Follows two rival barristers' chambers in Manchester, England, contrasting defence Jack Roper's struggling firm with his former mentor, prosecutor Laurence Scammel's more established chambers, and exploring their personal and professional rivalry through complex legal cases.
2 seasons · 14 episodes
Episode 1
Feb 21, 200760 min
Jack is arrested for perverting the course of justice, and he is granted bail. Although he is guilty of the offence, he has stopped an innocent woman going to prison and so argues his moral innocence. Jack is convinced by the team to be rep
Episode 2
Feb 28, 200760 min
Jimmy McGregor, a gangster, asks Jack for help to defend him in a case for posession of heroin. However, McGregor has a violent past and Jack remembers when McGregor wasn't convicted for murder when he should have been. The key defence witn
Episode 3
Mar 7, 200760 min
Two girls are accused of murdering a class mate, so Jack and Frank represent them. The chances of winning are high, but they must decide whether to take their client's advice and trust them. Rebecca, a high-class hooker sues a plastic surge
Episode 4
Mar 14, 200760 min
Jack and Laura represent a man who has been accused of rape 10 years ago. The case is emotional. A man is suing his son's school for banning sports day and Charlie is his representative. Charlie sees an opportunity for him to make up with h
Episode 5
Mar 26, 200760 min
Al's boyfriend Steve is dead, which shocks Jack. A young boxer has Charlie and Annie defending him, but the judge wants to secure a conviction as he knows the victim.
Episode 6
Apr 4, 200760 min
The CPS are determined to label the killing of a burglar as racist, when Jack and Laura defend the accused defendant. Ray, Charlie's client, had his next door neighbour's dog bite off his testicle and he is prepared to sue.
