Nothing But The Truth: Dark Humour and Shocking Truths Learned from a Life in the Law by The Secret Barrister

Title in this Set: Nothing But The Truth: Dark Humour and Shocking Truths Learned from a Life in the Law by The Secret Barrister Condition : BRAND NEWFormat : Paperback ISBN : 9781529057027 Description : Nothing But The Truth is The Secret Barrister's bestselling memoir. It charts an outsiders progress down the winding path towards practising at the Bar, taking in the sometimes absurd traditions of the Inns of Court, where every meal mandates a glass of port and a toast to the Queen, to the Hunger Games-type contest for pupillage, through the endlessly frustrating experience of being a junior barrister – as a creaking, ailing justice system begins to convince them that something has to change About the Author : The Secret Barrister, also known as S.J. Fleet, is a bestselling author and junior barrister specialising in criminal law.They write for many publications and are the author of the award-winning blog of the same name. They regularly appear in national print and broadcast media, and in 2020 Channel 4 News produced a four-part documentary series, The Secret Barrister: Disordered Justice.Their debut book, The Secret Barrister: Stories of The Law and How It's Broken, was a Sunday Times number one bestseller and spent more than a year in the top-ten bestseller charts. It won the Books Are My Bag Non-Fiction Book of the Year award and was shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year and the Specsavers Non-Fiction Book of the Year.Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies and Nothing But The Truth: The Memoir of an Unlikely Lawyer were instant Sunday Times top-ten bestsellers on publication.Their first novel, The Cut Throat Trial (written as S.J. Fleet), will be published on 28 August 2025.