Agree with Jon’s assessment. Also found the relatively small numbers who even responded to the recent LCCSA ballot (which took a matter of minutes) pretty depressing…

Earlier action had a critical mass of support for not applying for any new rep orders after a particular date. No breach of contract. Preferable in my view to just selecting certain offences.

Always a percentage of firms who won’t participate, but if most do, it would be even more effective if taken in conjunction with barristers’ strike.

Just needs more than a handful of firms to engage – I don’t know how LCCSA can achieve that based on recent levels of response to their efforts, but hope they can!

Rhean

From: <members@mail.lccsa.org.uk> on behalf of Jonathan Black <jonathanb@bsbsolicitors.co.uk>
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Subject: RE: Strike Action

I am not sure it’s so much that Joe , I think there is general apathy, a willingness to give up crime rather than fight for a better a deal , some hope that the Govt’s so called 15% is better than a poke I the eye with a sharp stick despite the fact that none of it will be backdated.

How many more years can people sign up to anti social work with anti social hours for anti social pay ?

The LCCSA leadership have tried to rally the troops , but the numbers who turned up at the ,meeting at red lion square training afternoon were poor , the numbers who joined the zooms were even more disappointing . There needs to be critical mass beyond the half a dozen or so usual voices on here . I know how strongly the leadership feel about this but there does not seem to be a similar strength of feeling on the ground . We would all like to be proven wrong .

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Hello Kamal,

Apparently, the fear of losing out on business to others, means that we are incapable of taking any action! Such a shame …

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Subject: Strike Action

Hi All,

Does the LCCSA have any plans to escalate strike action? I have not seen any emails regarding this matter for some time, although I may have missed them.

Seeing the strike action from Barristers today I am wondering what we are doing to improve legal aid pay. Is the option to add more offences that we refuse to represent people for?

As far as the public are concerned, the Bar are very much at the forefront of this whereas in reality it is something affecting all of us equally. I fear we are being left out of the conversation.

Thanks,

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