Kavanagh QC

James Kavanagh Q.C. is called upon to defend an alleged rapist in the first feature length episode of Kavanagh Q.C. Housewife Eve Kendall accuses a young labourer working at her home of rape.

Kavanagh is asked to prosecute an ex-cop turned vigilante, who is the driver of a car which hits a teenage tearaway and puts him in hospital. The mother of the boy refuses to believe it was an accident. Kavanagh is unconvinced that he can win the case but her emotional appeal wins him over.

When a father takes the law into his own hands and snatches his young son, it leads to a custody battle and another case for Kavanagh. Allegations of child abuse and professional misjudgements create further complications.

Kavanagh takes on a difficult and unpopular case when he defends a prostitute accused of murdering a wealthy businessman who was also a client. Meanwhile he has to face the possibility of his wife taking on an equally demanding new job in Strasbourg.

A young man is accused of murdering a 17 year old skin-head while on a demo that turns nasty. His girlfriend tells the police that she saw him do it and Kavanagh will have to dent her evidence if he is to help his young client.

A lorry from Holland is found on a trading estate with a load of condemned meat and 15 kilos of heroin hidden inside the carcasses. The depot manager and his boss are arrested and deny all knowledge of the haul.