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Hundreds of years of court tradition that advocates were independent of the state ended when the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) began employing its own barristers. It means less work and less mone...y for the self-employed briefs used to a monopoly - but many believe there's a decline in standards and a risk to justice.
Hundreds of years of court tradition that advocates were independent of the state ended when the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) began employing its own barristers. It means less work and less mone...y for the self-employed briefs used to a monopoly - but many believe there's a decline in standards and a risk to justice.
| Series: | The barristers |
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| Episode | 3 |
| First transmission date: | 28-11-2008 |
| Published: | 2008 |
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| Duration: | 00:58:31 |
| Note: | Accompanying booklet available (reference only). |
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| Producer: | Julian Mercer |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | Website: http://www.open2.net/barristers/index.html |
| Subject terms: | Court procedure--Great Britain; Court records--Great Britain; Law--Great Britain |
| Production number: | FKAB143X |
| Videofinder number: | 7915 |
| Available to public: | no |
