Legal aid
Legal aid: Law Society seeks permission to challenge government in High Court
Row over fees looks set to escalate
‘Our criminal justice system is quite literally being held together by duct tape — action is needed now’
Fundamental change is required to avoid a ‘complete collapse’, warns solicitor advocate Ben Brown
Law Society warns aspiring criminal solicitors they’re ‘highly unlikely’ to earn ‘reasonable’ income following ‘real-terms cut’ on legal aid fees
Government chooses not follow 15% minimum rise recommendation
‘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’
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Criminal justice: A system on its knees
With wigs and gowns on picket lines outside Crown courts around England and Wales, Liverpool Uni law student Jakob Fletcher-Stega makes the argument for increased legal aid fees and asserts the necessity of the ongoing strike
Barrister performs guitar solo to raise awareness for criminal bar strikes
🎵 Save legal aid, magna carta was made to protect people like you 🎵
Deterred from justice: The criminal bar’s darkest hour
Years of underfunding has created a retention and recruitment crisis, writes aspiring barrister Edmund Mawoko
I earned £7k more as a barista, says criminal barrister
Garden Court North’s Rosalind Burgin makes depressing pay comparison as full-blown strike action looms
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
Criminal barristers to strike as row over legal aid escalates
Walkouts from next Monday
Criminal law not an attractive long-term career, say 81% of junior lawyers
Low pay 👎 long hours 👎 poor work-life balance 👎
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