Young, feisty and at times reckless law pupil Emily du lac is pulled from other duties to help her supervisor, Nigel Farringdon KC (the first black head of St Jude's Chambers) in the defence of tight-lipped construction worker Calvin Coffey, on a murder charge.
Emily is not afraid of the challenge - she grew up around the Old Bailey and her estranged father was head of chambers as well as Nigel's mentor. But Emily has something to prove. With whispers of "nepotism" swirling around her, she has turned into a risk-taker and is not averse to putting everything on the line to catch a hammer-wielding murderer - everything including her life.