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Rough Justice: Wendy Joseph KC
Chiswick Book FestivalSt Michael & All Angels Church, Bath Road, Chiswick, London
Sat 12 Sept · 11:00 · £10
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Her Honour Wendy Joseph KC was a judge at the Old Bailey until 2022, sitting on criminal cases – only the third woman to hold a permanent post there. She explores justice past and present and asks if the law in Britain is fit for purpose. Her compelling best-seller, Rough Justice: Do we have the law we deserve?, draws vivid parallels between historical trials at the Old Bailey and the cases shaping our legal landscape today, revealing how little – and how much – has changed. She talks to human rights lawyer and author of The Ten Types of Human Dexter Dias KC.
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