Barristers pile on legal aid pressure
Lawyers rally demanding Gove scrap planned cuts
ROBED barristers in Michael Gove masks stood outside London’s Westminster magistrates’ court protesting against further cuts to legal aid yesterday.
Lawyers were piling on the pressure for the Justice Secretary to axe the cuts before his much-anticipated meeting with the main legal practitioners’ associations today.
Former legal aid recipients such as disabled part-time worker Tina Pelttari joined the demo.
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