The High Price of Justice

by Alan S.C. Meek

In 1961 the Daily Express headlined this extraordinary case as a 'Masquerade In The High Court'. This personal account is the true story of the greatest British courtroom deception of the twentieth century.When a senior policeman, in a police station, punched a Fleet St photographer in the mouth, and several others joined in, Alan Meek had a choice to make. He could either take everybody's advice; 'it happened - there's nothing you can do about it - live with it', or he could fight. He chose to fight.This is the true and exact story of the next three years of Alan's life, in his own words. He paints an extremely well observed description of the characters and processes of the Legal world of London in the early 1960s.This is a story filled with characters, plot-twists and coincidences that could come straight from fiction - but don't; this is a true story.Without giving away the end of the story I can reveal that a prominent Q.C. was disbarred, the Home Secretary was questioned in the House of Commons and Law students to this day still study Meek v Fleming.

462 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 2, 2021