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Evening Standard
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Tristan Kirk

Barristers in England and Wales vote in favour of all-out ‘indefinite’ strike

Barristers have overwhelmingly voted for an indefinite strike as the row with government over legal aid threatens to cripple the criminal justice system.

The legal profession is at loggerheads with ministers over public funding for criminal justice, arguing the government is not acting swiftly or doing enough to fix their ailing industry.

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