Nothing But The Truth, 9781529057034
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Wigs, lies, and justice: an exposé of the barrister life.

Nothing But The Truth

dark humour and shocking truths learned from a life in the law

$31.99

  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    9 May 2022

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Summary

Nothing But The Truth: Confessions of a Secret Barrister

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?

Nothing But The Truth charts an …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529057034
ISBN-10:1529057035
Author:The Secret Barrister
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Imprint:Picador
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:9 May 2022
Weight:404g
Dimensions:232mm x 152mm x 27mm
About The Author

The Secret Barrister

The Secret Barrister is a junior barrister specializing in criminal law, and the author of the award-winning blog of the same name. The Secret Barrister writes for many publications, including The Times, the Guardian, New Statesman, iNews, Esquire and Counsel magazine. In 2016 and 2017, the Secret Barrister was named Independent Blogger of the Year at the Editorial Intelligence Comment Awards. In 2018, the Secret Barrister was named Legal Personality of the Year at the Law Society Awards. Their first book, The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It’s Broken, was a Sunday Times number-one bestseller and has been in the top-ten bestseller list for more than a year. It won the Books Are My Bag Non-Fiction Award 2018, and was shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year and the Specsavers Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2018. Their second book, Fake Law, was published in 2020.

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