Resentment against the Government’s final package of legal aid cuts has reached new heights as hundreds of criminal barristers and lawyers today (7 March) staged a major protest outside Westminster, their second protest this year, with a further call made for Law Society president Nicholas Fluck and chief executive Desmond Hudson to resign.
With protestors dressed in wigs and black gowns refusing to attend court, trials across England and Wales have faced disruption after the final package of legal aid reforms unveiled last Thursday (27 February) by justice secretary Chris Grayling revealed little in the way of compromise.
