Barristers stepped up their campaign over the continuing failure to reverse recession-era cuts to criminal legal aid fees with protests on Friday outside the Criminal Courts of Justice and other courthouses.
The council’s chairperson, senior counsel Sara Phelan, said it was “left with no choice” as a result of the government’s failure to restore criminal legal aid fees, which remain below 2002 levels in nominal terms, following cuts applied during the financial emergency.
Mr Lalor described the council’s decision to recommend a withdrawal of services on October 3rd as “very positive” but said some barristers believe the October date is “a bit far away”.
Senior counsel Giollaíosa O Lideadha, who practises in the higher courts and was among the protesters, said the pay levels of public servants was restored many years ago but lawyers remain “the easy target to single out”.
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