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# The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken

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        			By turns eye-opening, damning and hilarious, the secret barrister lifts the lid on a legal system where the system, the politicians, the lack of funding and sometimes the judges are the real villains and the victims are all of us Author: Tim Shipman, author of Fall Out and All Out WarThe Secret Barrister can write...everyone who has any interest in public life should read it...this is a book of some brilliance, clearly explained, cogently argued Source: Daily MailTakes the reader deep into the bowels of the criminal justice system...the message of this entertaining book is delivered with great skill...the book is at once a lament and a celebration...the justice system as not just for criminals and victims but for all of us - it is the symbol of our nation&apos;s humanity Source: The TimesTerrifying and occasionally hilarious... this is an eye-opening, if depressing, account of the practice of law today. Perhaps there is hope, but the author leaves us in no doubt that urgent reform is needed Source: The ObserverThis excellent book will hopefully raise awareness of what has been, until now, a silent crisis. It is at once a vicious polemic, a helpful primer and a cringe-inducing account of one barrister&apos;s travails Source: Daily TelegraphA sensation beyond lawyers&#x2019; circles. The Secret Barrister is an anguished, detailed polemic by an anonymous current practitioner about how dangerously flawed, fragile and underfunded our famed legal system has become . . . an SOS, a desperate and cogent call for action and resources before the justice system, and our faith in it, collapses . . . I hope the arguments . . . will resonate widely &#x2013; and that the government will act on them before it is too late. Author: Jenni Russell Source: Sunday TimesThe unfolding calamity in our criminal justice system is best told in The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It&#x2019;s Broken. This angry yet forensic analysis from first arrest to prison is a gripping front-line view by an anonymous, lowly criminal barrister. Read and rage at evidence that &#x201C;every day the provably guilty walk free&#x201D;, while the hapless needlessly end up in jail. Author: Polly Toynbee Source: GuardianFluently and engagingly written...a copy of this book should be placed on the desk of every judge, every trainee lawyer, every would-be lawyer, every politician, and every minister responsible for the legal system Source: The Literary ReviewAn illuminating and timely insight into the legal system, transforming arcane practice into accessible and fascinating anecdote Source: Sunday ExpressIf you have not already met The Secret Barrister, he or she makes an entertaining and acerbic holiday companion for those who don&#x2019;t switch off their brains in summer Author: Hilary Mantel Source: Guardian, Best Summer Books 2018
				    	
					
        		
        		
        	
        
        	
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        			&#x2018;I&#x2019;m a barrister, a job which requires the skills of a social worker, relationship counsellor, arm-twister, hostage negotiator, named driver, bus fare-provider, accountant, suicide watchman, coffee-supplier, surrogate parent and, on one memorable occasion, whatever the official term is for someone tasked with breaking the news to a prisoner that his girlfriend has been diagnosed with gonorrhoea.&#x2019;Welcome to the world of the Secret Barrister. These are the stories of life inside the courtroom. They are sometimes funny, often moving and ultimately horrifying.Both a searing first-hand account of the human cost of the criminal justice system, and a guide to how we got into this mess, the Secret Barrister wants to show you what it&#x2019;s really like and why it really matters.
				    	
					
        		
        		
        	
        
                
        
        
            
            
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