Junior judges face zero-hours working conditions, say lawyers

Criminal Bar Association warns that recorders are expected to work at impossibly short notice. Junior judges are being put on what are in effect zero-hours contracts as the criminal justice system succumbs to a fresh round of austerity and courtrooms are closed down, lawyers are warning. Working days for recorders – part-time judges who are usually experienced barristers or solicitors – have been slashed and requests are being made for them to sit on the bench at impossibly short not