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Gyles Brandreth, whose father was a solicitor, magistrate and barrister and who has a multitude of legal acquaintances, has gathered together a wealth of true tales about the merrier side of justice.Ridiculous laws and ridiculous lawyers, artful criminals and eccentric testators, wayward witnesses and razor-edged attorneys, pedestrian prosecutors and prosecuted pedestrians, ignorance in the dock and insobriety on the bench.
A treasury of tales from the wine bars of Chancery Lane, the boozers round the Bailey and the caff behind the local nick. Here is the full panoply of justice caught in the act of splitting its sides... ISBN:0330282107
