Chris is a powerful force for good in the national debate on criminal justice. You should all go out and buy his book.

The Secret Barrister

Fast-paced, engaging and littered with fascinating and often shocking real-life cases, Daw portrays a judicial system that's broken from the lowest courts to the toughest prisons in the land, suggesting solutions that are as provocative as they are persuasive.

Matthew Wright, Broadcaster

Extraordinary

Krishnan Guru-Murthy

A shocking, disturbing, revealing and enlightening examination of a deeply flawed criminal justice system by someone who's seen at first hand what the problems are, and more importantly, knows how they should be fixed.

Piers Morgan

A hard hitting, page turning account of the failures of our criminal justice system describing through some of the author's own cases not only how our system evolved but also why it fails to deliver to the public the protection they deserve.

Cherie Blair QC

A passionately written blueprint for resolving some perennial problems with our justice system ... A powerful case for reform.

Geoffrey Robertson QC