
Criminal barristers begin strike action outside the Old Bailey in row over legal aid fees
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Criminal barristers begin strike action outside the Old Bailey in row over legal aid fees
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CBA chair Jo Sidhu QC was greeted with a huge cheer as he stood on a podium, megaphone in hand, outside the country's most high-profile criminal court
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Jo Sidhu QC
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Sidhu said there were lawyers putting in as much as 12 hours work for a £125 fee
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Kerry Hudson, solicitor and director of Bullivant Law
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Lucie Wibberley, criminal defence barrister and secretary of the Criminal Bar Association
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Sam March
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Criminal barristers from the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) outside Leeds Combined Court
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Outside Leeds Combined Court on the first of several days of court walkouts
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Barristers gather outside Manchester Crown Court
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Richard Atkins QC, former Chair of the Criminal Bar Association, reads a statement outside Birmingham Crown Court
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Birmingham Crown Court protests
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Criminal barristers from the Western Circuit line up outside Bristol Crown Court
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Barristers protest outside Cardiff Crown Court during the first of a number of days of strike action
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Barristers protest outside Cardiff Crown Court during the first of a number of days of strike action
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Jonathan Rees QC makes a statement as barristers protest outside Cardiff Crown Court
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