A study of self represented litigants in the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island

Information from all of the returned surveys was collected and used to develop eight recommendations to be forwarded (with one other) to Community Legal Information Association, the Law Foundation, the Office of the Attorney General and the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island. [...] Of particular note, in 2001, the Honourable Gerard E. Mitchell, the Chief Justice of Prince Edward Island, in co- operation with the Office of the Attorney General, the Law Society and the PEI Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, established a Task Force on Access to Justice1. [...] The purpose of the survey was to get some idea from the users of the civil justice system as to what they perceive are the strengths and weaknesses of the system. [...] The purpose of this review is to better identify the specific challenges to each of the stakeholders as well as to identify the solutions developed in other jurisdictions, with a view to developing a customized approach specific to the needs of Prince Edward Island. [...] In this connection, the self-represented litigants’ project in the Province of Nova Scotia is particularly deserving of close study.” Following the submission of the final report and the winding-up of the Task Force, an Implementation Steering Committee was established to continue the access to justice work.