The Secret Barrister
Criminal law barrister and author
The Secret Barrister is the pen name of a bestselling author and criminal law barrister in England and Wales, writing to make the law clearer to general readers.
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About The Secret Barrister
The Secret Barrister writes under a pen name and also goes by S.J. Fleet. A barrister specializing in criminal law, the author has written for many publications, including the Guardian, the Times and Esquire. The aim is to help non-lawyers understand how the legal system works. The debut book, The Secret Barrister, was a Sunday Times number one bestseller and won the Books Are My Bag Non-Fiction Book of the Year award. Fake Law was also an instant Sunday Times top-ten bestseller. The author's blog of the same name was named Independent Blogger of the Year in 2016 and 2017. In 2020, Channel 4 News made a four-part documentary series called The Secret Barrister: Disordered Justice.