As part of TW Lit Fest 2025!

Please note the venue for this performance is in the Town Hall Council Chamber.

The former Old Bailey judge, and author of the acclaimed bestseller Unlawful Killings, lifts the lid on our legal system and asks whether it delivers criminal justice for those involved. Wendy Jospeph KC will be interviewed by Darren Forrester of Berry & Lamberts.

Her Honour Wendy Joseph KC examines four gripping trials she presided over and excavates matching historical cases of murder and intrigue. But, as she compares these modern courtroom tales with eerily similar cases and miscarriages of justice from years ago, might the most chilling story of all be that the lessons of the past have yet to be learned?

From the trial of a child charged with disposing of dismembered body parts, to the woman accused of killing her own husband, Joseph is utterly compelling as she sets out how our justice system works. Incisive and masterfully crafted, Rough Justice illuminates the struggles of any one of us caught up in our legal system – but particularly the marginalized and the easily exploited, so often women and girls – and grapples with the concept of 'justice for all' so that we might demand better.

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Part of Tunbridge Wells Literary Festival 2025. TW Literary Festival 2025 will be running from May 5th to 11th. More authors to be announced very soon!