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by BETH ABBIT - Tues Aug 23, 2022
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The summer of strikes is continuing at pace. A third day of industrial action is underway at the Port of Felixstowe and Royal Mail workers are due to strike over pay later this week.
From September 5, barristers in England and Wales will start an indefinite strike after voting to step up their current bi-weekly walkouts over Government-set fees for legal aid work.
The action will grind the wheels of justice to a complete halt. And Justice Secretary Dominic Rabb has accused striking barristers of ‘holding justice to ransom’. But they say taking a stand is necessary.
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When barristers were balloted on whether to escalate ongoing industrial action to an all-out strike, the Justice Secretary was on holiday. It’s not the first time Dominic Raab has been on his jollies during a major development. The former Foreign Secretary was enjoying a break in Crete when the Taliban took Afghanistan’s capital Kabul a year ago.
He has not met the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) since members embarked on industrial action in April, though junior ministers have met with the group regularly. Nevertheless, Mr Raab today penned a piece for the Daily Mail accusing striking barristers of ‘holding justice to ransom’.
“We are increasing your pay. Now your actions are only harming victims, increasing the court backlog, and hampering our
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