THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER Winner of the Books are My Bag Non-Fiction Award 2018 Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year 2018 Shortlisted for Specsavers Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2018 Eye-opening funny & horrifying& Observer Everyone who has any interest in public life should read it& Daily Mail You 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 I&m a barrister I work in the criminal justice system & every day I see how fairness is not guaranteed Too often the system fails those it is meant to protect The innocent are wronged & the guilty allowed to walk free I want to share some stories from my daily life to show you how the system is broken who broke it & why we should start caring before it&s too late A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER FOR 24 WEEKS