barristers are paid through legal aid, people who cannot afford to pay for barrister themselves, that money is paid to the barristers. they have adds an increase from the government of 15% following an independent review carried out last year, which recommended that as an initial increase to make sure the criminal justice system carried on working. they say it is not enough because it will take some time for them to get this money, which the government says will amount to £7,000, on average, for an average barrister. the reason is, they only get the money when they are paid at the end of the trial and some of those trials will be going on fulsome time, partly because of backlogs in the system. we have had this is a crisis of epic proportions and barristers are professional people who have sacrificed so much for the job they love to become poor cousins of the justice system. one of those poor cousins is claire stevenson, a criminal barrister and you work in
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