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The Secret Barrister : stories of the law and how it's broken

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An anonymous barrister's darkly comic and moving first-hand account of life in the legal system, and how it's failing us all. The Sunday Times number one bestseller. Winner of the Books are My Bag Non-Fiction Award. Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year. Shortlisted for Specsavers Non-Fiction Book of the Year. ‘Eye-opening, funny and horrifying’ – ObserverYou may not wish to think about it, but one day you or someone you love will almost certainly appear in a criminal courtroom.

You might be a juror, a victim, a witness or – perhaps through no fault of your own – a defendant.

Whatever your role, you’d expect a fair trial. I’m a barrister. I work in the criminal justice system, and every day I see how fairness is not guaranteed.

Too often the system fails those it is meant to protect.

The innocent are wronged and the guilty allowed to walk free. In The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken I want to share some stories from my daily life to show you how the system is broken, who broke it and why we should start caring before it’s too late. A Sunday Times top ten bestseller for twenty-four weeks. ‘Everyone who has any interest in public life should read it’ – Daily Mail

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Product Details
Picador
1509841105 / 9781509841103
Hardback
364.941
22/03/2018
United Kingdom
English
375 pages
23 cm