Sadiq Khan MP, Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary, commenting on industrial action being taken by barristers said:

“No one wants to see disruption in our courts but this unprecedented action shows how relations between the legal profession and David Cameron’s government have collapsed as a result of policies which could restrict access to our courts to only those who can afford it.

“The Lord Chancellor swears an oath to uphold the law of the land, so for Chris Grayling to have lost the confidence of the legal community he relies on to deliver on this oath is extremely worrying.”