First broadcast 14th December 1988.
Featherstone's controversial remarks and ruling in a domestic violence case causes fallout from women's rights groups and concern from the Lord Chancellor.
Leo McKern ... Horace Rumpole
Marion Mathie ... Hilda Rumpole
Peter Bowles ... Guthrie Featherstone
Joanna Van Gyseghem ... Lady Marigold Featherstone
Peter Blythe ... Samuel Ballard Q.C.
Julian Curry ... Claude Erskine-Brown
Richard Murdoch ... Uncle Tom
Jonathan Coy ... Henry
Maureen Darbyshire ... Dianne
Martin Turner ... Hearthstoke
Abigail McKern ... Liz Probert
Denis Lill ... Mr. Bernard
Preston Lockwood ... Lord Chancellor
Peter Cartwright ... Keith
Peter Carlisle ... Wilfred Shadwell
Struan Rodger ... Detective Inspector Brush
Kate Buckley ... Lorraine Frinton
Di Langford ... Miss Sweeting
Phil Davis ... Tony Timson (as Philip Davis)
Cindy O'Callaghan ... April Timson
Asa Plant ... Vincent Timson
Doreen Ingleton ... Ruby Churchill
David Squire ... Peanuts Molloy
Jenny Bolt ... Chrissie
Louis Haslar ... Usher
Arthur Blake ... Court Clerk
John Levitt ... Radio Presenter (voice)
Cynthia Grenville ... Diary Reporter
John Mortimer ... Guest at Judge's Lunch
