balmer (University College London)
Chapter 2: The Ontario Civil Needs Project: A Comparative Analysis of the 2009 Survey Data
Jamie Baxter, Michael Trebilcock, and Albert Yoon (University of Toronto)
Part 3: “Front-End” Proactive Solutions
Chapter 3:Front-End Strategies for Improving Consumer Access to Justice
Anthony Duggan (University of Toronto) and Iain Ramsey (University of Kent)
Part 4: Non-Lawyer Forms of Assistance
Chapter 4: Opportunities and Challenges: Non-Lawyer Forms of Assistance in Providing Access to Justice for Middle-Income Earners
Russell Engler (New England Law)
Chapter 5: Middle Income Access to Civil Justice: Implications of Proposals for the Reform of Legal Aid in England and Wales
Roger Smith
Part 5: Access to Lawyers
Chapter 6: Should Legal Services be Unbundled?
Samreen Beg and Lorne Sossin
Chapter 7: Money Isn’t Everything: Understanding Moderate Income Households’ Use of Lawyers’ Services
Rebecca Sandefur (American Bar Foundation)
Chapter 8: Legal Services Plans: Crucial Time Access to Lawyers and the Case for a Public-Private Partnership
Paul Vayda (CAW Legal Services Plan) and Stephen Ginsberg (CAW Legal Services Plan)
Part 6: Reforming the Dispute Resolution Process
Chapter 9: Reforming Family Dispute Resolution in Ontario: Systemic Changes and Cultural Shifts
Nicholas Bala (Queen's University)
Chapter 10: Commentary on Bala
Justice George Czurtin (Justice of the Superior Court of Justice - Ontario)
Chapter 11: Access to Justice for Small Amount Claims in the Consumer Marketplace: Lessons from Australia
Justin Malbon (Monash University)
Chapter 12: Challenges in Small Claims Court System Design: Does One Size Fit All?
Shelley McGill (Deputy Judge of the Ontario Small Claims Court)
Part 7: Creating Change and Reform of the Justice System
Chapter 13: Growing Ontario Legal Aid into the Middle Class: A Proposal for Public Legal Expenses Insurance
Sujit Choudry (University of Toronto), Michael Trebilcock, and James Wilson
Part 8: The Options Papers
Noel Semple (York University) and Carol Rogerson (University of Toronto), Middle Income Access to Justice: Policy Options with respect to Family Law
Judith McCormack (University of Toronto) and Azim Remani (University of Toronto), Middle Income Access to Justice: Policy Options with Respect to Employment Law
Anthony Duggan, Azim Remani and Dennis Kao (Sidley Austin LLP), Middle Income Access to Justice: Policy Options with respect to Consumer and Debtor-Creditor Law
Part 9: Select Bibliography
