Better get Carman : in the court with George Carman QC, Britain's most feared lawyer : the man behind the advocate / Karen Phillipps.

Phillipps, Karen, author

London : Biteback Publishing, 2024.

352 pages ; 24 cm

George Carman QC was, and perhaps still is, Britain's most famous lawyer within living memory. Equally feared and respected, he made his name as an erudite and incisive advocate largely in the field of libel. Coming to prominence with his superb defence of disgraced former Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe on a charge of conspiracy to murder, Carman subsequently defended many well-known faces from the worlds of entertainment, sport, politics and business, including Ken Dodd, Richard Branson and Elton John. Carman intended to write his memoirs but became too ill to complete the book and died in 2001. Using his papers, press cuttings and court transcripts - along with the testimonies of some of those who saw him in action and her own extensive memories of her close friend - Karen Phillipps presents a portrait of this eminent advocate through the cases that made him famous.

9781785908989 (hbk)

340.092

KD632.C3

340.092

English

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