– First of all, the money (which was cut after the crash) has been static since 2011 or so (if not earlier?) and inflation has seriously eaten into it.
– The second issue is as is set out in the article. Some people will say, take on more cases, but the danger there is that people overlook that counsel down the CCJ and associated courts are representing people. A criminal sentence can have enormous repercussions and overworked lawyers make mistakes. People are in a chaotic system with no guarantee of any money and at the mercy of a byzantine bureaucracy and some very predatory solicitors don’t help.
There’s another issue however, and one which is underremarked upon. There is a developing shortage of criminal barristers. In the good old days, a mixed criminal and civil practice was reasonably common, but with the move to Parkgate Street, that’s much harder to achieve. Many don’t bother trying.
There’s beginning to become a problem with finding counsel willing to dedicate themselves to criminal work. A lack of criminal lawyers will have serious consequences for the criminal justice system.
So Anne doesn’t really do anything apart from accepting new clients and run between courtrooms and still gets paid?
She has a real talent for picking up nixers in between nixers
How much money should barristers earn?
What’s the ideal average in the 1st,2nd,3rd, etc decade?
What should the upper limit be and what should the lower limit be?
I really need to know this to gauge the nature of the problem. One thing I do know is that the legal profession as a whole absolutely gouges the state, so no new money should be absorbed by it.
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So go drive a taxi again!
There’s two issues at play:-
– First of all, the money (which was cut after the crash) has been static since 2011 or so (if not earlier?) and inflation has seriously eaten into it.
– The second issue is as is set out in the article. Some people will say, take on more cases, but the danger there is that people overlook that counsel down the CCJ and associated courts are representing people. A criminal sentence can have enormous repercussions and overworked lawyers make mistakes. People are in a chaotic system with no guarantee of any money and at the mercy of a byzantine bureaucracy and some very predatory solicitors don’t help.
There’s another issue however, and one which is underremarked upon. There is a developing shortage of criminal barristers. In the good old days, a mixed criminal and civil practice was reasonably common, but with the move to Parkgate Street, that’s much harder to achieve. Many don’t bother trying.
There’s beginning to become a problem with finding counsel willing to dedicate themselves to criminal work. A lack of criminal lawyers will have serious consequences for the criminal justice system.
So Anne doesn’t really do anything apart from accepting new clients and run between courtrooms and still gets paid?
She has a real talent for picking up nixers in between nixers
How much money should barristers earn?
What’s the ideal average in the 1st,2nd,3rd, etc decade?
What should the upper limit be and what should the lower limit be?
I really need to know this to gauge the nature of the problem. One thing I do know is that the legal profession as a whole absolutely gouges the state, so no new money should be absorbed by it.