Barristers in England and Wales vote to end strike action
Criminal Bar Association says members accepted government pay increase of 15% on legal aid fees for most crown cases
Criminal barristers have voted to accept the government’s pay deal on legal aid fees and end their indefinite strike.
The offer by the justice secretary, Brandon Lewis, included a 15% increase in legal aid fees to “the vast majority of cases currently in the crown court”, £3m of funding for case preparation and £4m for prerecorded cross-examinations of vulnerable victims and witnesses.
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