Criminal Bar Association

As barristers ballot on strike action enters final hour

Some legal aid lawyers earning £5 an hour

‘This stuff is not complicated, so let’s get on with it’, says Chris Henley QC

52% 👍 48% 👎

Protest escalation suspended last week following ‘breakthrough’ talks with government

Barristers will continue to refuse new publicly-funded cases

Nearly 100 chambers are now refusing to take new publicly-funded cases

Barristers have been refusing to take new publicly-funded cases since April 1

Decision taken with ‘heavy hearts’

Simon Spence’s controversial comments appear in his election manifesto

Bar Council’s radical plans gain further support

Top crime QC says bar course only benefits law schools and London’s landlords

Tony Cross QC triggers outrage as he calls for more time to negotiate with ministers

On Easter Sunday, anonymous Twitter sensation @LawVicissitudes tweeted this cheekily blasphemous gag: What people don’t…

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