Lee Adams’ comments as he addressed His Honour Judge Anthony Leonard QC at Southwark Crown Court on 14 November 2013 have also been quoted in The Law Society Gazette
http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/practice/45m-fraud-trial-threatened-by-legal-aid-cuts/5038778.article
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