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A leading QC has said his colleagues are ready strike unless the coalition calls off its drastic cuts to legal aid.
The usually conservative Criminal Bar Association aired the prospect of industrial action on Saturday following a protest at Lincoln's Inn - the London house at which barristers across England and Wales receive their licence to practice.
Association chairman Nigel Lithman QC said his union was prepared to escalate to a full walkout by January next year if their warnings went unheeded.
The government’s case for abolishing most jury trials doesn’t stand up to scrutiny, argues KIM JOHNSON MP – and it must be stopped before it does lasting damage to democracy
Britain’s proud asylum history, from sheltering the Kindertransport escaping Hitler to Basque children fleeing fascist Spain, required tireless campaigning against persistent opposition — and it’s up to all of us to do our part today, writes SABINA PRICE
