Legal Aid Research Series Court Side Study of Adult Unrepresented Accused in the Provincial Criminal Courts Part 1: Overview Report
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Figure 5.7 Variation in Time Per Case/Appearance by Type of Representation Case Appearances Directly Observed in Non-trial Courtrooms: Median/ 75th Percentile Time (minutes) per Case/Appearance by Type of Representation at Appearance: by Site
| Representation at Appearance |
St. John’s |
Halifax |
Bathurst |
Sherbrooke |
Scarborough |
Brandon |
Edmonton |
Regina |
Kelowna |
| Self-represented |
2/434/8 |
2/3 |
4/7 |
½ |
1.5/2 |
n/a |
1/1 |
2/4 |
2/4 |
| Duty Counsel |
4/123n/a |
6/7 |
1/2 |
n/a |
2/4 |
n/a |
1/3 |
2/62 |
3/6 |
| Private Counsel (including duty counsel, agent or paralegal for private counsel) |
n/a3,43/63/103,43/7 |
2/35 |
3/6 |
5/10 |
2/4 |
n/a |
1/2 |
2/61,22/3 |
2/5 |
Notes
- * Because of missing data, it is not possible to specify this value more precisely.
- 1. Legal aid staff (other than duty counsel).
- 2. Regina data does not distinguish between duty counsel and legal aid staff acting in another capacity. Percentage shown includes both.
- 3. For St. John’s, first pair of numbers relates to 1st appearance court, second pair to 9:30 a.m. non-trial appearances in trial courts.
- 4. For St. John’s,1st two pairs of numbers are provided for legal aid staff, and 2nd two pairs for non-legal aid private lawyers.
