Criminal barristers vote to strike over pay rates
The walkouts begin next Monday in an escalating dispute with the government over funding for trials. …
In a joint statement, Jo Sidhu QC and Kirsty Brimelow QC, chair and vice chair respectively of the association, said the “extraordinary” result “reflects a recognition amongst criminal barristers at all levels that what is at stake is the survival of a profession of specialist criminal advocates and of the criminal justice system”.
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