"Church with Lord Alfred Douglas, vodka and caviar with Robert Maxwell - in his fascinating life Sir Michael Ogden has met some of the most intriguing people of the last century. In these delightful memoirs he highlights the characters, cases and amusing incidents that came his way as a busy QC." "From eccentric judges and incompetent advocates to flamboyant tycoons, his portraits are often bitingly frank and always entertaining. At the beginning of nearly half a century at the Bar, Sir Michael had such minor but unusual cases as the fox who crossed the road at the wrong place. Later, he was defending tycoons such as Maxwell, and Bernie Cornfeld of the IOS scandal in the 1970s." "In his unusually varied career, Sir Michael has undertaken both civic and criminal cases in England and overseas, particularly Hong Kong, in the days when the glittering social life of the then Crown Colony revolved around the famous Jockey Club. For many years, he ran a Government Board, part-time." "Of course the book has its serious side, revealing a number of flaws in the Justice system which, in some cases Sir Michael helped to eradicate."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved