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The author, writing under the pseudonym of The Secret Barrister, is a junior barrister practising criminal law before the courts of England and Wales. The Secret Barrister is also a blogger who in 2016 and 2017 was named Independent Blogger of the Year at the Editorial Intelligence Comment Awards. As of the book's publication date in March 2018 the author had a substantial following on Twitter of nearly 88,000. ...more

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Keir Starmer and David Lammy are taking an extraordinarily dangerous gamble with our individual liberty

This week, MPs will vote on the second reading of the Courts and Tribunals Bill. Don’t let the anodyne name fool you – this is one of the most revolutionary pieces of legislation in our country’s history.

The government intends to radically curtail the right we all hold to be tried by a jury when accused of a serious criminal offence. Around half of cases that would currently be tried by a jury wil

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Average rating: 3.96 · 35,240 ratings · 3,126 reviews · 17 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken 3.89 avg rating — 23,640 ratings — published 2018 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies 4.18 avg rating — 5,159 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nothing But The Truth: The Memoir of an Unlikely Lawyer 4.06 avg rating — 3,773 ratings — published 2022 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cut Throat Trial 4.06 avg rating — 3,473 ratings — published 2025 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret Barrister Stories of the Law and How It's Broken / Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies by The Secret Barrister 3.89 avg rating — 85 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nothing But the Truth: Dark Humour and Shocking Truths Learned from a Life in the Law by The Secret Barrister, Jack Hawkins (Narrator) 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret Barrister / In Black and White / Under The Wig by The Secret Barrister, Alexandra Wilson, William Clegg 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nothing But The Truth [Hardcover] & The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken 2 Books Collection Set 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fake Law, Under the Wig, A Life Of Crime 3 Books Collection Set by The Secret Barrister, William Clegg, Harry Ognall really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas, The Secret Barrister, This is Going to Hurt, War Doctor 4 Books Collection Set did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“it is outrageous that the law appears deliberately incomprehensible to those who need to understand it most.”
― The Secret Barrister, The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken

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“Justice? – you get justice in the next world, in this world you have the law.’ William Gaddis, A Frolic of His Own (1994)”
― The Secret Barrister, The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken

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“When we ask what sort of society we want, can we tolerate imposing the ultimate coercive sanction – permanent deprivation of liberty – upon people who we agree may reasonably be entirely blameless?”
― The Secret Barrister, The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken

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