It's an escalation of industrial action over pay which started earlier this year.
Barristers in England and Wales began the uninterrupted strike, in an escalation of industrial action over pay which started in April.The Criminal Bar Association wants a 25per cent rise in legal aid fees for representing defendants who could not otherwise afford lawyers.
At Shrewsbury Crown Court Judge Peter Barrie explained to several defendants that there were no-one in court to represent them because of the industrial action. It says the criminal justice system has been run down by years of underfunding, with some junior barristers making less than the hourly minimum wage and more than a quarter having quit the profession in the past five years.
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