With her low-flying solicitor's practice incinerated by a disgruntled client, her marriage collapsing and motherhood fast losing its charm, Josephine Newton's old uni…
Drama • Series • 2017 • 1 season
Starring: Claudia Karvan, Toby Schmitz, Brett Tucker
Created by: Deb Cox, Fiona Eagger
S1 E1 - External Forces
When her suburban solicitor's office is incinerated by a disgruntled client, Josephine Newton resumes her briefly glorious career at the Bar.
Feb 9, 2017 • 54m
S1 E2 - The Butterfly Effect
Josephine takes the lead in a gender dysphoria case while, downstairs, Helena defends Lydia against a criminal damage charge.
Feb 16, 2017 • 54m
S1 E3 - Control Theory
Josephine and Lewis inherit a murder trial where all the evidence points to their client being guilty, while Johnny and Skye are reluctantly thrown together to help defend Skye’s father from an assault charge.
Feb 23, 2017 • 55m
S1 E4 - Uniform Motion
Josephine worries she’s crossed over to the dark side when representing a furniture conglomerate, but manages to assist the underdog in a downstairs case.
Mar 2, 2017 • 56m
S1 E5 - Newton's Law Of Cooking
Josephine is surprised that Whitley wants her to represent him in a property dispute, and the downstairs team make their own discoveries in what is ostensibly a simple assault case.
Mar 9, 2017 • 56m
S1 E6 - The Uncertainty Principle
Josephine's high profile asylum seeker kidnapping case is further complicated when Callum intervenes, landing Josephine's witness, and himself, in hot water.
Mar 16, 2017 • 54m
S1 E7 - Terminal Velocity
As Josephine unexpectedly re-unites with a former client, Lewis' defence of a privileged thief unearths a troubling link between the boy and her sister, Rose.
Mar 23, 2017 • 54m
S1 E8 - Equal & Opposite Forces
The upstairs and downstairs teams join forces in a class action, taking on a pharmaceutical company that tried to cover up the side effects resulting from their drug trials.
Mar 30, 2017 • 54m
About This Show
Newton's Law
With her low-flying solicitor's practice incinerated by a disgruntled client, her marriage collapsing and motherhood fast losing its charm, Josephine Newton's old uni friend and not-so secret admirer, Lewis Hughes, persuades her to resume her briefly glorious career at the Bar. As she rises to the challenge, though, trading the benefits of her brilliant mind for a berth in the lofty glamour of Knox Chambers, Josephine realises it's not so easy to leave her entourage behind.
Drama • TV Series • 2017
