The Law and Justice Foundation of New South Wales this year issued a report of unmet legal needs of Australians. That report, Legal Australia-Wide Survey Legal Needs in Australia, issued in August of this year, 2012, boasts that it is "largest legal needs survey to date conducted anywhere in the world" with 20,716 survey participants.
The survey discovered that while 50 percent of respondents experienced one or more legal problems in the past year. The most prevent legal problems were consumer issues, crime, housing, and access to government services, and almost half of the 50% experienced three or more legal problems within the year.
Although Australia is such a distance from our shores, the similarity of findings between this survey and those covering our nation, not to mention in nations in between, seem to indicate a world wide issue to address.
The survey found that even when recognizing legal problems at issue, many refrained from taking action because of the length of time between complaint to resolution, the cost required to engage counsel, and stress involved. Although I am not presently concentrating on American surveys, I am completely sure that surveys conducted in America would come to similar conclusions.
Assuming I am right that the findings of this survey in comparison with similar surveys in America and England reflect worldwide problems, perhaps it is necessary for international lawyer groups to collaborate on unmet legal needs throughout the planet, and what international standards might be necessary to assure that citizens of the world have relatively equal access to courts to address legal needs.
The survey discovered that while 50 percent of respondents experienced one or more legal problems in the past year. The most prevent legal problems were consumer issues, crime, housing, and access to government services, and almost half of the 50% experienced three or more legal problems within the year.
Although Australia is such a distance from our shores, the similarity of findings between this survey and those covering our nation, not to mention in nations in between, seem to indicate a world wide issue to address.
The survey found that even when recognizing legal problems at issue, many refrained from taking action because of the length of time between complaint to resolution, the cost required to engage counsel, and stress involved. Although I am not presently concentrating on American surveys, I am completely sure that surveys conducted in America would come to similar conclusions.
Assuming I am right that the findings of this survey in comparison with similar surveys in America and England reflect worldwide problems, perhaps it is necessary for international lawyer groups to collaborate on unmet legal needs throughout the planet, and what international standards might be necessary to assure that citizens of the world have relatively equal access to courts to address legal needs.
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