{"product_id":"the-secret-barrister-9781509841141","title":"The Secret Barrister","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAn anonymous barrister offers a shocking, darkly comic and very moving journey through the legal system – and explains how it's failing all of us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003enumber one bestseller.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWinner of the Books are My Bag Non-Fiction Award.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eShortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eShortlisted for Specsavers Non-Fiction Book of the Year.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou may not wish to think about it, but one day you or someone you love will almost certainly appear in a criminal courtroom. You might be a juror, a victim, a witness or – perhaps through no fault of your own – a defendant. Whatever your role, you’d expect a fair trial.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI’m a barrister. I work in the criminal justice system, and every day I see how fairness is not guaranteed. Too often the system fails those it is meant to protect. The innocent are wronged and the guilty allowed to walk free.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e I want to share some stories from my daily life to show you how the system is broken, who broke it and why we should start caring before it’s too late.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003etop ten bestseller for twenty-four weeks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Eye-opening, funny and horrifying’ –\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eObserver\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Everyone who has any interest in public life should read it’ –\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Secret Barrister","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48487828259031,"sku":"9781509841141","price":5.5,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0498\/4081\/6279\/files\/2026-04-22T180015.547.png?v=1776870020","url":"https:\/\/theenglishbookshop.com\/products\/the-secret-barrister-9781509841141","provider":"The English Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}