DAILY: Justice Delayed is Justice Denied

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🗓️ 23 March 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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The pandemic and a decade of underfunding has ground courts to a halt in England and Wales. How can this be fixed? Joanna Hardy-Susskind, of Red Lion Chambers, joins Ros Taylor to unpack the issues. As criminal barristers prepare to take industrial action over levels of legal aid funding, they address the implications for those in the legal system, and what the Government needs to be doing. “This is not action criminal barristers want to take, and we don’t take it lightly at all.” “The backlog in the justice system has created a perfect storm, with many barristers now leaving.” “It’s a ticking time bomb, this profession could easily slip backwards in terms of diversity.” “We don’t have enough barristers, there are trials taking place where the defence or prosecution chairs are empty.” “Sometimes I represent people who are innocent, and the wait for justice is crippling.” www.patreon.com/bunkercast Presented by Ros Taylor. Producers: Jacob Archbold, Jelena Sofronijevic and Alex Rees. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production: Jade Bailey. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:19.3	of it appeared in court? Three months? six months, maybe a year? Well the average time people
1:26.4	now wait for justice is seven hundred and eight days. That's nearly two years.
1:31.1	Someone who sees these delays firsthand is Joanna Hardy Suskind, a criminal barrister at Red Lion Chambers. She is an absolute star according to the Legal 500 directory and they don't say that about all the barristers.
1:44.7	Welcome to the bunker Joanna.
1:46.2	Thanks, Ros, thanks for having me.
1:47.6	So your profession has just voted to take industrial action and that's not a step lawyers take lightly, especially when
1:54.6	there are certainly delays already in the system. What's the reason for the action?
1:58.8	Well Ros, you've hit the net on the head there. This is not action that criminal barris does want to take, and it's not action that we take lightly at all.
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