Coroners may go to High Court to restore pay

Coroners say that promises of restoration of pay cuts have been made by four different Ministers of Justice over the past six years.

Coroners are considering High Court action to have cuts imposed during the recession restored, as criminal barristers withdraw their services again on Monday in their continuing action to have their pay restored.

Both professions are seeking the restoration of the cuts imposed in 2009 through the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI) and are frustrated by the lack of progress in having the cuts restored.