Barristers go on strike !

[PutneyO]

They're only earning £200,000 pa

[o-no]

Blimey, that's a lot for just making coffee

[Chicken Dhansak]

£200,000, not bad wedge for being in the bar.

[jamespevans]

They're only earning £200,000 pa

"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/

[Currywurst and Chips]

Guess a 15% rise isn't enough for them

[Currywurst and Chips]

They're only earning £200,000 pa

"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

[Dunners]

Solidarity with the strikers.

[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

[LittleMate]

I've never met a poor one, but I've met a couple that made me poor.....

[Max Fowler]

They're only earning £200,000 pa

"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,

[Long slender neck]

Seventy hour week? Really?

[tuffers#1]

Just accepted a pay deal .