'Entertaining and instructive . . . A gifted writer . . . The Secret Barrister's picaresque journey to barristerhood is served up with large helpings of humour'
- The Times
'Wonderful and insightful . . . With compassion, wit and intelligence, the Secret Barrister shows why is it that any of us plunge into the harrowing depths of criminal law'
- TLS
'Excellent . . . at once a vicious polemic, a helpful primer and a cringe-inducing account of one barrister's travails'
- Telegraph
'As entertaining as ever in this third foray into the courtroom'
- Radio Times
'Eye-opening. The candour is, at times, breathtaking . . . it is both human and urgent . . . A no-holds-barred book that tells an unvarnished story of a broken system an the people who hold it together'
- Law Society's Gazette
'As compelling and illuminating - and as full of gob-smacking stories - as its predecessors, it is also fascinatingly personal. Anyone thinking of a career in the law should certainly read it'
- Bookseller