‘The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It’s Broken’

My Review (5 stars out of 5)

Most of us, at some point in our lives, either ourselves or one of our loved ones, will go through the experience of having to appear in a criminal courtroom. Written anonymously by a barrister, this book brings to light some of the cases where justice doesn’t work and where victims are treated badly not only by the system but by those individuals and officials who should know better. Using examples from the barrister’s own work, we hear how sometimes the system fails, how guilty people are set free and innocent ones thrown in jail.  

Britain has long been lauded as one of those countries where the justice system works very well, where the guilty are locked up and the innocent rewarded with justice and fair play. In The Secret Barrister, we learn how the police lose or simply ignore evidence, how lawyers misrepresent or even lie in a bid to gain a decent fee, and how people are wrongly convicted, badly treated and let down by the system.

A fascinating and disturbing book.

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