Incoming Chair of the Criminal Bar Association: The Criminal Bar is Vital to Ensuring Justice – The Bar Council

Posted September 2nd, 2011 in barristers, criminal justice, press releases by tracey

“Max Hill QC, who today begins a year-long term as Chairman of the Criminal Bar Association, which represents criminal barristers in England and Wales, has sent a stark warning to the Government about the long-term effects of legal aid cuts. In a rallying call to criminal barristers, he has warned that if legal aid cuts cripple the criminal Bar, it will be almost impossible to restore.”

Full press release

The Bar Council, 1st September 2011

Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk