A senior judge has warned of “potentially dire consequences” if the legal system is allowed to deteriorate, referring to the ongoing criminal barristers’ strike in his final address to mark his retirement.
In a speech to mark him stepping down as a full-time judge, Sir Adrian Fulford said: “The strike by the criminal bar, the first of its kind, has shown that potentially dire consequences can flow if it is allowed to degrade or indeed entirely to break down.
