codebreaker

A six-part series about life at the Bar, the dilemmas and problems that modern day barristers have to face, and what it means to become a silk.
BBC One

bala

I was planning on watching this but for some reason it didn't appeal to me

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Just started the first episode and i thought it might be similar to Raising the Bar but we will see

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Wow how crazy a pregnant woman swallowing twelve condoms of cocaine and Getting 14 years because she hadn't read her briefs but what a sad story that she was happy to be safe in prison and her associate asking her age and then asking how long she had been 35 was funny but then he steals a wig which was ridiculous

trulee

This is a show I want to watch but as yet havent.  I will try and watch episode 1 before episode 2 comes on then perhaps I can add something more to this thread.

slade01

I thought this wasn't bad - may turn out to be quite good.

It does not portray a very good picture of life at the criminal bar.  She was handed a trial brief the night before and had to go to court with hardly any sleep.  Not the best way to represent someone who is at risk of going to jail for a long time.

The solicitor character was stupid.  It was obvious what she was doing and he was meant to be in a high position in his firm which means he is smart and been around a while.

I am almost finished with my studies and will qualify as an English Barrister in a few months.  I am lucky I want to go into corporate law and not criminal law - I may actually get some life when compared with her.

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Another interesting episode with Martha represent a man accused of raping his ex-girlfriend but at the eleventh hour she suspects he is guilty and puts him on the stand hopping he will drop himself in it with no luck

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Martha's assistant Nick seems to be a compulsive thief after the wig and now almost stealing two books if it wasn't for his phone ringing but i think Nick was lucky wining the case to save the life of the dog, the cop in Martha's case stepped over the line with entrapment which got Mark Draper off

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Mark Draper the teenager that Martha defended  last week has been arrested for murder which was interesting but using the tape with the racist comments on from the chief was risky when she was defending Rachna Ali an Asian policewoman accused of racism but the result was good

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Good episode with Martha working on a high-profile prosecution case about a school teacher who has been accused of the attempted murder but getting upset about the defence attorney not putting up a fight she works both sides which was interesting

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Good season finale with Mark Draper who is accused of murdering a high court judge but was protecting his pregnant girlfriend who saved his life when the judge attacked him and tragic that Martha lost her baby when attacked in court

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Clive's slip of the tongue has to be the worst attempted pick up line but at leased she laughed about it and eventually said no and what result when Martha was defending Brendan Kay but getting him off with a not guilty verdict also got him killed by the mob family he was working for

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Who would of thought that while Martha was representing Captain Ed Ryan during a Court Martial that everyone was lying so it make you wonder why they wanted her in the first place but finding out what really happened was interesting

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Another couple of interesting cases with Clive prosecuting three male students who have been accused of sexually assaulting a young waitress and so glad he found the missing evidence because they thought they were above the law and Martha who was defending Ricky who had wrecked his local shop and attacked the owner.

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How tragic that the driver of the high security prison van was held responsible for following company guidelines when a prisoner was found dead