'We're paying 2023 prices on 2002 wages': Why are Irish barristers threatening strike action?

BARRISTERS IN IRELAND could be set to strike in October following a recommendation that they “withdraw services” to demand pay reforms for those working on the legal aid scheme

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Certain members of the judiciary had their salaries cut under Financial Emergency legislation which was introduced as part of austerity measures that followed the financial crash of 2008. Áine Holt BL, a first-year practicing barrister, explained to The Journal that newly qualified barristers are depending on solicitors to approach them with cases, and since the solicitor is responsible for paying them, they may not be paid promptly.

Guerin added that the advent of smartphones has meant that there is often much more evidence in these cases than in 2002, but pay rates have not changed to reflect this. Holt added that the pay issue was not just a serious matter for barristers themselves, but also for defendants in a case, “who may, in actual fact, be innocent”.

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