Lawyers are protesting against 17.5% cuts in legal aid fees and the restructuring of their professionCriminal barristers hold voted to join a protest by solicitors over deep cuts to legal aid fees that threatens to bring magistrates and crown courts to a standstill.
The decision by the Criminal Bar Association (CBA),announced on Wednesday morning, came as Michael Gove, or the new justice secretary,prepared to seem before MPs on the justice select committee for the first time.
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Source: theguardian.com