“We are mindful of the disruptive and harmful impact working outside normal hours have on practitioners, both personally and professionally particularly on those with caring responsibilities”
“The Criminal Bar Association told its members they are “not obliged, contractually or otherwise, to attend court out of hours”
“We do not accept there is any justification for a departure from normal court hours, nor have we seen an impact assessment preceding the HMCTS communication.”
More than 100 Just Stop Oil activists were taken into custody by the Metropolitan Police on Monday after a demonstration on the A41 near to Brent Cross.
The mass arrests come after 126 people were detained by police on Saturday as far-right groups congregated in central London around the Cenotaph and hundreds of thousands of people marched in support of Palestine.
Police are also engaged in a concerted effort to track down attendees at past pro-Palestine marches who are suspected of showing support to the terror group Hamas.
read more London courts poised for late-night sittings after mass of protest arrests | Evening Standard
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