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Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login Treasury secretary Steven Kennedy has personally lobbied the Attorney-General’s Department to end a 13-year freeze on pay for barristers doing government work, amid worries it has created an uneven legal battlefield that hinders law enforcement. The corporate and competition regulators have been arguing to change rules that limit government agencies to pay as little as one-fifth of what barristers can earn with private sector clients because it severely undercuts their ability to attract the best legal minds.
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