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Under the Wig

A Lawyer’s Stories of Murder, Guilt and Innocence
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'GRIPPING' - THE TIMES 'FASCINATING, NO-HOLDS-BARRED' - THE SECRET BARRISTER How can you speak up for someone accused of a savage murder? Or sway a jury? Or get a judge to drop a case? William Clegg QC is a leading criminal lawyer in London. In this vivid memoir, he revisits his most notorious and intriguing trials, from the acquittal of Colin Stagg to the murder of Jill Dando, to the man given life because of an earprint and the first Nazi war crimes prosecution in the UK. All the while he lays bare the secrets of his profession, from the rivalry among barristers to the nervous moments before a verdict comes back - and how our right to a fair trial is now at risk. Under the Wig is for anyone who wants to know the reality of a murder trial. It's an intelligent crime read for fans of The Secret Barrister's books and Unnatural Causes by Dr Richard Shepherd. Well-known cases featured: Murder of Rachel Nickell on Wimbledon Common Chillenden Murders of Dr Lin and Megan Russell Lee Clegg, when Labour leader Keir Starmer was his junior Murder of Jill Dando First Nazi war crimes prosecution in the UK Murder of Joanna Yeates Rebekah Brooks Phone Hacking Trial

Author Biography:

As London's leading murder case lawyer, William Clegg represented clients at some of the best-known criminal trials in English legal history. In all during 47 years as a leading advocate, he fought more than 100 murder cases, more than any other barrister currently practising in Britain. His cases ranged from serial killers to alleged Nazi war criminals to ordinary members of the public innocently caught up in police investigations. They include: the Wimbledon Common Murder of Rachel Nickell the Chillenden Murders (Dr Lin and Megan Russell) the Earprint Murder the Murder of Jill Dando Private Lee Clegg (Northern Ireland) the Murder of Joanna Yeates Nazi War Crimes in Britain Rebekah Brooks’s Phone Hacking Trial and International War Crimes Tribunal (Yugoslavia) When Clegg represented paratrooper Lee Clegg in Belfast, his junior in the long-running appeal case was Keir Starmer, future leader of the Labour Party. A Queen's Counsel (now King's Counsel), Clegg capped his long-running career at the Bar as head of chambers at 2 Bedford Row in London. He is now retired and lives in Sussex.  
Release date NZ
October 4th, 2018
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Pages
288
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Dimensions
135x216x24
ISBN-13
9781912454082
Product ID
30255885

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