Legal Aid, Courtworker, and Public Legal Education and Information Needs in the Northwest Territories

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Table 7: Legal Aid Application Denials

Criminal Adult

	1999 – 2000	2000 – 2001	2001 – 2002
Total Applications	804	500	479
Total Denied	92	50	62
Percentage Denied	11%	10%	13%

Criminal Youth

	1999 – 2000	2000 – 2001	2001 – 2002
Total Applications	63	48	57
Total Denied	4	5	4
Percentage Denied	6%	10%	7%

Civil

	1999 – 2000	2000 – 2001	2001 – 2002
Total Applications	42	50	41
Total Denied	26	31	24
Percentage Denied	62%	62%	59%

Family

	1999 – 2000	2000 – 2001	2001 – 2002
Total Applications	803	676	569
Total Denied	329	316	188
Percentage Denied	41%	47%	33%

Combined

	1999 – 2000	2000 – 2001	2001 – 2002
Total Applications	1712	1277	1146
Total Denied	451	402	278
Percentage Denied	26%	31%	24%

Notes:

1. Source: compiled from Access to Justice Claims.
2. 1999–2000 data include applications and denials from what is now Nunavut.

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