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The Secret Barrister
- Stories of the Law and How It's Broken
- Narrated by: Jack Hawkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
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Summary
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.
You 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.
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Critic reviews
'Eye-opening, damning and hilarious' – Tim Shipman, author of All Out War and Fall Out
‘Eye-opening, funny and horrifying’ – Observer
‘Everyone who has any interest in public life should read it’ – Daily Mail
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- Love Goats
- 02-05-19
Great Read!
A shocking but well delivered insider view of the UK criminal justice system. Well worth adding to your non-fiction library.
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- Mr. S. Postance
- 07-06-19
get past the first chapter.
A really great book. The first chapter is hard to stick with, though it is a requirement.
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- Flyguy26
- 27-05-20
Amazing Book
As a Law student I loved the book , as it gives you a full insight view of the UK Criminal system and its faults . The Narrator was great and it was a pure pleasure to listen to this book . Can not recommend the book high enough . I can't wait for the new book to be published . While it shows a serious view on the flaws of the Criminal Justice system in England , the Author knows how to tell the story in a light and interesting way with the right sense of humour.
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- Mrs. A. Kaye
- 13-03-20
Fascinating and frightening in equal measure
Don't ever get falsely accused of anything. Wow.
And don't get old.
This is not the country I grew up in.
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- Dean Glover
- 21-07-20
Superbly crafted and delivered
Another tale of government irresponsible cost cutting - unfortunately voted for again and again by a public that think - it'll never be me...
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- Mike P
- 05-07-20
Very Interesting but not light reading
Very interesting insight into the justice system but a little heavy going at times. However very insightful and thought provoking as a citizen of the UK I believe it's an important book
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- colin mckenzie
- 21-09-19
A text book analysis
This book is a serious and detailed assessment of today’s British criminal legal system. It should be required reading for all law students and politicians. It’s an unsettling account for those of us who think the court system grinds slow but justly. It doesn’t
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- SamFreeman
- 06-03-20
Very informative and perfectly read
This book portrays a concerning status of our legal system but at the same time fascinating. It gives a deeper understanding of why/how convictions are overturned and highlights just how little the public and the media really knows about the facets of law that judges and magistrates have to abide by when passing sentence.
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- Harvey
- 05-08-19
Essential reading for every citizen.
If this doesn’t make you surprised, baffled and then angry then you weren’t listening properly.
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- Tim
- 14-02-20
Brilliant brilliant brilliant!
The first thing I did after reading this educational and entertaining book was to add legal aid cover to my car insurance policy
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