“The result of decades of underfunding cuts across every single aspect of our criminal justice system. ” Chair Barbara Mills KC @thebarcouncil

The result of decades of underfunding cuts across every single aspect of our criminal justice system.

There’s no escaping the fact that the entire sector must be sufficiently resourced to function effectively – and as well as we know it can.

As our Chair Barbara Mills KC told the BBC: “Failing to address underlying causes for the challenges across the criminal justice system runs the risk of problems simply resurfacing.

“It’s part of why we object to Sir Brian Leveson’s juryless trials proposal. This is a change which would simply reshuffle the problem because there is a dearth of legal and court staff across every area.”

Source: http://@thebarcouncil