Martha is at last a QC,making her senior to Reader. Their first case together is defending taciturn thug Brendan Kay,muscle for the infamous criminal Farr family,accused of half-blinding a motorist who fell foul of boss Jody Farr. Martha believes Farr's influential solicitor,sharp Micky Joy and Farr are conspiring to stitch up the innocent Kay for a crime Farr committed. Battling against both formidable prosecutor Caroline Warwick and head of chambers Alan Cowdrey for Farr,Martha finds that Reader proves to be an ultimate help to her. He also has a solo case, defending killer Fatima Ali,referred by female solicitor George Duggan,who resists his efforts to pursue her romantically.
剧情介绍：
这里会聚了各种律师，他们各具身手，各显神通，Martha Costello（玛辛·佩克 Maxine Peake 饰）是一个三十多岁，独身，但照旧富于热情的辩护律师，预备请求皇家律师资历，Martha面临着极具应战的案件以及令她诧异的客户，她的信心、她的成见、她的良知以及她的信仰的极限在刑事司法零碎中被一系列的课程所检验，Clive Reader（鲁伯特·潘瑞-琼斯 Rupert Penry-Jones 饰）和Martha年龄相反，但他为人幽默，有天赋但同时也很精明，两人同时都是律师，同时都请求了皇家律师资历，在庭上的表现直接影响他们的命运，而Clive晓得如何来玩这场游戏......
终究谁最初能成为皇家律师呢?
