UK Solicitors Could Follow Barristers and Go on Strike Over Pay

Criminal barristers from the Criminal Bar Association on the picket line outside the Old Bailey in London on July 4, 2022. Kirsty O’Connor/PA

The criminal justice system in England and Wales faces further disruption with criminal defence solicitors considering taking industrial action, in the wake of the strike by barristers.

The London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association (LCCSA) has launched a survey asking its members: “Are you content with the current proposals set out in the government’s response to CLAIR [Criminal Legal Aid Independent Review (pdf)], and the timeframe in which they intend to implement them?”