very same people who have been working so hard the last ten, 15, 20 years have been saying that we cannot keep working at this pace doing a lot of work for no pay. because some of the work we actually do is unpaid. and we are working seven days a week for relative low money. to give me an idea, the first three years of practice for a junior barrister, the average pre tax median earnings are is just over £12,000. that is below minimum wage. so the public may have a perception sometimes that barristers and lawyers do quite well, in reality, criminal law is the cinderella of the justice system. criminal law is the cinderella of thejustice system. it criminal law is the cinderella of the justice system. it is the place that people go to work because they want to make money but because their heart is in it and they want to make a contribution to public service. and we are losing those very same people sadly. we have shrunk to 2400
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