Law on Trial podcast: why barristers are going on strike this week

In the first episode of season four of Law on Trial, the Business Post’s legal affairs podcast, Sara Phelan, chairwoman of the Bar Council, discusses why the representative body has recommended a historical one-day withdrawal of services by its criminal barrister members.

Hosts Catherine Sanz and James McDermott also chat with Niamh Howlin, associate professor of law at UCD, about her new book Barristers in Ireland, which sheds light on the inner workings of the ...