Barristers who work in criminal law are on strike for the first time in a dispute about the Government’s failure to reverse cuts to their pay imposed in the aftermath of the financial crash. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Criminal barristers outside the Old Bailey, central London, on the first of several days of court walkouts. (PA) Barristers have ...

Criminal cases in courts across England and Wales face disruption for a second week as barristers pledge to extend their strike action into August. Rallies have taken outside the Royal Courts of ...

The legal profession needs a wake-up call. Barristers like me are continuing to face professional challenges because of inappropriate conduct from their colleagues – and even judges. In the Bar ...

Shaun Wallace, a barrister known to many as a TV quizzer on The Chase, spoke on the picket line outside the Royal Courts of Justice last month Barristers have voted to go on an indefinite, ...

White male counsel earn the most across profession in England and Wales Female barristers from minority ethnic backgrounds are the lowest paid while white male counsel receive the highest incomes, ...

Barristers and solicitors form the ultimate legal partnership, with an essential mutual reliance at its heart. But it is not always smooth sailing in the courtroom. Briana Everett and Claire Chaffey ...

Criminal barristers in England and Wales began strike action today demanding a 25 percent increase in fees paid for legal aid work. Under Britain’s legal aid system, the government pays for barristers ...

Barristers in private practice are self-employed – we are our own bosses and, theoretically, masters of our own time and working style. There is no punching in or out for work and it is up to us ...

Report by Bar Council’s race working group says ethnic minority barristers are paid less and are at greater risk of bullying Barristers from ethnic minority backgrounds in England and Wales find it ...

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Criminal barristers have voted to strike in an escalating dispute with the government over funding for trials. The vote by defence barristers is likely to cause chaos in the criminal courts in England ...