Picket Line Outside the Old Bailey as UK Barristers go on Strike Over Legal Aid

Lawyers from the Criminal Bar Association, which represents barristers in England and Wales, set up a picket line on the first day of a strike over legal aid funding, outside the Old Bailey in central London, on June 27, 2022. PA

Around 50 barristers, wearing traditional wigs, set up a picket line outside the Old Bailey—the most famous court in Britain—as a strike began on Monday over pay and working conditions.

Barristers also set up picket lines outside courts in Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, Leeds, and Cardiff.