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In 2014, barristers called their first ever strike for a half day to protest cuts to the legal aid budget. [8] 25 percent of barristers have left the profession since 2017 and an additional 25 percent plan to quit. Due to lack of barristers, 280 trials could not be held in the three months prior to 2022. [3]
Nina Grahame QC, who was also taking part in the strike, said the situation had reached “tipping point” as junior barristers “cannot survive” on average annual earnings of £12,200 and ...
Criminal barristers in England and Wales have conducted a series of walkouts since April in a row with the Government over pay and conditions and on September 5 began continuous, indefinite strike ...
Solicitors and barristers on strike in fees dispute. Barristers begin four-week strike over legal aid. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement. In Other News. Entertainment. Entertainment. CNN.
The Criminal Bar Association is taking action in a dispute over conditions and Government set fees for legal aid advocacy work.
The strike, which commenced at 7.00am on 24 February, was the tenth to be staged by junior doctors during their dispute. [163] On 20 March, junior doctors in England voted in favour of continuing their industrial action for a further six months, with 98% of the 62% of respondents voting to continue the dispute. [164]
The Director of Public Prosecutions had brought a challenge against decisions made in two separate cases in Bristol and Manchester.
Similar concerns were reflected by strike action around the same time more widely in UK professional classes: junior doctors undertook their first strikes in the history of the National Health Service (England) in 2015–16, while barristers began strike action on 1 April 2018. [47]