Criminal barristers strike over legal aid fees and working conditions
Criminal barristers strike over legal aid fees and working conditions
Barristers on the picket line outside the Old Bailey in London (Picture: PA)
Hundreds of criminal barristers in England and Wales have begun strike action over legal aid funding and working conditions.
Today’s walkout is the first of 14 days’ action planned over the next four weeks.
As well as staging court walkouts barristers are refusing to accept new cases and to carry out ‘return work’ –…
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