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https://www.ft.com/content/b6734dd9-68e9-4368-ad7c-5d47fd977bbc
An exodus of barristers from the legal profession is hampering UK government attempts to reduce the spiralling backlog in criminal cases that has built up during the pandemic. The number of outstanding cases waiting to be heard by crown courts in England and Wales has been rising sharply since coronavirus hit in March last year, reaching 60,692 cases at the end of June, figures released by the Ministry of Justice showed. Since the start of the pandemic, the backlog has risen by 19,000 with some trials pushed as far back as 2023, raising concerns about the impact on victims waiting years for justice and defendants on remand.
But the Criminal Bar Association has warned that clearing the backlog is being hindered by a shortage of barristers. Falling rates of pay, in large part due to cuts in legal aid over the past decade, have led to an exodus from the profession and made it less attractive to young people.
Tory Austerity cuts - cutting their way to prosperity hasn't worked but it's an easy sell to the baying DM mob.
Yet they get to call themselves as the Law & Order party.
An exodus of barristers from the legal profession is hampering UK government attempts to reduce the spiralling backlog in criminal cases that has built up during the pandemic. The number of outstanding cases waiting to be heard by crown courts in England and Wales has been rising sharply since coronavirus hit in March last year, reaching 60,692 cases at the end of June, figures released by the Ministry of Justice showed. Since the start of the pandemic, the backlog has risen by 19,000 with some trials pushed as far back as 2023, raising concerns about the impact on victims waiting years for justice and defendants on remand.
But the Criminal Bar Association has warned that clearing the backlog is being hindered by a shortage of barristers. Falling rates of pay, in large part due to cuts in legal aid over the past decade, have led to an exodus from the profession and made it less attractive to young people.
Tory Austerity cuts - cutting their way to prosperity hasn't worked but it's an easy sell to the baying DM mob.
Yet they get to call themselves as the Law & Order party.
