French courts face extreme disruption on Monday as lawyers join the list of workers taking industrial in a summer of discontent that is affecting rail services, flights, taxis, ferries and even the world-famous Avignon Festival, reports The Telegraph.
A protest against a planned tax on legal fees will result in the rare spectacle of lawyers marching through the streets in the sort of action more commonly associated with blue-collar workers.
About 2,000 lawyers are to join a demonstration that will end at the official residence of the prime minister, according to the head of the French Bar Council, Jean-Marie Burguburu.
"We're counting on being received by the prime minister's staff," he said.
After inconclusive talks last month with Christiane Taubira, the justice minister, Mr Burguburu said the strikers were now targeting the prime minister "because that's where the budget decisions are made."
Courts in six French cities are planning to reduce hearings to a minimum on Monday.
The government says the planned new tax, to be levied on law practices in proportion to their earnings, would fund legal aid, which cost the state about £200 million last year.
Lawyers argue that money could be raised from other sources such as increasing duty and statutory fees charged for registering legal contracts, or by introducing a new tax on insurance policies.
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