There are currently over 100 prisoners lingering on Death Row in Trinidad. For many, their last hope lies 4,000 miles away in a small courtroom in London where the most senior judges in the English judiciary will hear their cases. With Trinidad and Jamaica about to resume hanging, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council will have to deal with an unprecedented number of life and death decisions. In his film, lawyer Bernard Simons examines the effectiveness of this little known court which covers many Commonwealth countries and argues a powerful case for reform to improve the quality of justice.