BC legal aid tries to replace services closed by budget cuts. (Justice).VANCOUVER -- The Legal Services Society The Legal Services Society (LSS) is the legal aid provider in British Columbia, Canada. Its mission is to help low-income people solve their legal problems by providing a spectrum of services that promotes their effective participation in the justice system. has replaced legal aid offices closed because of provinical funding cuts with a system of regional centres, local agents and a toll-free telephone line. Following a cut of almost 40% legal representation is still provided for: * family cases involving domestic violence or a parent threatening to permanently move their children out of the province; * child apprehension matters; * criminal cases where conviction is likely to result in imprisonment Imprisonment See also Isolation. Alcatraz Island former federal maximum security penitentiary, near San Francisco; “escapeproof.” [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 218] Altmark, the German prison ship in World War II. [Br. Hist. , loss of employment, or deportation deportation, expulsion of an alien from a country by an act of its government. The term is not applied ordinarily to sending a national into exile or to committing one convicted of crime to an overseas penal colony (historically called transportation). ; * immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. hearings that could result in deportation. People can apply for legal aid and get legal information through seven regional centres operated by the Society, 18 local agents--private bar lawyers funded by LSS--and a call centre. The Society is still trying to find local agents for six additional communities. The toll-free call centre is focusing on poverty law and legal problems for which representation is unavailable. Regional centres and most local agents provide LIS LIS - Langage Implementation Systeme. A predecessor of Ada developed by Ichbiah in 1973. It was influenced by Pascal's data structures and Sue's control structures. A type declaration can have a low-level implementation specification. kiosks where clients can access the Society's website and other legal resources on the Internet. 604-601-6004 |
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