Newton's Law

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2017-02-09

Last Air Date: 2017-03-30

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 8

Created By: Deb Cox, Fiona Eagger

Networks: ABC TV

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Top Cast

Claudia Karvan as Josephine Newton
Toby Schmitz as Lewis Hughes
Brett Tucker as Callum Docker
Georgina Naidu as Helena Chatterjee
Sean Keenan as Johnny Allbright
Miranda Tapsell as Skye Stewart
Andrew McFarlane as Eric Whitley
Jane Hall as Jackie Russo
Grant Piro as Robert Malouf
Freya Stafford as Rose Newton

Seasons

Series 1 (2017)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: External Forces (2017-02-09)

When her suburban solicitor's office is incinerated by a disgruntled client, Josephine Newton resumes her briefly glorious career at the Bar.
Ep. 2: The Butterfly Effect (2017-02-16)

Josephine takes the lead in a gender dysphoria case while, downstairs, Helena defends Lydia against a criminal damage charge.
Ep. 3: Control Theory (2017-02-23)

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.
Ep. 4: Uniform Motion (2017-03-02)

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.
Ep. 5: Newton's Law Of Cooking (2017-03-09)

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.
Ep. 6: The Uncertainty Principle (2017-03-16)

Josephine's high profile asylum seeker kidnapping case is further complicated when Callum intervenes, landing Josephine's witness, and himself, in hot water.
Ep. 7: Terminal Velocity (2017-03-23)

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.
Ep. 8: Equal & Opposite Forces (2017-03-30)

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.