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If the Client’s income or financial circumstances change, they
must advise the Lawyer and Legal Aid Ontario immediately. Be
advised that the Lawyer is obligated, by law, to inform LAO of
such changes. In addition, the LAO Area Office will require the Client
to be financially reassessed every three months. They may be able to do
this by telephone and mail.
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If the Client’s financial situation improves, the Client may be
asked to pay regular contributions to LAO or place a lien in favour of
LAO on any property you own. If the Client’s financial situation gets
worse, and the Client has been making payments to LAO, those
payments may be reduced, postponed or excused altogether.
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The Lawyer is obligated to provide Legal Aid Ontario with respect
to the status of the Client’s current case and financial circumstances. As
a result of that information, be advised Legal Aid may elect to extend
or cancel the Client’s Legal Aid Certificate based on their assessment
of whether the use of public funds should be used to continue the
Client’s litigation.
Scope of Services
3.
: The Client requests the Lawyer to perform the services related to
the family law issues identified exclusively in the client’s Legal Aid Certificate.
The Client acknowledges the Lawyer is only able only to spend the amount of time that
is authorized by LAO to do any work on their case. That includes such things as the
Shawyer Family Law Limited Retainer Agreement
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