It has been ably taken down for its absurd lack of substance by Yuan Yi Zhu’s coruscating review in The Times . whatever one thinks of Brexit – in 2016, I canvassed against it – this broader campaign aimed to overturn a major democratic vote. Moreover, barristers owe a duty to the court to cite cases or laws which may conflict with their case.

Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. this book offers a peak into a very nasty can of worms of unchecked power but offers hope that there still libertarians willing to stand up for what is right and just. The legitimacy they conferred was derived from their positions as highly respected public figures but not politicians or business people (except in the case of Miller).As a critic of right populism, I was sympathetic to certain actions against the government, Maugham fighting against Johnson’s prorogation of parliament.

He seems blind to economic and political realities: it’s not clear that he gets the economic point of the non-dom tax rules, and he seems proud of destroying Uber’s business model and of making it more difficult for ordinary Londoners to get taxis late at night. I couldn't put this book down, the story is detailed with good flow and kept my attention right to the end! As much as it pains me to say it, I think that Maugham has a point, though not in the way he intends.

In Bringing Down Goliath, Jolyon Maugham KC reveals the story behind these landmark cases and the hidden fault lines of our judicial system. However, where I (where anyone who believes in a liberal democracy) must irrevocably part with Maugham, is that I prize the rule of law far above any particular political end. Maugham’s reference to Goliath is an indirect reference to the people in power that haven’t been held to account, which is the driving force that led him to creating the Good Law Project in 2017. A must read if you want to take a step towards understanding the complexity of the current British system, and the morality that it grapples with.