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Martha Costello is now a QC, but she learns fast that it can be lonely at the top. She is defending Brendan Kay, a member of one of London's biggest crime outfits.

Martha represents Captain Ed Ryan in a court-martial. He is accused of disobeying an order, resulting in the death of a 19-year-old private.

Clive is in Oxford, prosecuting three students accused of sexually assaulting a waitress. Up against an intimidating defence counsel, Clive begins to waver.

Martha represents the driver of a high security prison van who is accused of causing a prisoner's death. Meanwhile Clive is struggling to get through to Fatima Ali.

At the Supreme Court, Martha is representing Jackson Henderson in a death row case. Against a ticking clock, Martha faces the toughest legal argument of her career.

Reluctantly representing Jody Farr, Martha vows to do her job. She soon begins to feel that Jody is not getting a fair trial, and suspects foul play.