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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]
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 ...
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 ...
Mick Lynch at RMT solidarity strike rally at London Kings Cross, 25 June 2022. Following a ballot of National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers members over whether to take industrial action, it was announced on 24 May 2022 that they had voted in favour of strike action, paving the way for the UK's first national rail strike for three decades. [1]
The Director of Public Prosecutions had brought a challenge against decisions made in two separate cases in Bristol and Manchester.
Members of the Criminal Bar Association are being balloted on an indefinite strike that would start on September 5. Barristers balloted on escalating action to an all-out strike Skip to main content
Collective action in the United Kingdom including the right to strike in UK labour law is the main support for collective bargaining. Although the right to strike (or "industrial action" traditionally) has attained the status, since 1906, of a fundamental human right, protected in domestic case law, statute, the European Convention on Human Rights and international law, the rules in statute ...
Action took place earlier this week in a dispute over pay and conditions.