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In the opening episode, barristers and best mates Alex Hay and Billy Guthrie are in court defending two armed robbers

Billy is stuck at home on suspension and Rose has already returned to work just three days after giving birth

Alex defends a famous footballer against a charge of indecent assault, and McLeish is determined to milk the case for publicity, even though the player is worried about being outed as gay

The head of Leeds' biggest crime family, Frank Green gets hauled in on a murder charge. It's big business for chambers and Rose and Billy work together on the case.

With criminal proceedings still hanging over his head, McLeish assigns Billy a trivial case - a pensioner accused of sheep-worrying - to keep his mind off things

Billy and Rose find themselves at loggerheads over the case of two Colombian drug runners. Billy also has other things on his mind; it looks certain that he will be taken to court for assault.

Things don't look good for Billy. He has avoided a criminal record for assaulting Wilson, but at what cost? Marlow is threatening to leak details of Wendy's affair with a senior judge to the press.

Leeds' leading gangland families, the Greens and the Flecks, are back in court. It's a big day for all concerned. It's a big day for all concerned

When Rose decides it's time to challenge McLeish's authority in chambers, everyone's loyalties are put to the test

McLeish's past comes back to haunt him when his son unexpectedly turns up at chambers. A smart, respectable law student, Rory doesn't seem the type to deal drugs.