{"product_id":"sister-in-law-harriet-wistrich","title":"Sister in Law (Harriet Wistrich)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscover the essential, must-read book about how the UK legal system is failing women, as told by one of Britain's foremost lawyers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This is a\u003cb\u003e brilliant and important\u003c\/b\u003e book. Harriet is a trailblazer and has done so much to get justice for so many women.' - Victoria Derbyshire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eCompelling, inspiring, horrifying and humbling\u003c\/b\u003e in equal measure. 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A \u003cb\u003ebrilliant book\u003c\/b\u003e' - Baroness Helena Kennedy KC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Harriet's\u003cb\u003e innovative, intense and courageous \u003c\/b\u003ecommitment to safeguarding basic rights, is compellingly set out in every chapter.' - Michael Mansfield KC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A \u003cb\u003evivid \u003c\/b\u003eaccount of cases in which the justice system has spectacularly failed women but also of\u003cb\u003e how injustices can be challenged \u003c\/b\u003eif only we know enough and care enough to do so.' - Rt Hon Lady Hale DBE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'If I was ever in trouble, I would \u003cb\u003ewant Harriet Wistrich fighting in my corner\u003c\/b\u003e.' - Emeritus Professor David Wilson, author of \u003ci\u003eMy Life with Murderers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHarriet Wistrich \u003c\/b\u003eis the founder and director of the Centre for Women's Justice and a solicitor of over 25 years' experience. She has worked for many years with civil liberties firm Birnberg Peirce, acting in many high-profile cases around violence against women, including on behalf of women who challenged the police and parole board in the John Worboys case, women deceived in relationships by undercover police officers and women appealing murder convictions for killing abusive partners. She is also a founder member of the campaign group Justice for Women.  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