Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey - The instant Sunday Times bestseller

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Wendy Joseph has provided those of us who have only a limited understand of the world of a courtroom, an insight into how it really works, the role of a judge, a jury as well as the numerous people who support society in its pursuit of justice. Bodleian Guides Literary Oxford with the Bodleian Weston Library Steps 1:00pm Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event Every unlawful death tells a story. Every trial involves characters to be understood, motives to be unravelled, plans and methodology to be exposed.” So writes Her Honour Wendy Joseph QC at the beginning of her riveting and revelatory début, Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey (Doubleday) .

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This is a brilliant book. It tells the stories of six different types of homicide case coming before an Old Bailey judge, vivid, compelling, tragic and sometimes funny about the barristers. It makes a compelling case for prevention before cure - and, by the way, for more women judges! Rt Hon Lady Hale DBE, Former President of the Supreme Court of the United KingdomJustin Schlosberg, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and Iain Dale Chaired by Stephen Law Oxford Debate. Is Our Press Free . . . To Lie and Manipulate? SOLD OUT Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 4:00pm Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event their intelligence – this makes a huge difference for a speaker. In the Oxford audience I encountered many experts in the field my book covered and even one of the ambassadors I’d quoted A stimulating and rewarding on-stage conversation; a lively informed and tolerant audience; privileged access to the great treasures of the Bodleian, and finally, wonderfully interesting dinner companions to help me conclude the best day I have enjoyed at any festival – anywhere. Joseph explains how cases unfold and what it’s like to be a murder trial judge and witness to the good and the very bad in human behaviour. She says every unlawful death tells a story. Most of us get to move on, but not the defendant, the family of the victim or the judge. A gripping, disturbing and deeply humane exploration of the darkest side of the human condition, from a judge who has seen it all. I devoured Unlawful Killings in a single sitting. I cannot recommend it highly enough. -- The Secret Barrister

Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the…

Viola di Grado Interviewed by Suzi Feay Blue Hunger Trinity College: Garden Room Levine Building 2:00pm Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event The fracture lines that run through our society are becoming harder and harder to ignore. From a unique vantage point, the author warns that we do so at our peril. As we are taken through 6 different semi-fictionalised trials involving members from every section of society, Her Honour Wendy Joseph gives us access into a Judge’s perspective and uncovers the fundamentally human face under the cold steely mask of the law.

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Catherine Ashton Voices of Europe. And Then What? Inside Stories of 21st-Century Diplomacy Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre 12:00pm Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event A gripping account of the law that reads like a cliffhanger' ( Sunday Times) The heart-stopping inside story of six murder trials from an Old Bailey judge, exploring why we kill, what happens at trial and what we can learn about the society in which we live. The cases that are written about are intriguing and I found myself desperate to discover the outcome of each one. The author explains each one in a manner that is empathetic and factual.