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Are Britain's barristers living on borrowed time?

PUBLISHED August 20, 2013
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A couple of weeks ago, on eBay, a woman listed an Ede & Ravenscroft barrister's wig and gown for sale. "Condition: used," she wrote. In the item description, she added: "After five years' hard slog and penury, I (i.e. MasterCard) purchased this wig, gown and collar for about £650 at Ede and Rip-off. Reflecting the sorry state of my legal career, the wig was hardly worn, although a few hairs have been pulled out of place (as pictured), no doubt in frustration at the sorry state of life at the junior bar."

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