I am detecting a whiff of displeasure from my Criminal Law colleagues

[major_clanger]

Barristers tend to have a reputation for being conservative (indeed Conservative), restrained and traditionalist. It may provide some idea of just how angry the Government's cuts to legal aid and ham-fisted court 'reforms' have made the criminal bar in particular to see the Criminal Bar Association's poster for its next event:



(From original at event home page here)