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A Drink at the Bar - A memoir of crime, justice and overcoming personal demons (Hardcover)
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A Drink at the Bar - A memoir of crime, justice and overcoming personal demons (Hardcover)
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A Drink at the Bar: A memoir of crime, justice and overcoming
personal demons is the witty, opinionated and revealing memoirs of
Judge Graham Boal QC, a criminal barrister for thirty years before
serving as a judge for nine years until his retirement as a
Permanent Judge at London's Central Criminal Court, the Old Bailey,
in 2005. Boal's career highlights included his being the legendary
George Carman's junior in the Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe's trial
for conspiracy to murder in 1979, leading for the Crown at the
Appeal of the Birmingham Six in 1991 and becoming First Senior
Treasury Counsel. His memories of key cases in his career are
fascinating but his day-to-day experiences, and the underlying
legal issues and happenstance, are every bit as revealing and
interesting. Boal has been described as 'clubbable', a man who
enjoys cricket, golf and life in a Norfolk village, but as his
brilliant career progressed he found himself increasingly dependent
on the demon alcohol. He went into treatment for alcoholism and
depression in 1993, and has been a recovering alcoholic ever since,
including his years as a judge at the Old Bailey, the court at
which most of the most serious criminal cases in the country are
tried. This intriguing memoir reveals the many inside stories of
classic criminal cases and the author is unstinting in his analysis
of his professional achievements and personal struggles. This will
be an essential read for all those interested in legal and
political issues and the toll that the pressures of high office can
put on one's personal life and wellbeing. The author is now a
trustee and board member of WDP, a leading addiction charity.
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