This week, Adrian invites Chris Daw KC into the studio to discuss his journey from comprehensive school to KC. Chris provides a fascinating insight into the world of criminal defence. He combines his extensive experience across a variety of high profile cases and strong views on the flaws of the prison system in the UK at the moment, alongside the strengths of our jury system, for a really engaging conversation.

Along this journey we also discuss:

• Diversification in Silks whose role as ‘leading counsel’ is to lead the team of people who have specialised legal experience and expertise in the matter.
• The importance of growing social mobility in the law industry.
• The widening mismatch of public opinion and reality towards the criminal justice system in the UK and how Chris is challenging this using interactions with the media.
• Celebrity clients and the difficulty in dealing with cases when everything that happens in court is publicised.
• Chris’ view that the world needs fewer lawyers and for lawyers to spend less time on cases.

And stay tuned till the end to hear Chris’ insights into the challenges of winning against the odds as a criminal defence lawyer and the importance of having to prove someone’s guilty to send them to prison.