Nothing can cause Her Majesty's High Court Justice John Deed to depart from the principles of true justice. He successfully resists peer pressure and administration intrigue, government and corporate pressure, false testimony and blackmail. He has only one weak spot - a womanizer.
I really enjoyed watching it. It was very interesting to see what is happening in the corridors of the English court, how the apparatus, jurors, barristers work ("barrister is the category of lawyers in the UK who conduct cases in courts), etc. The main character is a judge of the Supreme Court of Her Majesty, a man of quite simple origin, but who knows his own value, whose professional principledness was not dreamed of by most of his hereditary colleagues. Experienced, highly qualified lawyer and barrister, intelligent, stubborn and courageous does not refuse to avoid other judges difficult cases, the outcome of which is extremely interested in very influential persons, and solutions are fraught with problems. And taking on these slippery cases, he conducts a trial only according to the law and the principles of moral justice, without looking back on anyone’s personal, clan or corporate interests. It is no wonder that the verdicts of his court are extremely dissatisfied even in the highest circles, and his resignation is the desired goal of many. Attempts to compromise the judge help his careless relationship with women.
But Judge Dida is not so easy to take (or remove). And although it is clear that this is all a fairy tale, there can be no such unsinkable heroic judge and such deliberate scoundrels of officials and businessmen, it was very pleasant to watch justice triumph. The character played by Donald Sinden. Lively dialogues and situations, a lot of intrigue and twists, interesting cases, well-kept pace - all create the impression that each episode is much shorter than its 90 minutes.
Language. They speak well and, in principle, understandable, but the abundance of professional legal turnovers greatly complicates the understanding of the unprepared viewer. English subtitles are surprisingly few on the network, for some episodes there is no at all. I watched with the Russians and I don’t regret it, I’m not sure that English would be enough for me to understand the judicial terminology.
8 out of 10