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I have never done legal aid or criminal work but have nothing but admiration for those who do. They act as the interface between the feral underclass and the rest of us, working for the last 20 years at pitifully low rates of remuneration. It doesn't sound to me like much of a living.

My point is though. Following the present cuts which are forcing these noble individuals into other areas of work or from the profession entirely, if legal aid funding does return who will be available to do this type of depressing, low paid work? After the property market collapse in 2007/2008, a lot of conveyancing solicitors decided to retire and their unqualified employees drifted into other vocations. Now, 5 years later, look how hard it is for the conveyancing factories to find an unqualified conveyancing executive (read cheap). They are gone!!

Once legal aid practitioners are gone as a result of these cuts, they are gone for good so Grayling had better act fast to salvage the situation or face certain implosion of the court system.