TRURO courts were disrupted today as barristers and solicitors refused to turn up in protest at the changes to the legal aid system.
Barristers were staging a second one-day walk-out as part of an unprecedented national campaign. They will also refuse to take on the work of colleagues, which will delay cases being heard.
Barristers say that the changes to their fees will force many of them out of criminal practice – and leave some defendants to represent themselves.
Many solicitors...
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