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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.
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00:02Yes, according to our computer records, Mr. J.P. Roshan is the registered keeper of a black
00:07BMW 320i, registration number T655LMR.
00:14And do your computer records note that Mr. Roshan disputes this fact, that he sold the
00:19car two years ago?
00:21I see no mention of it.
00:22And what would it take for you to amend your records?
00:25Details of a new keeper are entered upon receipt of a signed and completed Form V5.
00:32But Mr. Roshan doesn't have a Form V5.
00:35He sold the car two years ago.
00:37So where does that leave him?
00:39I'm afraid that would be outside my sphere of competence.
00:42Well, whose sphere of competence would it be inside?
00:47I'd have to get back to you on that.
00:49Would you take it from me that for the last two years, Mr. Roshan hasn't been the registered
00:53keeper of this car?
00:54No.
00:55I wouldn't have that authority.
00:56Mr. Stevens, I really fail to see the relevance.
00:59If your honour would just give me a moment.
01:01Mr. Telford, my client has been falsely arrested 12 times because of your mistakes.
01:05Do you realise you have cost him his family?
01:07I think we have the point now, Mr. Stevens.
01:10Mr. Telford, I'm going to make a finding of fact that Mr. Roshan is not the keeper of
01:15the vehicle, and I hereby order you to amend your records accordingly.
01:19Under what procedure, your honour?
01:21Under the procedure that I'm one of Her Majesty's judges, and you will do as I say.
01:26Now, is that it?
01:28Your honour, I submit there is no case to answer.
01:30Your honour...
01:31Mr. Stevens, the prosecution has produced more than enough evidence upon which the jury
01:35can convict.
01:35Your honour, that would be a gross injustice.
01:37Please don't try the court's patience.
01:38Joe, leave it.
01:39So, your honour is refusing to hear my application?
01:42It is dismissed.
01:44Is that your case?
01:45With respect, a case can be dismissed when there is no prospect of a reasonable jury convicting.
01:50And no jury in their right minds will convict my client after what he's been through.
01:55An eyewitness saw him smashing the camera.
01:57Yes, belonging to a police force which had destroyed his life.
02:00Sit down, Mr. Stevens.
02:04Do you wish me to find you in contempt?
02:06No, your honour.
02:07I wish you to throw this case out.
02:09Sit down right now.
02:12No.
02:15Right.
02:16Then you leave me no option but to...
02:18Not guilty!
02:19Who said that?
02:20He's not guilty, your honour.
02:21You will decide your verdict when I tell you to.
02:24Mr. Stevens, if you don't...
02:25Not guilty.
02:26The next person who speaks will also be held in contempt.
02:29Not guilty.
02:29He's not guilty, your honour.
02:31Not guilty, your honour.
02:36We say let the man...
02:37The jury will leave the court now and clear the public gallery.
02:46Mr. Horace!
02:47Mr. Horace, please, take the parole.
02:55Clear it, please.
02:57Clear it.
03:00This woman is innocent.
03:02A jury found her not guilty.
03:05Mr. Horace, you're under arrest.
03:07On suspicion of a vote in the course of justice, ironically.
03:09What?
03:10What's going on?
03:10Enjoy your little coaching session.
03:12It's all on camera.
03:13Every ward.
03:13This is fire!
03:15This is fire!
03:17This is fire!
03:18This is fire!
03:19This is fire!

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