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Criminal Barristers - How Do They Get Paid?
Barristers at the beginning of their careers are not experienced enough to take on more serious cases like prosecuting or defending a murder trial. So they end up representing defendants in hearings which have lower set fees, such as bail or sentencing hearings. They still need to get across all the evidence and material for these hearings, plus talking to the defendant and preparing material, all of which takes several hours. Another problem is they don't typically get paid until a case has finished. That's why income starts to rise a few years after going into practice. In the fourth or fifth year, they're finally being paid for work they did in the second or third yar. Well, on the other hand
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