About Sarah Eadie
LL.B. (U of A), M.A. (U of A), B.A. (McGill). Sarah Eadie is a staff lawyer at the Edmonton Community Legal Centre, where she is part of a team of lawyers who practice poverty law in the area of civil litigation. Prior to her work at the ECLC, Sarah worked as a criminal defence barrister. She has a strong interest in poverty law, particularly in the areas of access to justice, human rights, and employment law including the rights of migrant and temporary foreign workers.
Here’s a link to a SLAW post by Manitoba lawyer Karen Dyck: http://www.slaw.ca/2016/03/23/making-a-list-barriers-to-access-to-justice/ In this blog post, the writer presents an itemized list of “barriers that stand between ordinary people with legal problems and their effective access to justice,” but … Continue reading →
Posted in Poverty law, Public Policy, Uncategorized
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Tagged access to justice, accomodation, barriers, Emerging Needs, legal fees, legal system, mistrust, Poverty law, resources
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This is a repost of University of Calgary Professor Jennifer Koshan’s recently published wishlist of matters for the new provincial Status of Women Ministry (together with the Ministry of Justice) to address. http://ablawg.ca/2016/01/15/status-of-women-deputy-minister-visits-the-university-of-calgary-a-wish-list/ A suggestion of key interest to us … Continue reading →
Posted in Civil Litigation, Human Rights / Constitutional Law, Public Policy, Uncategorized
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Tagged access to justice, Alberta, Alberta Human Rights Act, Alberta Human Rights Commission, discrimination, Edmonton Community Legal Centre, employment, equality, Homelessness, lawyers, Ministry of Justice, Ministry on Status of Women, poverty, Poverty law, social condition, social disadvantage
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Please find below a link to a post from accesstojustice.net, authored by internationally-renowned access to justice expert Richard Zorza. In it, Mr. Zorza, who coordinates the (American) national Self Represented Litigation Network, comments on the compliance and efficiency benefits of … Continue reading →
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Tagged access to justice, accomodation, court, Court Orders, Emerging Needs, Employment Agencies, English fluency, ESL, immigrants, lawyers, literacy, OPCA Litigants, Poverty law, Residential Tenancies Act, Richard Zorza, technology, Temporary Foreign Workers, translation
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Co-Authored by Sarah Eadie and Kaila Eadie Online, plain language, self-help resources are commonly touted as important tools in our efforts to increase access to justice. British Columbia has created a web portal (Clicklaw), designed to be the primary electronic … Continue reading →
Posted in Civil Litigation, Legal Resources, Public Policy, Uncategorized
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Tagged access to justice, accomodation, discrimination, internet, literacy, online, resources, self-help
This post comments on a recent Employment Standards Umpire decision, 639299 Alberta Ltd v Meganathan, 2013 CanLII 87001 [Bistro India], which was unusual in that it required seven days of hearing. The employer, a numbered company which operated a restaurant, … Continue reading →
Two weeks ago, ABlawg.ca published an interesting case comment by Linda McKay-Panos on a recent Alberta Court of Appeal decision clarifying the distinction between aggressive panhandling and robbery. McKay-Panos examines the Court’s reasoning and findings, and concludes that the line … Continue reading →
There are many occasions when poverty law advocates, including lawyers, would benefit from written legal information to provide to clients: for example, when they meet clients with several presenting issues, but can address only 1 or 2; or just to … Continue reading →
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