Tag: Criminal Bar Association

Raab returns as Lord Chancellor in Rishi reshuffle
Brandon Lewis out weeks after striking barrister pay deal

‘The day the bar died’: Criminal barristers react to legal aid deal
Disappointment, frustration and calls for collective unity

Striking criminal barristers to vote on government legal aid offer
£54 million pay package follows 'constructive talks'

Barrister performs guitar solo to raise awareness for criminal bar strikes
🎵 Save legal aid, magna carta was made to protect people like you 🎵

Criminal barristers go on strike – how did we get here?
Indefinite, uninterrupted strike starts today

Have I Got News For You slammed for ‘insulting’ strike gag
Criminal barristers fail to see funny side of Twitter post

Criminal barristers to vote on ‘uninterrupted strike action’
Move would be an escalation of alternating weeks of action adopted since late June

Anonymous criminal barrister posts breakdown of entire year’s earnings on Twitter — less than £20,000
£19.5k BEFORE chambers rent, insurance and practising certificate

Criminal bar strike in pics 📸
Barristers join picket lines across the country

Top criminal chambers pledge support for ‘no returns’ as barrister action begins
Move comes in response to 'unacceptably low' legal aid fees

Not enough! Criminal bar responds to government’s £135 million legal aid pledge
Lord Chancellor accepts recommendation of independent review -- but bar chief warns move won't stop colleagues quitting

Legal aid reform: Criminal barristers vote overwhelmingly in favour of direct action
No returns from 11 April ❌

Criminal barristers vote to take action if government does not increase legal aid
'Justice system on its knees', say bar leaders

Top commercial chambers to fund criminal pupillage cancelled due to COVID-19
Keating Chambers stumps up £20,000

Criminal barristers ask for early billing to ease potential cashflow crises
Coronavirus: Criminal Bar Association wants barristers to be paid before trials are over

Criminal barristers call off strike
Over 60% of CBA members vote to suspend action

Junior crime barristers accuse government of ‘divide and rule’ tactics over pay deal
Open letter urges criminal lawyers to remain united

Criminal barristers negotiate improved pay deal — days after voting for national walkout
CBA says it will be recommending its members accept 'interim measures'

Criminal barristers vote for national walkout
Row over fees set to escalate