A Criminal Practice

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Summary

By Terrance Dicks. Drama about an idealistic newly qualified lawyer who joins his uncle's firm of solicitors and finds himself defending hardened villains. From July 1967

Review

Vanessa Thorpe

Solicitor Matthew Larrabie, young and wet behind the ears, is raring to right wrongs when he joins his uncle’s law firm, but is soon disappointed by the line-up of dyed-in-the-wool criminals waiting for representation. So the romantic Larrabie enlists the help of beautiful barrister Penny — clearly selected by something more persuasive than the usual “cab rank rule” — to help defend the case of a quintessential “wronged little man”.

This rediscovered legal romp by prolific Doctor Who writer Terrance Dicks builds to a neat twist and opts for the broader comic tone of the Doctor in the House series over the verbal jousts familiar to Rumpole of the Bailey fans.

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