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Die-hard Silk fan of the week

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By Thomas Connelly on

For a barrister who has been hard at work all day to re-don their full court garb in order to watch a programme about barristers suggests a deep passion for the job.

Hopefully the unnamed barrister above wasn’t too disappointed with the underwhelming first episode of the third series of Silk, which aired last night amid cries of pain from many in the legal profession about how unrealistic it was.

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