The Secret Barrister Collection 3 Books Set - Non Fiction - Paperback

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This 'fake law' allows the powerful and the ignorant to corrupt justice without our knowledge – worse, we risk letting them make us complicit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNothing But The Truth\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eIn an entertaining diary that takes us behind the scenes of their middling ambition, Nothing But The Truth charts the progress down the winding path towards practising at the Bar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy way of the painfully archaic traditions of the Inns of Court, where every meal mandates a glass of port and a toast to the monarch, and the Hunger Games-style contest for pupillage - which most don't survive - here is the brilliant reality of being a frustrated junior barrister.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a keen eye for the absurd and an obsessive fondness for social media, The Secret Barrister reveals the uncomfortable truths and darkest secrets about life in our criminal courts.\u003c\/p\u003e"}