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"Henley said his predecessor Angela Rafferty QC, and Bar Council chair Andrew Walker QC, met lord chancellor David Gauke in May, when the £15m offer was made. ‘No one in the room believed that come October the new enhanced fees would not be in place,’ he said"


Why did the Junior Bar place any faith in the Bar Council big-cheeses to do a good deal?


Not only was the Junior Bar sold down the river in favour of the fat-cats, it now appears that Ms Rafferty QC and Mr Walker QC failed even to get any binding agreement on when the fee increases would be made!

A first year trainee paralegal would have done a better job than those folks.