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Legal aid is available for everything from shoplifting to murder and will fund a barrister of appropriate experience / seniority.
The point I was making was that the bar is, and sees itself, as a small specialist referral profession - like medical consultants perhaps, and expects to be remunerated accordingly. The question is whether the public think that’s good value for money.
carson
Then why are you using ridiculous comparisons like Harley Street consultants? People on legal aid aren't seeing the likes of Peter Carter-Ruck defending them.