#IAmTheBar In response to @sdavieslaw - Is there no future in practising criminal legal aid? Call me a sunny optimist, but I think there is. At the moment, for many people, it is exceptionally difficult to make ends meet. But we're making incremental gains...
#IAmTheBar If things don't improve, quickly, I think there's a very real problem on the horizon. But I remain hopeful. We're making the arguments. Awareness is slowly spreading.
#IAmTheBar I diverge from Chris on this - I think as a matter of principle, it should be possible to make a living doing exclusively criminal legal aid. We wouldn't tell nurses to supplement an insufficient NHS income by doing private work.
#IAmTheBar I recognise however that those are easy words to say. I'm not sure how to actually make it happen, beyond banging the same drum and hoping for change.
