Criminal barristers in England and Wales have voted to end their strike action after accepting a Government pay offer.
The Criminal Bar Association confirmed that their walkout would end at 6pm today following a row over years of Government cuts to legal aid fees.
Almost 57% of members voted to accept the pay offer from the Ministry of Justice, meaning crown courts will start hearing cases as normal on Tuesday.
Criminal barristers began an all-out walkout last month in protest over conditions and fees, including long-running cuts to legal aid.
Members of the CBA voted today to accept an offer from new Justice Secretary Brandon Lewis, which included 15% rise in fees for Government-funded defence work.
The CBA said: "The Criminal Justice System remains chronically underfunded. As a democratic organisation, we take our mandate from you.
"Your engagement has been overwhelming and we know that you remain committed to achieve a strong, sustainable, independent Criminal Bar for the future."
The CBA had been calling for a 25% increase but agreed to put the offer to its members, who accepted the Government's deal.
There had been anger that a planned 15% rise in legal aid fees due at end of September would only apply to new cases and not the 60,000-strong backlog of cases.
But now the MoJ has said the fee increase will apply to the "vast majority of cases currently in the crown court" as well as provide a pay rise for solicitors, with further measures due to be announced in the coming weeks.
The pay offer came after High Court judges ruled that delays to criminal trials affected by the ongoing strike may not be a good enough reason to keep defendants in custody on remand if the dispute continued beyond the end of November.
Justice Secretary Brandon Lewis said: "My priority in these first few weeks as Lord Chancellor has been to end CBA strike action and reduce delays for victims, and I'm glad that barristers have now agreed to return to work.
"This breakthrough is a result of coming together and restarting what I hope to be a constructive relationship as we work to drive down the backlog and ensure victims see justice done sooner."
