PROTEST: Striking solicitors outside Newport Magistrates' Court today ripping up legal application forms
COURT cases in Gwent have been hit today because of a strike by solicitors.
Thirteen solicitors have locked themselves in the solicitors room at Newport Magistrates' Court as part of a wider dispute over legal aid.
Solicitors from Cwmbran Magistrates' Court also plan to join them at Newport.
Solicitor Rhydian James said: "It is about survival not greed."
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