Prima facie

The law is there to protect all people. Or is it? Tessa Ensler is the most prominent among the young criminal defense attorneys in London. She does not come from one of those esteemed families with old money. She has escaped a background of domestic violence and worked her way up from the working class. Today, she defends men accused of sexual assault, among others. Her method of cross-examining witnesses—the alleged victims—is legendary and serves as her ticket into the inner circle of the bar associations. It seems she has made it. But then something happens that deeply shakes her faith in the law, and she decides to take the stand herself.