Court Site Study of Adult Unrepresented Accused in the Provincial Criminal Courts (Part 2: Site Reports)
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: The National Court Site Study of Unrepresented Accused
- Chapter 2: Regina
- 2.1 Objectives and methodology
- 2.1.1 Report format
- 2.1.2 Methodology
- 2.2 Context of the court and legal aid
- 2.2.1 The community
- 2.2.2 The court
- 2.2.3 The legal aid system
- 2.2.4 Duty counsel
- 2.2.5 Other sources of assistance
- 2.3 Frequency of accused appearing without representation
- 2.4 Other types of representation
- 2.5 Impact of self-representation on the accused
- 2.6 Further impacts of lack of representation
- 2.7 Overall conclusions
- 2.1 Objectives and methodology
- Chapter 3: Halifax, Nova Scotia
- 3.1 Objectives, format and methodology
- 3.1.1 Objectives
- 3.1.2 Report format
- 3.1.3 Methodology
- 3.2 Context of the court and legal aid
- 3.2.1 The community
- 3.2.2 The court
- 3.2.3 Legal aid
- 3.2.4 Duty counsel
- 3.2.5 Disclosure
- 3.2.6 Other sources of assistance
- 3.3 Frequency of accused appearing without representation
- 3.4 Other types of representation
- 3.5 Impact of self-representation on the accused
- 3.6 Further impacts of lack of representation
- 3.7 Overall conclusions
- 3.1 Objectives, format and methodology
- Chapter 4: Brandon, Manitoba
- 4.1 Objectives, report format and methodology
- 4.1.1 Objectives
- 4.1.2 Report format
- 4.1.3 Methodology
- 4.1.4 An important caveat
- 4.2 Context of the court and legal aid
- 4.2.1 The community
- 4.2.2 The court
- 4.2.3 Legal aid
- 4.2.4 Duty counsel
- 4.2.5 Disclosure
- 4.3 Frequency of accused appearing without representation
- 4.4 Other types of representation
- 4.5 Impact of self-representation on the accused
- 4.6 Further impacts of lack of representation
- 4.7 Overall conclusions
- 4.1 Objectives, report format and methodology
- Chapter 5: Edmonton, Alberta
- 5.1 Objectives and methodology
- 5.2 Context of the court and legal aid
- 5.2.1 The community
- 5.2.2 The court
- 5.2.3 Legal aid
- 5.2.4 Duty counsel
- 5.3 Frequency of unrepresented accused
- 5.4 Evidence on the impacts of lack of representation
- 5.5 Overall conclusions
- Chapter 6: Bathurst, New Brunswick
- Chapter 7: St. John's, Newfoundland
- 7.1 Objectives, report format and methodology
- 7.1.1 Report format
- 7.1.2 Methodology
- 7.1.3 An important caveat
- 7.2 Context of the court and legal aid
- 7.2.1 The community
- 7.2.2 The court
- 7.2.3 Legal aid
- 7.2.4 Duty counsel
- 7.2.5 Disclosure
- 7.3 Frequency of accused appearing without representation
- 7.4 Other types of representation
- 7.5 Impact of self-representation on the accused
- 7.6 Further impacts of lack of representation
- 7.7 Overall conclusions
- 7.1 Objectives, report format and methodology
- Chapter 8: Kelowna, British Columbia
- 8.1 Objectives and methodology
- 8.2 Context of the court and legal aid
- 8.2.1 The community
- 8.2.2 The court
- 8.2.3 Legal aid
- 8.2.4 Duty counsel
- 8.3 Frequency of unrepresented accused
- 8.4 Evidence on the impacts of a lack of representation
- 8.5 Overall conclusions
- Chapter 9: Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario
- 9.1 Objectives and methodology
- 9.1.1 Report format
- 9.1.2 Methodology
- 9.2 Context of the court and legal aid
- 9.2.1 The community
- 9.2.2 The court
- 9.2.3 Legal aid
- 9.2.4 Duty counsel
- 9.2.5 Disclosure
- 9.2.6 Other Groups available to assist the accused
- 9.3 Frequency of accused appearing without representation
- 9.4 Other types of representation
- 9.5 Impact of self-representation on the accused
- 9.6 Further impacts of lack of representation
- 9.7 Overall conclusions
- 9.1 Objectives and methodology
- Chapter 10: Sherbrooke, Quebec
- 10.1 Objectives and methodology
- 10.2 Context of the court and legal aid
- 10.2.1 The community
- 10.2.2 The court
- 10.2.3 Legal aid
- 10.2.4 Duty counsel
- 10.3 Frequency of unrepresented accused
- 10.4 Evidence on the impacts of lack of representation
- 10.5 Overall conclusions
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