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A CLARE barrister, who along with other colleagues at Ennis Courthouse, joined in a series of nationwide protests has said the “ball is in the government’s court” when it comes to finding a resolution to the dispute. Tuesday’s action was the first of three days of withdrawal of services planned for this month with the Ennis Courthouse protest one of 16 taking place nationwide following a recommendation from the Council of The Bar of Ireland last month. This is an escalation on the unprecedented action taken by criminal barristers all over the country on October 3 last, with the campaigners saying they are “seeking an independent, meaningful, time-limited and binding mechanism to determine the fees paid to criminal barristers by the Director of Public Prosecutions and under the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Scheme”. They are calling for a reversal of pay cuts introduced under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act (FEMPI) in 2009. According to the Council …
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