Too many of us rely on TV drama for our legal know-how
Almost half of the public (47%) get most of their legal knowledge from TV programmes, films, magazines, newspapers, and online. That’s the result of an online YouGov survey commissioned by QualitySolicitors Redkite, the biggest legal firm in South West Wales. The survey found that people in Wales rely more on the internet for most of their legal knowledge than any other region in England and Wales, with 27% citing it as their main source of legal information. A further 24% of people in Wales rely on TV programmes, films, magazines, and newspapers for most of their legal knowledge. Books ranked last as a source with just 2% - the lowest across all regions in the UK. The results follow the UK’s first televised sentencing in a criminal court. During the sentencing at the High Court in Edinburgh, David Gilroy was sentenced to 18 years in prison for murdering his former lover and colleague, Suzanne Pilley, 38. The initial decision to televise proceedings prompted prominent QC, Bria...