THE Law Society of Scotland has said it fully respects and sympathises with defence lawyers who have voted in favour of strike action over a controversial legal aid change.
Edinburgh and Glasgow bar associations have voted to take industrial action in response to Government plans to force them to collect legal aid contributions from their clients.
The Faculty of Procurators of Dumfries has backed their decision and other lawyers throughout the country are expected to join any strike action in a move that could halt Scotland's court system.
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