Legal Aid - a Gateway to Justice

About Legal Aid - a Gateway to Justice

The documentary “Legal Aid - A Gateway to Justice 法援之道 ” is a co-production of Radio Television Hong Kong and the Legal Aid Department. It is a television series of six half hour episodes which will start broadcasting from 24th October 2022. The series features true legal aid cases showcasing how the Department safeguarded equality before the law and strived to serve the community in the past half century by telling stories about the Department’s history, development, and its services for Hong Kong. Whether they are criminal cases, personal injuries claims, or matrimonial disputes involving custody of their children, the Department will ensure that qualified applicants will not be deprived of justice because of lack of means. The “Legal Aid - A Gateway to Justice 法援之道 ” is a programme recording the Legal Aid Department’s effort for the past 50 years pursuit in serving the community and its contribution in upholding the Rule of Law.

Publisher

RTHK.HK

Category

government

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Oct 2022

Latest episode

27 Nov 2022

Latest episodes

6 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   27 Nov 2022

   Family Matters

   When a family dispute occurs and legal recourse is sought, the problems involved are usually more complicated than that of other cases. In the 1970’s, i.e. the early days of the Legal Aid Department (LAD) after its establishment, LAD started to handle...

2. 

   20 Nov 2022

   Labor Has a Price

   Generally speaking, issues of default in payment of wages are handled by the Labour Department. However, in some complicated situations, the Legal Aid Department (LAD) must step in to protect the interests of the employees. This episode will take two...

3. 

   13 Nov 2022

   Compensation for Injuries at Work

   In Hong Kong, the legislation regarding compensation to employees first appeared in 1953, and its scope of protection has been revised continuously since then. Nevertheless, there are still cases in which injured employees are not compensated from tim...

4. 

   6 Nov 2022

   Calling for Justice

   It has been more than 50 years since the establishment of the Legal Aid Department (LAD) which strives to ensure that any person who has reasonable grounds for taking or defending a legal action is not deprived from seeking justice because of lack of m...

5. 

   30 Oct 2022

   Outta the darkness

   Legal Aid Counsel Tammy HUI recalls that she assisted a lawyer to handle a legal aid case when she was serving pupillage in a private law firm. The victim Catherine LEUNG suffered from total paralysis as a result of her injury during a business trip t...

6. 

   23 Oct 2022

   A Marooned Man

   WONG is an elderly man in his eighties who worked hard most of his life to take care of his family. In 2015, WONG’s wife was paralysed by a stroke, and for a long time WONG took care of her all by himself, feeling isolated and helpless. He could not ...