Throughout the novel The Woman in White, novelist Wilkie Collins makes clear the weight of the British Due Process in the lives of the characters and the events of the story. A series of civil wrongs dictate the novel's turning points. The law and its enforcement are presented to the reader from the beginning, in the style of testimony, collected and brought to court by Walter Hartright in what we might call the legal arena of Glyde v. Glyde. "the events that fill these pages could have claimed their share of the public's attention in a court of law" (9). The legal atmosphere in The Woman in White, as described above, consists of narrative lines as if presented before a jury, and which determine what and how the events are perceived by the reader. In this sense, readers become judges and jury. The narrative of the novel is rational and structured like that used in the atmosphere of a court of justice. For example, after the alleged death of Mrs. Glyde, four key witnesses certify this. Among them a doctor, Alfred Goodricke. In his statement we can appreciate the technicality that his profession requires: “I certify that I attended Lady Glyde […] and that the cause of death was aneurysm. Duration of illness not known” (405). A doctor's jargon is clear, which ensures credibility. He also strengthens the legal authenticity of the certificate by signing it appropriately, leaving proof of his medical competence: “Prof. Title. MRCS Eng. LSA (405), first thing required and expert in a court of law. The legal veracity of The Woman in White is not only portrayed in the way the characters speak to the reader, but also in the interaction between the sheet of paper. In Collins's account Victorian law is presented in its true form: a blind set of rigorous procedures in which a law-abiding lawyer will not risk his neck should the evidence prove insufficient. As stated by Mr. Kyrle “As a lawyer, and as a lawyer alone, it is my duty to tell you, Mr. Hartright, that there is not a shadow of a case against you… The evidence of Lady Glyde's death is… . clear and satisfactory” (441). The reader soon suspects that there are testimonies that contain blatant lies like Fosco's or that are simply unreliable because the “witness's” memory is not the best or because we are told that they are crazy suspense created by this loss of objectivity at the same time the credibility of the story itself suffers. However, Collins is very skilled at countering this unreliability with the truthfulness and realism of the law.