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Barristers go on strike !

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They're only earning £200,000 pa

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Blimey, that's a lot for just making coffee
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£200,000, not bad wedge for being in the bar.
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PutneyO wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 6:02 pm They're only earning £200,000 pa

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"The median income for junior criminal barristers inside the first three years of practice is £12,200. For a seventy hour week. After they have paid tens of thousands of pounds to qualify."
https://thesecretbarrister.com/2022/06/ ... d-to-know/
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Guess a 15% rise isn't enough for them
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jamespevans wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 6:10 pm
PutneyO wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 6:02 pm They're only earning £200,000 pa

:lol:
"The median income for junior criminal barristers inside the first three years of practice is £12,200. For a seventy hour week. After they have paid tens of thousands of pounds to qualify."
https://thesecretbarrister.com/2022/06/ ... d-to-know/
Average for all criminal barristers is £79,800 as of 2019-2020 with a 15% increase proposed

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... nnexes.pdf
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Solidarity with the strikers.
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Post by Currywurst and Chips »

There's too much of a focus on things like petrol, heating and bread prices.

Essentials like quinoa, horse riding lessons and private tuition have gone up as well and a raise 66% above inflation isn't gonna solve it #Solidarity
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I've never met a poor one, but I've met a couple that made me poor.....
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jamespevans wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 6:10 pm
PutneyO wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 6:02 pm They're only earning £200,000 pa

:lol:
"The median income for junior criminal barristers inside the first three years of practice is £12,200. For a seventy hour week. After they have paid tens of thousands of pounds to qualify."
https://thesecretbarrister.com/2022/06/ ... d-to-know/
Thanks for that, very enlightening.

I had no idea our justice system was in such a precarious position,
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Seventy hour week? Really?
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Just accepted a pay deal .
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