Barrister who led 2014 strike in England and Wales says further industrial action looks likely
A former barrister who led the first strike at the England and Wales bar has said he “can’t see any alternative” to fresh industrial action in a dispute over legal aid fees.
Nigel Lithman QC said conditions and morale were worse now than when barristers walked out in 2014 over the same complaint – that pay for publicly funded work was too low. At that time he was head of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA); he went on to become a judge, and retired last year.