FILE PHOTO: Barristers stand together during a strike by criminal barristers outside Liverpool Crown Court in Liverpool, Britain, July 4, 2022. REUTERS/Phil Noble
LONDON (Reuters) - Lawyers in England and Wales involved in criminal trials have voted to begin striking indefinitely next month in a dispute over government funding, the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) said on Monday, threatening widespread disruption to court cases.
The barristers have been taking intermittent action for weeks, refusing to take on new cases or cover cases for colleagues that have overrun. The CBA said almost 80% of voting members had backed escalating that action.
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