Barristers in Liverpool are set to join a national strike that could bring trials in the city’s crown courts to a halt for days at a time throughout the summer.
Over 80% of the Criminal Bar Association’s members voted to escalate a dispute between barristers and the government over Legal Aid funding that has been ongoing for months. The body, which represents criminal barristers, says the government is failing to invest an adequate amount of funding into the legal system, causing barristers to flee the profession and contributing to the courts backlog.
The results of the ballot of CBA members, announced this morning, means barristers will not work next Monday or Tuesday. The strikes would then continue for a number of weeks.
