Barristers are staging court walkouts for several days in a dispute over legal aid funding
, and there are warnings of further action by public sector staff.
More than 1,000 cases will be impacted on each day of the strikes, the Criminal Bar Association said. However, a CBA spokesperson said the 15% pay rise would not land immediately since it would not apply to backlogged cases. "We have already suffered an average decrease in our real earnings of 28% since 2006 and juniors in their first three years of practice earn a median income of only £12,200, which is below minimum wage," he said.Meanwhile, more than a quarter of specialist criminal barristers - around 300 - quit in the last five years, he added.
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