And it would be a shame if the author’s anatomising of the problems turned into a premature autopsy. Oh come on, now: is it really that bad? Well, bits of it certainly are. The justice system is like a patient in A & E, forced to lie on a stretcher because there are not enough trolleys, waiting seven hours for an X-ray to ascertain just how badly broken they are, and likely to pass away before a drip feed of emergency funding can save its life.
But, satisfying and even financially rewarding as all that may be, one imagines none of this would please the author more than for the book to have some effect in remedying the ills which it describes.Īnd they are ills. It has received a large number of glowing reviews and a lot of attention in the legal and also the general press.
The book has remained in the Sunday Times top ten bestsellers list for nearly six months. Thanks to a well-supported crowdfunding campaign, copies have been provided for all MPs. ‘An illuminating and timely insight into the legal system. ‘Dishes the dirt - or serves up a slice of reality - on what barristers do’ - The Times It also reveals the darker side of working in criminal law, and how the things our justice system gets wrong are not the things most people expect. It asks questions about what we understand by justice, and what it takes to change our minds. įull of hilarious, shocking, and surprising stories from their working life, Nothing But The Truth tracks the Secret Barrister’s transformation from hang ‘em and flog ‘em, austerity-supporting twenty-something to campaigning, bestselling, reforming author whose writing in defence of the law is celebrated around the globe.
Nothing But The Truth charts an outsider’s progress down the winding path towards practising at the Bar, taking in the sometimes absurd traditions of the Inns of Court, where every meal mandates a glass of port and a toast to the Queen, to the Hunger Games-type contest for pupillage, through the endlessly frustrating experience of being a junior barrister – as a creaking, ailing justice system begins to convince them that something has to change. Just how do you become a barrister? And why do only 1 per cent of those who study law succeed in joining this mysteriously opaque profession? If it’s such a great occupation, how come you work 100-hour weeks for less than minimum wage? And why might a practising barrister come to feel the need to reveal the lies, secrets, failures and crises at the heart of this world of wigs and gowns?
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