Re: Richard must be on Holiday

On Aug 30, 11:41 pm, "Steve Walker" <spam-t...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
tim..... wrote:
This looks like it's going to be fun:

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article4636694.ece

"The trial of a teenager accused of murdering the Liverpool schoolboy
Rhys Jones could be delayed after he was left without a senior
barrister because of a government limit on legal aid.
....."

"The Government’s Legal Services Commission has classed the trial as a Very
High Costs Case, which means that it can involve only solicitors and
barristers who have joined a panel that has accepted fixed-rate pay starting
at £70 an hour for a junior and £91 for a QC. Two QCs and 108 other
barristers out of 2,300 in England and Wales have signed up to the
agreement."

I assume the two scab QC's are government lackeys, members or sympathisers?
Presumably Cherie Blair is one of them, so she could go back to her home
town and show 'em how it's done....

£91/hour ... too little is it?

WM
www.critest.com
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