@BarCouncilChair I wish Mark all the best at the start of his tenure. He will need fortitude & resolution. Tact & diplomacy has accomplished very little in the past. The objective is to save the #CriminalBar. That can’t be done unless we remain unified with #CriminalSolicitors
We must never cut any deal at their expense, & we must stand shoulder to shoulder with them. Any Chair of The Bar or #CBA will be judged harshly if they do not screw their courage to the sticking place. Yes, the ironic source of that quotation is known to me.
If Government refuses to engage in negotiations aimed at averting the collapse of the #CriminalJusticeSystem, & restoring the crumbling Court Estate, the Bar must take unified action.
There have been many misjudged compromises over the past 30 years, consolidating inveterate failures in compensation, & working conditions that have contributed to the galloping decline in the number of criminal practitioners. We have doubtless assisted in our own near extinction
That is why it is vital that @BarCouncilChair takes the lead in communicating the consequences of this contemptuous neglect, which the #CriminalBar has been subjected to, over many years, with our #CriminalSolicitor colleagues.
The deconstruction of the #CJS by accident or design, by active steps, or reckless disregard, destroys values once held sacrosanct: each citizen’s #FreedomandEquality before the Law.
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