The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken by The Secret Barrister - Hardback - Sunday Times No.1 Bestseller - True Legal System

Details: Condition: Brand New Format: Hardback ISBN: 9781509841103 Publisher: Picador (Pan Macmillan) Age Range: Adult Overview The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken is the Sunday Times number one bestselling exposé of Britain's criminal justice system, written by an anonymous junior barrister. Blending dark humour, real courtroom experience and forensic detail, it lifts the lid on a system many assume works fairly but which is, in truth, underfunded and frequently failing those it exists to protect. This hardback edition offers a gripping, urgent read for anyone curious how the law truly operates. About the Book Written under the pseudonym "The Secret Barrister", this book takes readers deep inside the courtroom, revealing the daily reality of practising criminal law in England and Wales. Through true, anonymised cases, the author explores impossible dilemmas: defending someone you suspect may be guilty, or watching an innocent client sentenced regardless. Sharp, witty and often heartbreaking, the narrative exposes chronic underfunding, wrongful convictions, and the human cost of a justice system stretched to breaking point. Far from a dry legal textbook, it reads like a series of gripping personal stories, each illuminating a different flaw in the system while never losing sight of the human beings caught up in it. It asks fundamental questions: what is the law for, and what happens when society stops investing in it properly? The book struck a chord with readers on publication in 2018, spending over a year in the UK top-ten bestseller charts and sparking widespread debate about access to justice and legal aid cuts. It remains one of the most talked-about works of British non-fiction in recent years, praised for making a complex, opaque profession accessible and impossible to put down. Sunday Times number one bestseller with over a year in the UK top-ten charts Winner of the Books Are My Bag Non-Fiction Book of the Year award Shortlisted for