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Your perception of the earnings of criminal barristers is delusional. In the most successful commercial chambers junior barristers can start their career earning as much as £70K. In criminal or family law sets, that'll be less than £20K, sometimes as little as £12K. Attrition over the last decade has been big and is growing.
The defunding doesn't just affect barrister's wages; many courthouses have been denied enough funds to be open 5 days a week, which slows down cases while also being a hidden way to reduce the money paid to barristers. I could go on, but I doubt it's going to stop you doing your thing. After all, so many criminal barristers are telling you how it really is.
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so how much should we pay for a criminal barrister to keep doing legal aid work?
£100k a year? less? more?