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Technology is the Answer…But What Was the Question? Experiments in the Delivery of Legal Services to Regional, Rural and Remote Clients

Hunter, Rosemary and Banks, Cate and Giddings, Jeff (2007) Technology is the Answer…But What Was the Question? Experiments in the Delivery of Legal Services to Regional, Rural and Remote Clients. In: Pleasence, Pascoe and Buck, Alexy and Balmer, Nigel J., eds. Transforming Lives: Law and Social Process. TSO (The Stationary Office), London, pp. 133-160. ISBN 0-11-702146-6. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:1700)

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Abstract

Australian Legal Aid Commissions have devised a range of innovative legal services in attempts to maximise the reach of legal aid funds in the context of government funding restrictions. Through a series of case studies, the authors sought to determine the extent to which these services meet clients’ needs while representing an efficient use of limited legal aid resources. This paper focuses on two of the case studies of technology-based services: a community legal centre set up to provide legal information, advice and minor assistance to remote communities by means of videoconferencing; and a telephone hotline providing information, dispute resolution options, legal advice and referrals to callers from non-metropolitan Australia. Both

services were designed to assist clients in regional, rural and remote parts of Australia who would otherwise have extremely limited access to legal services. The paper

concludes, however, that these were both failed experiments.

Item Type: Book section
Subjects: K Law
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > Kent Law School
Depositing User: A. Davies
Date Deposited: 19 Dec 2007 19:10 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:40 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/1700 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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