I think they'll send in agency barristers who have done the one hour "how to be a barrister" online training or have read the Ladybird book of barristering.
Alternatively they'll redeploy dyslexic workers from Costa Coffee and Starbucks.
There's a huge mismatch of students that study the BPTC (barrister's professional training course) and actually work in the profession. 1 in 10 ever become work in the profession.
Wouldn't put it beyond the tories to have gangmasters picking up graduates on zero hour minimum wage contracts.
Next stop applicants for Judicial roles need only to have watched an episode of Judge John Deed.
It won't help if they can't afford to do the job.
Someone this morning was saying that the average pay for a starting barrister is about 20k, and they have to travel, often only finding out where to the night before.
That’s true but you also have to factor in that most people undertaking the BPTC are from relatively privileged backgrounds and some would even be prepared to pay to work if it got them a foot in the door.
So what they are probably counting on is young people who have already spent 50K plus on Education as well as time spent working for free in internships, dipping into bank of mum and dad to support their career prospects.
Ballot papers arrive tomorrow and as much as I seriously despise Morgan I'm tempted to tune in.
Do you know what Dave Ward’s Facebook profile pic is?
If you don’t, you‘d probably find out.
The issue at hand is also that the govt have cut back legal aid so much that no-one can pay the barristers, and therefore afford to defend themselves properly. It's an open attack on fair justice if the people involved can't afford it, it's underfunded so it's difficult to get.
Barristering is hard work, and people will want paying reasonably or they'll go to other areas of the law. As more leave the barrister pool, the others get more stretched across the system. Relying on parents is not going to be for everyone and is not a forward thinking move.