Poor rates for barristers hitting diversity within legal profession, government told
The justice system is at a “tipping point” following decades of underfunding, with some barristers earning less than the minimum wage, the Treasury has been warned.
In an open letter before the government’s annual spending review, the Bar Council, which represents 17,000 barristers, said those on government fees could earn the equivalent of £6.25 an hour “despite their central role in clearing the 500,000-plus backlog of cases in the criminal courts”.
