This Friday, criminal barristers in England and Wales will leave work not knowing when they’ll be back. I’m a criminal barrister and QC, and together with the vast majority of barristers in my profession, I voted in favour of this strike. Barristers are doing this with a heavy heart: we know it will add to the unprecedented backlog of cases in the crown court. So why are we taking this step? The answer is a simple one: those of us who…
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It tears barristers like me apart to strike, but the government has left us no choice | Simon Spence
