DAILY: Justice Delayed is Justice Denied

The pandemic and a decade of underfunding has ground courts to a halt in England and Wales. How can this be fixed? Joanna Hardy-Susskind, of Red Lion Chambers, joins Ros Taylor to unpack the issues. As criminal barristers prepare to take industrial action over levels of legal aid funding, they address the implications for those in the legal system, and what the Government needs to be doing.

• “This is not action criminal barristers want to take, and we don’t take it lightly at all.”
• “The backlog in the justice system has created a perfect storm, with many barristers now leaving.”
• “It’s a ticking time bomb, this profession could easily slip backwards in terms of diversity.”
• “We don’t have enough barristers, there are trials taking place where the defence or prosecution chairs are empty.”
• “Sometimes I represent people who are innocent, and the wait for justice is crippling.”

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Presented by Ros Taylor. Producers: Jacob Archbold, Jelena Sofronijevic and Alex Rees. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production: Jade Bailey. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production

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