A statement from Drystone Chambers silks

25 June 2022

A letter from Drystone Chambers silks, published in The Times, Saturday 25th June 2022.

The proposition that members of the Criminal Bar might withhold their labour would have been treated as preposterous, risible even, by previous generations of lawyers. Yet we are not a different breed from those who preceded us. We have, however, been treated very differently. Trust in the Ministry of Justice has been stretched to breaking point. The criminal justice system remains chronically underfunded. The day-to-day experience of the criminal barrister is marred by the resulting inefficiencies. The judiciary depends on the Bar to make the system work, and to an extent that would astound our more fortunate forebears. It is against this background that we read with dismay the letter of the Lord Chief Justice dated 22 June, the effect of which is to direct judges to treat the barristers upon whom they rely as worthy only of being reported to their regulator for misconduct.

Allison Summers QC,

Andrew Campbell-Tiech QC,

Karim Khalil QC,

Michael Magarian QC.

DRYSTONE CHAMBERS

25 June 2022

Authors

Allison Summers KC

Call 2000     Silk 2020

Andrew Campbell-Tiech KC

Call 1978     Silk 2003

Karim Khalil KC

Call 1984     Silk 2003

Michael Magarian KC

Call 1988     Silk 2011

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