27/02/2025
Tony Burgess, a criminal defence solicitor in Aberdeen, detailed the harsh reality faced by many lawyers.
He said: "The only way to provide representation to all those in need is to give less time to each case, which impacts the service given to each person.
"Legal aid lawyers absolutely don’t want to do that, so they work 12-hour days to deliver the same standard of service and do right by those in need, but their own health and work-life balance suffers.”
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