Nothing But The Truth
Dark Humour and Shocking Truths Learned from a Life in the Law
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4.3 • 64 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The Sunday Times bestseller
Full of hilarious and shocking stories, The Secret Barrister's memoir Nothing But The Truth tracks their transformation from hang 'em and flog 'em austerity-supporter to celebrated, campaigning, bestselling author.
'Masterful, compassionate and hilarious' – Adam Rutherford, bestselling author of A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived
In 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.
By 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.
With 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.
‘Words tumble out with extraordinary fluency . . . entertaining and instructive’ – The Times
‘Written with compassion, wit and intelligence’ – TLS
‘Excellent . . . a cringe-inducing account of one barrister's travails' – The Telegraph
The Secret Barrister's first novel, The Cut Throat Trial, is available now.
Nothing But The Truth was a Sunday Times besteller w/c 28.05.23
Customer Reviews
Extremely erudite book on how the judicial system works in the UK.
It is disappointing that the government or judicial system pick up on the failings that have been clearly expressed by the author on how the current system is failing all those it is meant to satisfactorily deal with…. More Police, CPS, judicial review of sentencing as I personally do not feel that what has been described so well and more funding is required at all levels to improve what is a shambles at the present.
I hope that it can be done but financial cuts by successive Conservative governments has led to a sorry state of affairs.
Excellent read
I learnt so much and laughed a bit too!
Very Good!
Amusing, touching, informative, and endearing. The Secret Barrister is the Brian Cox of the legal world, and this book is the Adrian Mole’ for a legal generation.