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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Flora Thompson

Warning of ‘disruptive action’ from solicitors in pay row with Government

PA Wire

Solicitors are being pushed towards taking “disruptive action” in a row with the Government over pay for legal aid work, the Law Society of England and Wales has warned.

The body representing solicitors said an escalation of industrial action was “near inevitable” over the Government’s “baffling refusal” to grant a 15% rise in fees for criminal defence work.

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