Court cases adjourned amid solicitors’ strike over legal aid reform

Criminal solicitors taking industrial action over proposed fee reforms forced delays at the Criminal Courts of Justice

The circuit criminal court deals with a range of different cases, such as theft, drugs, robbery, burglary, assault, and sexual assault cases. These are cases which have been deemed too serious to be dealt with in the district court. File picture

A number of cases were adjourned this week at the Criminal Courts of Justice due to industrial action by criminal solicitors protesting a Government proposal to reform the payment model for legal aid cases in the district court.

The solicitors are protesting the introduction of a flat fee per legal aid client regardless of the number of hearings involved in a case.