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Highest Barristers Fees Year Ending 31st March 2008

The Ministry of Justice has released figures showing the ten highest paid criminal barristers from the criminal defence service, year ending 31 March 2007:

BALBIR SINGH £ 957,000 (pictured)
JOHN C REES Q.C. £956,000
OLIVER BLUNT Q.C. £924,000
GEORGE A CARTER-STEPHENSON Q.C. £763,000
ABBAS LAKHA Q.C. £760,000
TREVOR BURKE Q.C. £711,000
JAMES LEWIS Q.C. £692,000
PETER LODDER Q.C. £678,000
THOMAS W DERBYSHIRE Q.C. £668,000
RICHARD FERGUSON Q.C. £663,000