A barrister overseas difficult cases while dealing with family life.
EPISODE 1
Episode 1
A lawyer copes with problems at home while defending a student accused of raping a middle-aged woman.
EPISODE 2
Episode 2
James agrees to prosecute a vigilante who is accused of deliberately hitting a robbery suspect with his car.
EPISODE 3
Episode 3
Kavanagh finds himself caught up in a bitter family feud when he represents a frustrated father who has kidnapped his son in a desperate attempt to win custody; on the home front, Kavanagh's daughter wants to let her boyfriend stay overnight.
EPISODE 4
Episode 4
James Kavanagh defends a sex worker who is accused of murdering a client.
Kavanagh hears conflicting stories about the murder of a neo-fascist and his daughter, Kate, is having an affair with her married tutor at Cambridge.
Authorities seize a substantial amount of heroin hidden in a load of contaminated meat.
John Thaw
Oliver Ford Davies
Nicholas Jones
Cliff Parisi
Lisa Harrow
David Harewood
Ted Childs
Susan Rogers