Nothing But The Truth: Dark Humour and Shocking Truths Learned from a Life in the Law

Barrister, The Secret

ISBN 10: 152905706X / ISBN 13: 9781529057065

Published by Picador, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nothing But The Truth: Dark Humour and Shocking Truths Learned from a Life in the Law
• Publisher: Picador
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 152905706X
• ISBN 13: 9781529057065
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 220 grams

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Synopsis

Just how do you become a barrister? Why do only 1 per cent of those who study law succeed in joining this mysteriously opaque profession? 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?

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 . . .

Full of hilarious, shocking and surprising stories, 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. It asks questions about what we understand by justice, and what it takes to change our minds. 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.