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Use of paralegals set to push down legal fees in Canada
Experiments to allow paralegals to work under qualified lawyers are set to push down prices for legal work in parts of Canada.
Canada: changes on paralegals doomu
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The claim is made in Library Voices, 'the voices of education' in Canada, in relation to developments in Alberta and Ottowa. The site says: 'With increased competition, mostly from lower cost providers, the price of legal services will definitely stagnate, flat line, or perhaps even fall as a result of this change.' The article claims that 'a nice price inflation for legal fees' that might otherwise have taken place 'may not happen now' and will spread to other countries which have not yet gone the same path, including the US, 'in some form'. Source: Library Voices
