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This is a gripping memoir from one of our country's greatest jury advocates, offering a fascinating, no-holds-barred tour behind the scenes of some of the most famous criminal cases of modern times.
— THE SECRET BARRISTER
This is a gripping memoir from one of our country's greatest jury advocates, offering a fascinating, no-holds-barred tour behind the scenes of some of the most famous criminal cases of modern times.
— THE SECRET BARRISTER
'Countless veteran lawyers have produced page-tuners based in the fictional world of law, but in Under the Wig William Clegg, QC, has distilled his extraordinary life in the criminal courtroom into a yarn equally as gripping.'
— THE TIMES
'My independent verdict is that I have never read a more accurate portrayal of our profession.'
— Nigel Pascoe QC, Counsel magazine
'An absolute must read for anyone who aspires to join the legal profession — and anyone who already has.
— Bob Marshall-Andrews QC
'Bill Clegg's memoir draws on some of the most high-profile criminal prosecutions of recent years to illuminate the career of a defence lawyer at the peak of his success.'
— Joshua Rozenberg QC
As London's leading murder case lawyer, William Clegg represented clients at some of the best-known criminal trials in English legal history.
In all during 47 years as a leading advocate, he fought more than 100 murder cases, more than any other barrister currently practising in Britain.
His cases ranged from serial killers to alleged Nazi war criminals to ordinary members of the public innocently caught up in police investigations. They include:
- the Wimbledon Common Murder of Rachel Nickell
- the Chillenden Murders (Dr Lin and Megan Russell)
- the Earprint Murder
- the Murder of Jill Dando
- Private Lee Clegg (Northern Ireland)
- the Murder of Joanna Yeates
- Nazi War Crimes in Britain
- Rebekah Brooks’s Phone Hacking Trial
- and International War Crimes Tribunal (Yugoslavia)
When Clegg represented paratrooper Lee Clegg in Belfast, his junior in the long-running appeal case was Keir Starmer, future leader of the Labour Party.
A Queen's Counsel (now King's Counsel), Clegg capped his long-running career at the Bar as head of chambers at 2 Bedford Row in London. He is now retired and lives in Sussex.