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Challenges will come, say lawyers opposing change to Newfoundland legal aid law

Friday, March 23, 2018 @ 8:19 AM | By Terry Davidson

Court challenges are expected as Newfoundland axes the option legal aid recipients had of turning to the private bar for defence in the most serious of criminal cases.

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