Britain | Justice delayed
Unless lawyers are paid better, courts will grind to a halt
The government pays solicitors and barristers too little for legal-aid work
|CARDIGAN
THIRTEEN YEARS ago, when Katy Hanson started practising criminal law in the Welsh seaside town of Cardigan, there were half a dozen law firms in the county, with a dozen solicitors. The number of crimes has not fallen since then. But the number of lawyers representing those accused of crimes has.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Justice delayed”
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