Protest in the press

Thank you to all our members who supported the protest against legal aid cuts on 7 March. It is inspiring to see your passion to save vital legal services for the public. If we keep going we can still make a difference to Government plans. Please ask your family and friends to sign the petition – a simple action we can all take that shows this fight is not about lawyers. It is about preserving a justice system we should be proud of for the day we all might need it:

www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/david-cameron-uk-government-save-legal-aid-to-protect-access-to-justice-for-all

Read more about the action in London with quotes from speakers and pictures:

http://justiceallianceuk.wordpress.com/2014/03/07/paddy-hill-calls-grayling-the-minister-of-injustice-whilst-janis-sharp-says-legal-aid-cuts-would-lead-to-ordinary-people-having-to-seek-advice-from-lawyers-who-dont-know-their-arse/

YouTube clip of the march and protestors storming the Ministry of Justice:

http://youtu.be/LvwUwF0lhgs

Committee member Simao Paxi-Cato quoted here on why we are not fat cats:

www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/lawyers-go-on-strike-in-protest-at-legal-aid-cuts-9176313.html

Maxine Peake of BBC legal drama “Silk” spoke up for the difficulties facing junior lawyers in the context of her character: “[Martha] would not have been able to join the Bar if she was starting out now. There would be no opportunity for her.”

www.theguardian.com/law/2014/mar/07/lawyers-protest-parliament-legal-aid-cuts

Committee member Rachel Francis helped carry a Chris Grayling puppet all through the march:

https://twitter.com/FriendsofHCLC/status/441895801842057216/photo/1

YLAL founding member Laura Janes spoke at the London rally in defence of the rule of law:

https://twitter.com/LegalActionGrp/status/441930730826788864/photo/1

And Laura with Paddy Hill of the Birmingham Six and other protestors (photo by Chris Beckett):

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisjohnbeckett/12990340714/in/photostream/

Committee member Camilla Graham Wood quoted in the Financial Times (see attached below) and:

www.ft.com/cms/s/0/57b90b4a-a5dc-11e3-b9ed-00144feab7de.

More press coverage:

www.legalvoice.org.uk/2014/03/07/grayling-day-protest-a-day-of-shame-for-the-lord-chancellor/

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jennymccartney/100262545/legal-aid-chris-grayling-is-now-inextricably-entwined-with-from-the-disaster-he-has-created/

http://metro.co.uk/2014/03/07/be-worried-wig-wearing-barristers-are-declaring-the-end-of-justice-4459624/

www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7de9144c-a5f8-11e3-b9ed-00144feab7de.html#axzz2vJpz7kgO

www.theweek.co.uk/law/56714/legal-aid-cuts-why-lawyers-are-walking-out

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26472809

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/maxine-peake-tv-barrister-backs-3215636

www.lawgazette.co.uk/practice/thousands-of-lawyers-protest-against-legal-aid-cuts/5040286.article

Pictures of the protests in Manchester and Sheffield:

www.demotix.com/photo/4116640/lawyers-and-barristers-march-through-manchester-save-legal-aid

https://twitter.com/oliversgardner/status/441983049145020416/photo/1

https://twitter.com/oliversgardner/status/441929632590622720/photo/1

https://twitter.com/saveUKjustice/status/441895453689675776/photo/1

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