Hardback edition
ISBN: 978-1-7391349-7-6 
Publication due April 2025
£17.99

The human lives behind the law

Each day, in every corner of the country, the highly personal details of hundreds of people's lives are laid bare in our courts. Infidelity, greed, ill health, vulnerability and even matters of life and death are all exposed to forensic scrutiny. Watching over it all is a judge. He or she must weigh the conflicting, and often harrowing, evidence to reach a decision that is within the law, fair to everyone and sometimes seemingly cruel.

But what is it like to be one of those judges? The Secret Judge shines some light
on that question. Across nine tales, based on real life cases, the author gives an
insider's perspective on how matters of law, morality and humanity can make
their mark on the final outcome.

Along the way The Secret Judge also catalogues the realities of everyday life in
court, which often present a sharp contrast to the importance of the dilemmas
on which they are required to judge. These very human problems are decided by
a human too, one who has to eat, sleep and get to work just like everyone else.

The Secret Judge is not a law book; it is a book about law and how courts are forced to grapple with the wider world. Written from a unique standpoint, it is a personal, humane insight into one of the most pivotal yet misunderstood roles in British society today.

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