A Duty counsel is a court appointed lawyer in the Canadian criminal justice system. A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person Criminal justice is the system of practices and organizations used by national and local governments directed at maintaining Social control, deterring The lawyer is often the first legal advice given to a detained respondent. The Duty Counsel is the arrested person's representative to the court, unless the accused has secured other legal advice. Persons arrested and informed of their rights will have to be informed of their right to speak with a Duty Counsel before answering questions. The Duty Counsel may be in the court docket, responding to the appearance of the detained person serially, or the Duty Counsel may be available over the phone after a person is arrested.
Duty counsel is also available in family law and child protection cases. Family law is an area of the Law that deals with family-related issues and Domestic relations including but not limited to the nature of Child protection is used to describe a set of usually government-run services designed to protect Children and encourage Family stability Duty counsel will advise clients and sometimes speak for them in court, but will not take on cases in the long-term. They can also assist with paperwork and, depending on the court, attend case conferences with clients. A settlement conference is a meeting between opposing sides of a Lawsuit at which the parties attempt to reach a mutually agreeable resolution of their Dispute without [1]
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- ^ Provincial Court family duty counsel (HTML). In the United Kingdom and several other Commonwealth countries a duty solicitor (or in Canada a duty counsel) is a Solicitor whose services In the United States, a public defender is an Attorney whose duty is to provide legal representation to people who are charged with a crime or other offense Legal Advice. Legal Services Society. Retrieved on 2008-02-23. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable
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