The Secret Barrister

An anonymous barrister offers a shocking, darkly comic and very moving journey through the legal system - and explains how it's failing all of us.<BR><BR>The Sunday Times number one bestseller.<BR>Winner of the Books are My Bag Non-Fiction Award.<BR>Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year.<BR>Shortlisted for Specsavers Non-Fiction Book of the Year.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>A Sunday Times top ten bestseller for twenty-four weeks.<BR>'Eye-opening, funny and horrifying' - Observer<BR>'Everyone who has any interest in public life should read it' - Daily Mail