Manchester's finest legal minds are back to risk heart and soul in pursuit of the truth this Winter on BBC ONE

Susie Amy and Francis Magee join the New Street Lawcast, plus Jennifer Ellison, Ray Emmet Brown and John Henshaw to appear as guest stars

Viewers' favourites, John Hannah, John Thomson and Lisa Faulkner return for a second series to head up an ensemble cast in this stylish and pulsating legal drama. 

Set amongst Manchester's legal community, New Street Law follows the exploits and cases of two rival barristers' chambers with very different attitudes to justice.

Head of the defence chambers, Jack Roper (Hannah), has thrown his working life into turmoil after his single-minded pursuit of the truth and justice has left him facing a charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice.  Accused of fabricating a defence for his client, Jack refuses to back down and jeopardises his own career as well as everyone else at his chambers when news leaks out and the work begins to dry up. 

Tensions run high between Jack's chambers and those of the prosecution, headed by his one-time mentor, Laurence (Paul Freeman), as Laurence is quick to condemn Jack's actions, much to the annoyance of Laurence's daughter and former colleague, Laura (Faulkner).

Laura, alongside Jack's old friend and head clerk Al (Chris Gascoyne), must convince Jack that he has to put his and his colleagues' jobs before his principles.

The new series brings fresh legal battles including a washed up football manager (Henshaw) accusing a glamourous agent (Ellison) of theft; two schoolgirls in the dock for murdering a school friend but when their defence breaks down they turn against each other; a family in turmoil when the adult daughter of a bereaved widower accuses her father of abuse; a couple on the brink of divorce because the husband donated £40,000 to charity on the advice of an angel; a headteacher who wants to ban Sports Day as there is too much competition in schools already; and a nightclub owner accused of dealing heroin with a street value of £½ million.

Relations in chambers become ever more complex when Laura and Jack spend the night together, but Jack is scared to pursue a relationship because of a huge secret from his past. Laura is hurt by Jack's rejection but is determined not to let it affect her personally or professionally.

Annie (Lara Cazalet) and Charlie (Thomson) find it increasingly difficult to keep away from each other, even though they're both married.  Annie's guilt threatens her already rocky marriage so she tries to push an ever more lovelorn Charlie away, back to his wife Tessa (Amy), even though she knows that he is the only man she really wants. 

Ambitious Joe (Lee Williams) flirts with Laura and contemplates a move upstairs into prosecution to punish Jack for not valuing him enough. 

Meanwhile Laura's parents, Honor (Penny Downie) and Laurence seem distant with each other, a fact not helped by Honor sneaking off for secret trysts with old flame Frank (McGee).