Claim: 10% of criminal barristers have quit in the past year.
Fact-check: 10% of criminal barristers haven't quit in the past year - Full Fact
Verdict: this figure refers to the fall in the number of lawyers working full-time on publicly-funded criminal cases. the total number of criminal barristers has stayed stable.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Sam Ashworth-Hayes
Date published: 2022-04-11T00:00:00