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Mrs. Mary J. L. Kennedy

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Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 6 mai 2018

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I am not a lawyer. But my husband is, a company law barrister. He has never done any criminal work. We have lots of friends in all branches of the law though, and I am used to being surrounded by legal news and chat. So I thought I had a pretty fair idea of how the criminal law system in England and Wales works in reality rather than simply in theory. I was wrong. Having read this book I am a wiser, and much sadder, woman.

It seems that now, if you look behind the very thin surface veneer of any public service in the UK you find the same things - chaos and Not Enough To Go Round. Why? It is one of the richest countries in the world, and the expectations and sense of entitlements of its citizens cannot exceed the ability of the state to deliver them to the extent that they appear to.

We need more books like this. We need them to be thrust not only into the hands of all politicians, but of teachers too, of all influencers. It's time to get angry!

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Navajo

Stunning exposé

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 30 avril 2018

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As a non-legal bod I found this brilliantly written exposé of the crisis in UK criminal justice totally compelling. The author develops a conversational style which means an easier read in some of the drier sections, however there aren't many of those. Every single person in this country should care about how our criminal justice system works, or as is currently the case, just doesn't. The chapter on wrongful convictions and how this government has passed legislation which has effectively ensured that receiving state compensation for wrongful conviction is well nigh impossible, shocked me to the core. Perhaps the fall out from the Windrush scandal allied to the spate of non-disclosure dropped cases will empower those within the system to group together and get a few worthy journalists involved to create an unstoppable momentum for change, for that is what is needed. A fantastic book.

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George Rosenberg

Indictment of the collapse of the British criminal law system.

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 10 mai 2018

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This is a shocking book and a must read. A lot of the criticism arises from the deliberate policies of the most recent two governments to undermine the system by starving it of resources and killing off legal aid, but the problem goes back a long way and this is not ignored. It includes an excellent history of the English criminal law system, much of which was news to me. The vast bulk of trials are conducted by untrained amateurs in the Magistrates Courts. It may be cheap but it is not cheerful. I suspect it was even worse in the past but was cheerfully overlooked as those with political power and clout were rarely negatively affected by it. I would have thought that most of the criticism clearly explained here would offend people from across the political spectrum, but it seems that this is not the case. There is a huge anti-justice lobby, recently concentrated in the Conservative and Liberal parties. Despite the trenchant criticism - intended not only to expose the faults of the system but also to ram home how important it is to society as a whole, I'm not optimistic that anything will change. If it does change this book will have been one of the catalysts.

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SAR

Outstanding

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 23 mars 2018

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An outstanding book that should be required reading for lawyers and non-lawyers, alike. If you think the issues raised don't matter to you, you're mistaken. The book portrays the problems in the criminal justice system with clarity and (often gallows) humour. An engrossing read.

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The Woodmice

An eye opener for the innocent who assume our legal system will always be there and will never affect *them*

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 30 avril 2018

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Entertaining, laugh out loud funny, occasionally sweary, but always compelling, this book shows how the underbelly of our dilapidated criminal court system puts the Jeremy Kyle Show firmly at the glamourous end of the spectrum.
It leaves no doubt that the age of 'fat cats' is well and truly over for our new intake of struggling junior barristers who have to navigate a level of complete chaos in our courts that exploits their goodwill and sense of moral duty while running on an empty tank.

Worst of all, it is we, the innocent, who are paying the price of a woefully underfunded public legal system. So few of us now qualify for Legal Aid that if you are innocently acquitted from false accusations, *you* will be the one left with no apology and no refund - just a lifetime mortgage repaying 100K plus legal fees defending a case you were ultimately blameless for.

It also highlights the differences and advantages of seeking 'the truth' through our seemingly contentious yet potentially rigorous adversarial system over a potentially flawed continental inquisitorial approach.

An excellent, wide ranging -and funny- book that should make us just as concerned about this as the dismantling of the NHS.

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A superb read

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 26 mars 2018

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The Secret Barrister has produced a magnificent polemic, in turns heartbreaking, enraging, fascinating and uplifting. This should be required reading for anyone in government, and anyone planning to interview Chris Grayling.

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Nicholas Allen

Everyone should read this book

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 14 mai 2018

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The criminal justice system is at crisis point because of the cuts in legal aid. The Secret Barrister makes it plain that society must be served by an effective, properly funded CJS. The lay reader will find this book most helpful in understanding the practical application of the law. The case histories are fascinating and the accounts of miscarriages of justice terrifying. Particularly worrying are the numerous accounts of cases going awry through the failure to disclose evidence, which is often caused because all parties: the CPS, the police, solicitors and barristers are overstretched and under resourced. The Secret Barrister writes with passion and great clarity. He/she shows great compassion for those caught in the cogs of the system whose best interests cannot be guaranteed until it is properly resourced.

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Alexander

Terrible things happen

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 2 juin 2019

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I always cringe when politicians - and they are the ones nearly always to blame - sound off about the U.K. having the finest health service in the world, the highest global food and welfare standards, the best educational institutions and.......the most impartial and incorruptible legal system on the planet. Read this book and even before you get to the end you will either be weeping or shaking in rage at the appalling incompetence, neglect, bias (the author instances one overt example of a magistrate’s racial discrimination involving the name Mohammed), casual indifference and utter, utter disregard for real justice. Even if only half of the cases of miscarriages of justice described here were actually true (and I have no reason to doubt any of them), this all amounts to a national scandal of epic proportions. And yet the reaction of those set in authority, not least the politicians who could and should do something about the legal cesspit, is a simple shrug of the shoulders. This book should be required reading not only for all law students and caseworkers in the social sector, but for all young people still in secondary education. Their eyes need to be opened to the iniquities of what passes for our justice system. We are still in the Dark Ages.

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The Cats Mother

BOTH FRIGHTENING AND BRILLIANT.

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 3 octobre 2019

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Everyone should read this book , it should be compulsory.
So much praise is heaped upon the NHS for managing to function with “ so little money “ when in fact, the NHS is not short of money or personnel, it just cannot manage the funds it is given. However, it is free healthcare at the point of delivery.
But it’s long bothered me that justice in this country is only affordable to people who can afford to pay for it - not the mega-rich , but once again, the middle classes who are hit not just with excessive taxes to keep the mega-rich from having to do so ( having hidden all their wealth in offshore untraceable trusts ) but if you happen to be a normal citizen in the wrong place at the wrong time and become accused of a crime you did not commit, not only will you not get legal aid, you can probably kiss goodbye to your savings or your house, or both, because defending yourself even when you’re innocent , is expensive and the government doesn’t pay your defence fees even when you’re acquitted . Check your home contents policy for legal fees just in case - after reading this, we upped ours to cover ourselves in the event that we ever get dragged into a case where we are innocent - because miscarriages of justice are far more common than you can know - the CPS is understaffed and underfunded and barristers and solicitors are human and fallible .
Scary stuff indeed - we need more investment in the UK justice system and we need it badly . Sleep well.

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Jonathon Price

eye-opener

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 22 août 2018

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This is a very enlightening and well written book about the criminal justice system and the inner workings of said system. How criminal barristers are poorly paid compared to their commercial law counterparts is covered.
Having been involved in legal aid in the 80s I could see the way things were going with particularly civil legal aid but then criminal legal aid too, all the state spin boils down to money. And giving unpaid lay justices more powers, well... This country relies far too much on the goodwill of CPS caseworkers and volunteers, which means the state can laud it over us with trite one-liners about the best legal aid system and a great justice system.

It is shocking that the CPS is so underfunded and the CCRC too - scandalous. This book is doing a good service to the public who are interested in such matters, god forbid ever having to be involved in the 'justice game'.

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