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Plans to cut legal aid fees warning

Cutting defence barristers' fees by up to 23% would lead to miscarriages of justice, Desmond Browne QC said. The Ministry of Justice has said cuts would prevent any incentive to favour defence work over prosecution work. Full Article at The Scotsman

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