It’s not for money, but you expect to survive

ZAYD Ahmed, 27, has to top up his 50-hour week as a criminal barrister by doing overnight legal shifts at a London police station. His basic income is £20,090. On Wednesday, he earned £50 for a court case that took up around five hours of his day. Zayd, raised by a single mum cleaner, has won all his seven Crown Court cases this year as a defence barrister. He said: “I went into law to stop miscarriages of justice. You don’t do this for the money, but you expect to be able to survive.”