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Counsels

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Drama

Five young lawyers who once trained together at one of Scotland's elite law schools, now scattered across the profession, find themselves facing each other in the courts of Glasgow. Some will rise to the top, while others risk losing everything as their careers teeter on the edge when they lock horns in their biggest cases yet. The ambitious lawyers must navigate a legal battlefield where their friendships begin to fracture, love affairs crumble, and the fight for justice threatens to tear them all apart.

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Creators
Bryan Elsley, Gillian McCormack
Production companies
Balloon Entertainment, All3Media International, ZDFneo, BBC, BBC Scotland
Countries
United Kingdom, Germany
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In Production

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