Legal Aid — Canada — Northwest Territories law | Esheria

Legal Aid

This Act sets up the Northwest Territories Legal Aid Commission and the Executive Director’s role in deciding eligibility, authorizing services, using lawyer panels, and handling contributions and appeals.

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Jurisdiction
Canada — Northwest Territories
Instrument
Act or statute
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
en
Official source
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Statute overview

About this statute

This Act sets up the Northwest Territories Legal Aid Commission and the Executive Director’s role in deciding eligibility, authorizing services, using lawyer panels, and handling contributions and appeals. This part lets the Executive Director manage legal aid case assignments and claims, sets limits on lawyers assigning other lawyers, protects certain communications as privileged, allows some conflict-of-interest exceptions, requires periodic legislative review, and authorizes regulations.