Published on September 29, 2014

Published on September 29, 2014

David Mahoney, a legal aid lawyer in Truro, is thrilled there are more services being offered through legal aid. The improvements will extend its reach to more people, he said. Monique Chiasson Truro Daily News

Published on September 29, 2014

Robert Moores, managing lawyer with legal aid in Truro, wants the community to know there have been many improvements to the legal aid system. Changes mean access to legal aid is available to more people. Monique Chiasson Truro Daily News

TRURO A number of changes have been taking place in legal aid for the better, say local lawyers.

Robert Moores, managing lawyer of legal aid in Truro, and David Mahoney, also a local legal aid lawyer, want the community to know there are new and ongoing changes to the system that will benefit people in many ways.

One of the improvements is attempting to increase the amount of access people have to legal representation.

Legal aid has traditionally been seen as providing services to a limited amount of core areas to the very poor, said Moores.

Now, Moores said, the service is being extended to the working poor, who are defined as people who have a full-time job but only have a little extra money; not enough surplus for lawyers fees, for example.

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