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Bar Council hikes PC fee as figures show elite barristers raking in £600m-plus a year

Bar Council hikes PC fee as figures show elite barristers raking in £600m-plus a year

Fortunes at the Bar remain sharply split between haves and have-nots, with new research projecting just over 2,000 barristers now earning less than £30,000 annually, while at the other end of the spectrum, 2,562 are on course to earn over £240,000 during the current financial year.

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