The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It’s Broken Audiobook (Free)

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Winner of the Books are My Bag nonfiction Award

Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the entire year

Shortlisted for Specsavers Non-Fiction Book of the Year

‘Eye-opening, damning and hilarious’ Tim Shipman, author of All Out War and Fall Out

“I’m a barrister, employment which requires the abilities of a sociable worker, romantic relationship counsellor, arm-twister, hostage negotiator, named driver, bus fare-provider, accountant, suicide watchman, coffee-supplier, surrogate mother or father and, on about THE TRICK Barrister: Stories of regulations and How It’s Broken one memorable occasion, whatever the state term is perfect for someone tasked with breaking the news headlines to a prisoner that his sweetheart has been identified as having gonorrhoea.”

Welcome to the globe of the Secret Barrister. They are the stories of life inside the courtroom. They are sometimes funny, often shifting and ultimately life-changing.

How can you defend a child-abuser you suspect to become guilty? What do you tell someone sentenced to ten years who you believe to be innocent? What is the law and why do we need it?

And just why do they put on those stupid wigs?

In the criminals to the lawyers, the victims, witnesses and officers of regulations, this is actually the best and worst of humanity, all struggling within a broken system which would never be off leading pages if the public knew what it was really like.

Both a searing first-hand account from the human cost from the criminal justice system, and helpful information to how we experienced this mess, THE TRICK Barrister wants to demonstrate what it’s really like and why it certainly matters.