I had unlocked the scale of his achievements and the extraordinary life he had led. I am ashamed to admit it but I had not heard of him and was told simply that he had been a criminal barrister in the post-war period. Like many people, lawyers and non-lawyers alike, I was aware of the great criminal advocates of the past and had read Marjoribanks’ Life of Sir Edward Marshall Hall and some of the Penguin Famous Trials series.īut the key moment was when I was introduced to Jeremy Hutchinson, then aged 97. What drew a relatively young chancery silk to this interest in criminal trials and, in particular, Court Number One?
And yet, amongst the general public, you are best known as the author of Jeremy Hutchinson’s Case Histories and most recently, Court Number One: The Old Bailey Trials that Defined Modern Britain. DE Tom, you are a chancery and commercial silk, and editor and contributor to many publications in your field.
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