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A Bar Council snapshot survey of chambers around England and Wales has revealed that the proposed cuts to criminal legal aid fees
would force many barristers to leave publicly funded criminal work while several chambers said they would be unable to offer pupillages
and one chambers feared closure. The proposed cuts are contained in the Ministry of Justice Consultation Paper, “Legal Aid: Funding
Reforms”. The consultation period closed on 12 November and the Bar Council, the Criminal Bar Association, young barristers and
regional Circuits have opposed the cuts, claiming they could drive barristers away from publicly funded criminal defence work, and create a potential risk of miscarriage of justice. Criminal Bar Association Chairman, Paul Mendelle QC said: “The cuts proposed in this paper are an unjustified and unprincipled attack on criminal legal aid. The government has gone back on the agreement made a mere two years ago following the Carter review.”
A Bar Council snapshot survey of chambers around England and Wales has revealed that the proposed cuts to criminal legal aid fees
would force many barristers to leave publicly funded criminal work while several chambers said they would be unable to offer pupillages
and one chambers feared closure. The proposed cuts are contained in the Ministry of Justice Consultation Paper, “Legal Aid: Funding
Reforms”. The consultation period closed on 12 November and the Bar Council, the Criminal Bar Association, young barristers and
regional Circuits have opposed the cuts, claiming they could drive barristers away from publicly funded criminal defence work, and create a potential risk of miscarriage of justice. Criminal Bar Association Chairman, Paul Mendelle QC said: “The cuts proposed in this paper are an unjustified and unprincipled attack on criminal legal aid. The government has gone back on the agreement made a mere two years ago following the Carter review.”
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