‘The system is in crisis’: barristers make their case as strike begins

Outside Manchester crown court, legal workers bemoan low pay and an unsustainable' justice system

Usually one of the busiest courts in the country, the corridors of Manchester crown court were unusually quiet.

Outside, dozens of criminal law barristers gathered at the entrance in their gowns and wigs to mark the beginning of a strike across England and Wales over pay and an unsustainable" justice system.