Law Pod UK

245: Environmental enforcement here and in the EU

Law Pod UK — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Environmental expert David Hart KC talks to Sir Richard Macrory, author and editor of the recent book “EU Environmental Policy and Law: Reflections at 50.”

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244: AI in healthcare: Who will be liable when things go wrong?

Law Pod UK — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +0000

The National Commission into the Regulation of AI in Healthcare has just published its blueprint for regulating AI in the health service. To pick out what this latest document matters for lawyers, Rosalind English is joined by Robert Kellar KC and Marcus Coates Walker of 1 Crown Office Row.

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243: Pink Crime with Professor Valena Beety

Law Pod UK — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000

In this episode of LawPod UK, Lucy McCann is joined by Professor Valena Beety, legal scholar, innocence litigator and former federal prosecutor, to discuss her new book Pink Crime.
Professor Beety explores her concept of ‘Pink Crime’ a distinctive category of wrongful convictions of women and queer people, often in cases where no crime actually occurred, by examining historic cases and contemporary prosecutions involving pregnancy loss, parenting decisions, and queer identity.

The conversation considers the impact of the US Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization, including the growing criminalisation of miscarriage and stillbirth, as well as the ways in which similar assumptions about identity and deviance have shaped the treatment of LGBTQ+ people.

Lucy and Professor Beety also discuss the dangers of unreliable forensic evidence, the different approaches to equality in the US, Canada and the UK, and the role that lawyers can play in challenging unjust outcomes.

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242: The Supreme Court recalibration of the Deprivation of Liberty and what it means

Law Pod UK — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Rosalind English talks to Amelia Walker of 1 Crown Office Row, frequently to be seen in the Court of Protection, about what the recent decision in response to the Northern Ireland's reference really means in practice, in particular in relation to care home residents and capacity assessments.

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241: Gambling related suicides

Law Pod UK — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000

A casino in your pocket 24/7. Is the Gambling Act 2005 fit for purpose? Rosalind English talks to Merry Varney and Dan Webster, both experts in this area at Leigh Day solicitors.

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240: Court of Appeal overturns the Divisional Court’s ruling on Palestine Action

Law Pod UK — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Lucy McCann is joined by Jonathan Metzer (1 Crown Office Row) to update listeners on the Palestine Action litigation. Last week the Court of Appeal overturned the Divisional Court’s decision to render the Government’s proscription of Palestine Action unlawful, in R (Ammori) v SSHD [2026] EWCA Civ 721.

For further detail see Jon’s write up of the case for the UK Human Rights Blog.

For a detailed discussion of the Divisional Court’s decision, listen to episode 233.

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239: Expert Witnesses: What to Expect at Trial

Law Pod UK — Tue, 26 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000

In Episode 239 Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to John Whitting KC about expert evidence at trial, which will be of interest to first-time and seasoned experts alike. This episode is the third in our series on expert evidence, following Episode 177 with Margaret Bowron KC and Episode 100 with Neil Sheldon KC.

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238: Beyond yes and no: the concept of consent in law

Law Pod UK — Mon, 18 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000

In this episode of LawPod UK, Lucy McCann is joined by Jasper Gold and Paula Kelly of 1 Crown Office Row to explore the concept of consent.

The discussion ranges from philosophical theories of consent to informed consent in medical law after Montgomery, the limits of consent to harm in criminal law, and the role of deception in sexual offences. Along the way, the episode considers broader questions of autonomy, paternalism, and the different functions consent performs across modern law.

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237: “Humane-Washing”: the misinformation and misleading advertising about where our meat comes from.

Law Pod UK — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Rosalind English talks to animal law protection solicitor Edie Bowles of the Animal Law Foundation and Veronica Wiggins, who directs campaigns to protect consumers against misleading advertising. We explore the widespread and systemic misrepresentation of our food animals as leading happy healthy free range lives when in fact 85 % of animals are subject to inhumane conditions in factory farms. For a deeper dive into the whole problem of "humane washing" here is a recent study. Animal Law Foundation reports on animal welfare enforcement and other legal insights can be found here.

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236: AI and its impact on private law, liability, causation, proximity and other legal hurdles

Law Pod UK — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Rosalind English talks to Jacob Turner, barrister at Fountain Court Chambers, and Michael Workman, former lawyer at the Law Commission. Both are AI experts who have taken part in assembling the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce draft Legal Statement regarding liability for AI-related harm in England and Wales, pertaining to private law.

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235: Clinical negligence: A Spring Update

Law Pod UK — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000

1COR’s Lizanne Gumbel KC and Matthew Leitch join Jim Duffy to talk through some of the latest judgments in the field of medical law. Among the highlights are the use of surveillance footage, ‘lost years’, percentage offers under Part 36 and secondary victimhood.

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234: From robing to probing: When the lawyer turns investigator

Law Pod UK — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Legal professionals are increasingly becoming involved in the conduct of investigations, in the workplace and elsewhere. Marina Wheeler KC joins Jim Duffy to look at how the skill sets of barristers can help determine what has happened and why, and increase the prospects of swift resolution and a clean break.

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233: Proscription and Protest: The Palestine Action Decision

Law Pod UK — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Lucy McCann is joined by Jonathan Metzer (1 Crown Office Row) to discuss the Divisional Court’s ruling in R (Ammori) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWHC 292 (Admin) that the proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation was unlawful.

The two articles mentioned are:

https://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2026/02/23/divisional-court-quashes-palestine-action-proscription-an-extended-look/
https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/03/02/daniella-lock-in-defence-of-the-divisional-courts-palestine-action-ruling/

If you would like to give feedback on this episode, please do get in touch by emailing lawpoduk@1cor.com

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232: The Most Significant Cases of 2025

Law Pod UK — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 13:44:59 +0000

Join the Law Pod team as we discuss a range of cases decided at all levels in the courts in 2025 with important implications for the future.

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231: Emergency States: Trump’s War on Everything

Law Pod UK — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:44:12 +0000

Jim Duffy is joined by David D. Cole, Professor of Law and Public Policy at Georgetown University and former National Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union. They discuss the US President's invocation of emergency powers to deport, to attack vessels on the high seas, and to impose sweeping international trade tariffs.

Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row. This episode was co-produced by 1 Crown Office Row and Emma Darlow Stearn. Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog. Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter.

230: Changing the Law to End Ageism

Law Pod UK — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:00:00 +0000

Is our society obsessed with youth? Nena Georgantzi, expert on the human rights of older persons at AGE Platform Europe, joins Equality Commissioner Alasdair Henderson to consider what stronger domestic and international legal frameworks could look like if society is serious about valuing people at a later stage of life.

Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row. This episode was co-produced by 1 Crown Office Row and Emma Darlow Stearn. Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog. Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter.

229: Should rivers have rights? The Environmental Law Foundation and the costs of taking action in the courts

Law Pod UK — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 05:00:00 +0000

Rosalind English is joined by a panel of environmental law experts, Emma Montlake, Richard Wald KC and Carol Day to discuss the resources and help offered by the Enviromental Law Foundation to those who want to take environmental claims in the courts without suffering punitive cost consequences.

https://elflaw.org

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228: Breaking the silence: clause 22A and reforming the law on NDAs

Law Pod UK — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In this episode, Lucy McCann is joined by Zelda Perkins, CEO of Can’t Buy My Silence UK and former PA to Harvey Weinstein, who broke her NDA and has since campaigned against the use of NDAs to silence workers speaking out against abuse, and Emma Darlow Stearn, a barrister practising from Cloisters Chambers, who specialises in employment and discrimination law and, in her previous role as Senior Legal Adviser for whistleblowing charity Protect, collaborated with Zelda to make the law on NDAs more accessible.

Zelda shares her personal story about the signing and breaking of her NDA, which had prevented her speaking up about Harvey Weinstein’s behaviour, and about her campaign Can’t Buy My Silence UK which has in large part led to amendments to the Employment Rights Bill (under Clause 22A) that will ban employers from using NDAs in cases of harassment and discrimination. Zelda and Emma discuss the nature and possible impact of those amendments which, since the time of recording, have been approved by the House of Commons and are due to become law in Autumn 2025 as s.202A Employment Rights Act 1996.

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227: The Best of Law Pod UK so far 2025

Law Pod UK — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Rosalind English revisits enlightening moments from our pre-summer catalogue.

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226: Inquests in Tudor England

Law Pod UK — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In this episode, Lucy McCann is joined by Professor Steven Gunn, historian at Merton College, Oxford to discuss his recent book, An Accidental History of Tudor England (co-authored with Tomasz Gromelski). They explore the world of the sixteenth century Coroners’ Court, examine what records of inquest reveal, and consider about how people died and what this can tell us about everyday life at the time, to draw comparisons with modern day inquest proceedings and coronial statistics.

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225: Rain of Dust

Law Pod UK — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Death, deceit and the lawyer who busted big Asbestos. Rosalind English talks to author David Kinley and lawyer Richard Meeran about an international legal drama involving a UK mining company and its South African employees, tackling questions of corporate veil, forum and causation in a huge class action.

Rain of Dust is available here.

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224: Parenthood in the modern age

Law Pod UK — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Ahead of the city’s Pride celebrations next month, Jim Duffy is joined by Clare Ciborowska and Pauline Troy of 1COR Brighton. They take us through the legal, social and political history behind the concept of parenthood in the UK today. Drawing from their experience as seasoned advocates in the family courts, Clare and Pauline describe how the evolution of equality and human rights laws around sexual orientation have helped lead us to where we are today in terms of parenthood. They examine legal developments in relation to surrogacy, and the recent shelving of proposals by the Law Commission in England and Wales for significant reform in that area.

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223: Behind the scenes at the UK and US Supreme Courts

Law Pod UK — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 16:22:15 +0000

Poppy Mulligan and Monty Fynn tell Jim Duffy all about their time as Judicial Assistants at the UK Supreme Court and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Counsel.

Poppy is JA to the Court’s Deputy President, Lord Hodge, while Monty has spent the year working for former ‘Treasury Devil’ Lord Sales.

They describe what they have learned about advocacy and about themselves that they will take into their nascent careers at the Bar, while Jim recounts some of his own experience as Judicial Assistant to Lord Reed and Lord Hodge some 12 years ago.

Poppy and Monty recently travelled to America to visit the US Supreme Court and America’s federal political institutions, giving them the chance to compare and contrast their own roles with those opposite numbers in Washington – clerks to the likes of Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Justice Clarence Thomas.

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222: What is the role of the Attorney General in times of crisis?

Law Pod UK — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Shadow AG Lord Wolfson of Tredegar joins Marina Wheeler KC and Rosalind English of 1 Crown Office Row to discuss the legal questions to be addressed by the government in relation to the ECHR.

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221: Supreme Court upholds legal right to wild camp on Dartmoor

Law Pod UK — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The Supreme Court has upheld the right to wild camp on Dartmoor in Darwall and another v Dartmoor National Park Authority [2025] UKSC 20. Lucy McCann talks to Darragh Coffey of 1 Crown Office Row about the decision.

Read Darragh’s analysis of the High Court’s decision here on the UK Human Rights Blog.

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220: Clinical Negligence Update

Law Pod UK — Mon, 19 May 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Jim Duffy is joined by 1COR colleague Benjamin Seifert to discuss recent case law touching on expert evidence, fundamental dishonesty, anonymity orders and much more.

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219: Assisted Dying Part 2: Reflections on the Canadian Experience

Law Pod UK — Tue, 06 May 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Psychiatrist Dr Mona Gupta in Montreal joins Rosalind English and Alex Ruck Keene KC.

https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/59-01/0212/TIABImpactAssessment.pdf

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218: Reflections on the Assisted Dying Bill: Part 1

Law Pod UK — Fri, 02 May 2025 18:01:40 +0000

Alex Ruck Keene KC has been deeply involved in the Bill’s passage through Parliament. Join Rosalind English in Episode 1 of this discussion, with the Canadian experience to follow in Episode 2.

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217: Animals as Legal Subjects

Law Pod UK — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 05:00:00 +0000

Rosalind English discusses the Animal Sentience Act with Edie Bowles of the Animal Law Foundation and Dr Rachel Dunn of Leeds Beckett. We explore the extent of this and other animal welfare laws in terms of compliance and enforceability, particularly for the billions of animals kept inside and in confined quarters, in order to end up on our supermarket shelves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sVfTPaxRwk

Distorting the Plate: The Food Industry’s influence on Health, Science and Policy
https://plantbasedhealthprofessionals.com/distorting-the-plate-food-industrys-influence-on-health-science-policy

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216: IWD series part 3: community and belonging at the Bar

Law Pod UK — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 05:00:00 +0000

LawPod UK is marking International Women’s Day by bringing you the final episode of its three-part series exploring gender at the Bar.

In this series, Lucy McCann and Rajkiran Arhestey speak to Lady Justice Whipple, Sally Smith KC, Clodagh Bradley KC, Cara Guthrie, Judith Rogerson, Isabel McArdle, Emma-Louise Fenelon and Chloe Turvill about their experiences, in the hope of drawing out some key reflections and continuing the conversation about gender and the profession.

In this episode Lucy and Kiran explore the themes of belonging and community at the Bar. How does imposter syndrome manifest itself? Why are role models important? How can we strengthen networks to encourage other women?

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215: Lord Sumption on the Strasbourg Court

Law Pod UK — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 05:00:00 +0000

“The ECHR is manifestly not a sensible and democratic way of deciding what the law should be in a democracy.”

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214: Trauma-Informed Lawyering with Dr Anna Colton

Law Pod UK — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 05:00:00 +0000

In Episode 214 Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Rachel Marcus of 1, Crown Office Row and Dr Anna Colton, an experienced Clinical Psychologist, about vicarious trauma and trauma-informed lawyering.

Dr Colton’s book How to Talk to Children about Food, is available here:

UK, audio & kindle
New Zealand
Australia
More information about Dr Colton is available here

The episode mentions:

Counsel magazine article: “The use of clinical supervision” by Mark Mason available here
Law Pod Episode 147, Vicarious Trauma in the Legal Profession available here
Vicarious Trauma in the Legal Profession: a practical guide to trauma, burnout and collective care by Rachel Francis and Joanna Fleck available here
The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel Van Der Kolk available here

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213: Henry Tufnell MP Defends the Employment Rights Bill

Law Pod UK — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 05:00:00 +0000

Alasdair Henderson discusses some of the trickier aspects of Labour's Employment Rights Bill with Henry Tufnell MP.

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212: Baroness Brenda Hale on a Long Career in the Law

Law Pod UK — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 05:00:00 +0000

Lady Hale discusses with Rosalind English the development of the right to privacy, reflects in her career in academia and the Law Commission, and ponders on the position of women in the legal profession today.

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211: The Most Significant Cases of 2024

Law Pod UK — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Join the Law Pod team as we discuss a range of cases decided at all levels in the courts in 2024 with important implications for the future.

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210: John Gimlette: Travel-writer at the Bar

Law Pod UK — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 05:00:00 +0000

At the end of 2024 John Gimlette retired after a long and successful career at 1, Crown Office Row, where he practised alongside an equally successful career in travel writing. In that time John published 6 travel books (details of which can be found on his website here). In this episode he looks back at his life at the Bar and as a writer.

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209: Gender critical belief: A legal debrief

Law Pod UK — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Jim Duffy is joined by fellow 1COR barristers Alasdair Henderson and Paula Kelly to examine recent judicial attempts to grapple with questions of gender in the workplace. How do the UK courts and tribunals distinguish legitimate and protected expressions of belief from harassment and transphobia?

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208: Vicarious Liability: Where Are We Now? With Isabel McArdle

Law Pod UK — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Following the recent allegations of abuse surrounding former owner of Harrods, Mohamed Al-Fayed, vicarious liability has been in the news once again.
Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Isabel McArdle about developments in this area of law since her previous episode with Rob Kellar KC in 2020 and in particular since the Supreme Court decision in Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses v BXB [2023] UKSC 15

The episode discusses the following cases:
WM Morrison Supermarkets plc (Appellant) v Various Claimants (Respondents) [2020] UKSC
Barclays Bank v. Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 13
Mohamud v WM Morrison Supermarkets plc [2016] UKSC 11
Cox v. Ministry of Justice [2016] UKSC 10
The Christian Brothers Case [2012] UKSC 56
Armes v Nottinghamshire CC [2017] UKSC
Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses v BXB [2023] UKSC 15

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207: A Beginner's Guide to Extradition

Law Pod UK — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Benjamin Seifert of 1 Crown Office Row joins Lucy McCann to introduce our listeners to extradition law: the statutory framework that governs extradition, the procedure, the types of challenges raised when resisting extradition and recent developments in extradition law in the UK Supreme Court.

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206: The Judge Over Your Shoulder: Government Policy and Judicial Intervention

Law Pod UK — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 19:36:39 +0000

Rosalind English talks to Tim Lankester, who was Permanent Secretary of this country’s foreign aid department when a huge scandal broke about the grant of aid to Malaysia in the 1990s. The Court’s ruling that this decision was unlawful marked a shift in the balance between the judiciary and the executive. Sir Tim and Rosalind are joined by law Professor Liz Fisher to discuss the role of the courts in government decision making over the past thirty years.

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205: Of Mice and Murder in The Temple

Law Pod UK — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 04:00:00 +0000

David Hart KC talks to Sally Smith KC about her first novel. A murder mystery meets a multi-million authorship dispute.

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204: 3 Essential Clinical Negligence Updates

Law Pod UK — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 04:00:00 +0000

For those looking to keep on top of their CPD over the summer, in Episode 204 Emma-Louise Fenelon interviews John Whitting KC and Robert Mills about recent developments in clinical negligence.
Robert Mills takes listeners through three recent cases on material contribution:

CNZ v Royal Bath Hospitals NHSFT & The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2023] EWHC 19 (KB)
CDE v Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust [2023] EWCA Civ 1330
Holmes v Poeton Holdings Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 1377

John Whitting KC outlines developments in the law of informed consent

Bilal and Malik v St George’s University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2023] EWCA Civ 605
McCulloch and others v Forth Valley Health Board [2023] UKSC 26

And the episode concludes on a discussion of expert evidence

Woods v Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2024] EWHC 1432 (KB)
CE (Cameroon) [2023] UKAITUR PA011122020

The podcast has previously covered expert evidence in the following episodes:

Disaster Avoidance for Experts with Margaret Bowron KC here
Disaster Avoidance for Experts with Neil Sheldon KC here

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203: Air Travel Woes

Law Pod UK — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 13:24:25 +0000

A tale of small win against airline leads to big Supreme Court ruling on pre- and post- Brexit compensation. Rosalind English in conversation with David Hart KC.

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202: The Coroner’s Court in 2024

Law Pod UK — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 09:09:46 +0000

Jim Duffy is joined by Richard Mumford and Lance Baynham to examine recent developments in inquests law, and to take a look at contemporary challenges facing our oldest judicial office.

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201: Raising Racism at Inquests

Law Pod UK — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 04:00:00 +0000

In Episode 201 Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Emma Snell of JUSTICE and Christian Weaver, a barrister at Garden North Chambers about Achieving Racial Justice at Inquests: A Practitioner’s Guide (2024), a guide recently published by JUSTICE and INQUEST.

His Honor Judge Mark Lucraft KC, Chief Coroner of England & Wales from 2016-2020 endorsed the guide saying the following:
“This important guide equips practitioners and coroners to recognise, raise and investigate issues of race or racism when they arise, sensitively and without reticence. It is an invaluable resource, not only for promoting racial justice, but for improving fact finding, increasing racial awareness, and providing better representation to families.”

Emma Snell is a Senior Legal Fellow at JUSTICE.
Christian Weaver is a barrister at Garden Court North Chambers and the author of The Law in 60 seconds: A Pocket Guide to Your Rights, and of the upcoming Your Right to Protest: Understand It, Use It. For those interested in other publications from INQUEST, see here

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200: IWD series part 2: parenthood

Law Pod UK — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 09:16:27 +0000

Our 200th episode is the second of our International Women’s Day series exploring gender at the Bar.

In this episode, Lucy and Kiran discuss a number of issues relating to parenthood, including pregnancy, maternity and paternity leave, childcare, gendered assumptions about caring and family life.

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199: The Protection of Animals at the Time of Killing (PATOK)

Law Pod UK — Mon, 27 May 2024 13:25:49 +0000

Following the Strasbourg Court's dismissal of Kosher and Halal groups' challenge to the ban on no-stun slaughter of food animals, Rosalind English talks to animal welfare campaigner Paula Sparks about the complex web of laws surrounding our treatment of farm animals in the abattoir.

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198: Small Data: damage, distress and the development of a new type of claim

Law Pod UK — Wed, 15 May 2024 09:01:47 +0000

Jasper Gold of 1 Crown Office Row joins Lucy McCann to explore “small data” claims, where data and personal injury law intersect.

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197: Negligence in football: A claim of two halves

Law Pod UK — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 12:39:32 +0000

Football fans everywhere will be familiar with reckless tackles, whether from their own Sunday league experience or as followers of the professional game. But when will a tackle amount to negligence and be actionable in a civil court, such that an injured player can sue their opponent?

In this episode of Law Pod UK, 1COR members Jo Moore and Nicholas Jones join Lucy McCann to discuss how the law of personal injury applies to football.

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196: Punching a window on the world of family law

Law Pod UK — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 11:13:24 +0000

Can appropriate public scrutiny and respect for private lives co-exist? Jim Duffy speaks to Richard Ager and Clare Ciborowska about the Transparency Reporting Pilot in the family courts.

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195: Human Rights embrace Climate Change

Law Pod UK — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 19:42:42 +0000

Strasbourg Court fashions human rights out of climate change. David Hart KC discusses latest developments with Rosalind English.

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194: IWD series part 1: what’s the problem?

Law Pod UK — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 11:00:00 +0000

LawPod UK is marking International Women’s Day with a three-part series exploring gender at the Bar.

In this series, Lucy McCann and Rajkiran Barhey speak to Lady Justice Whipple, Sally Smith KC, Clodagh Bradley KC, Cara Guthrie, Judith Rogerson, Isabel McArdle, Emma-Louise Fenelon and Chloe Turvill about their experiences, in the hope of drawing out some key reflections and continuing the conversation about gender and the profession.

In this episode, Lucy and Kiran ask ‘what’s the problem?’ and cover a number of issues including gendered assumptions and stereotypes, pressure at the Bar, equal pay, and the fair allocation of work.

Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row. Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog. Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter.

193: Supreme Court rules on “shock” in clinical negligence cases

Law Pod UK — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 17:00:00 +0000

The Supreme Court has ruled out claims for physicatric harm suffered by family members witnessing death or serious injury as a result of medical negligence. Rosalind English talks to Judith Rogerson of 1 Crown Office Row about the implication of this ruling.

Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row. Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog. Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter.

192: Scope of duty since Khan v Meadows

Law Pod UK — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 10:59:35 +0000

Rachel Marcus and Marcus Coates-Walker of 1 Crown Office Row join Lucy McCann to explore the principle of the scope of duty in the context of clinical negligence claims. First by analysing the decision in Khan v Meadows [2021] UKSC 21 and then discussing how the courts have grappled with scope of duty issues since.

Cases discussed in this episode include:

- Khan v Meadows [2021] UKSC 21
- McFarlane v Tayside Board of Health [2000] 2 AC 59
- Groom v Selby [2001] EWCA Civ 1522
- Parkinson v St James & Seacroft UH NHS Trust [2001] EWCA Civ 530
- SD v Grampian Health Board [2022] CSOH 63
- DD v NHS Fife Health Board [2022] SAC (Civ) 27
- Radia v Marks [2022] EWHC 145 (QB)
- McCulloch v Forth Valley Health Board [2023] UKSC 26

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191: Significant Cases of 2023

Law Pod UK — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 20:30:00 +0000

Lucy McCann, Rosalind English and Jon Metzer discuss a selection of significant legal cases from the UK over the past year.

Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row. Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog. Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter.

190: Toxic Torts

Law Pod UK — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000

Join chemist Professor Roy Harrison and environmental law silk David Hart, for a review of recent personal injury lawsuits where claimants seek damages for exposure to toxic substances. Despite the technical challenges, this litigation is key to environmental protection.

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189: Best of Law Pod 2023 So Far

Law Pod UK — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 11:11:55 +0000

A compilation and distillation of the past seven months of pod discussions, by presenters Rosalind English and Lucy McCann.

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188: Vulnerable witnesses: Communication in the Family Courts

Law Pod UK — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 11:00:00 +0000

Family law expert Richard Ager talks to Melissa Patidar about her intermediary service company which provides communication support between lawyers and witnesses in remote and face to face hearings in family court proceedings. They discuss parties with vulnerabilities, qualifications and role of an intermediary, and how lawyers should aim to work with them.

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187: Do the police owe potential victims a duty to warn?

Law Pod UK — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 07:02:53 +0000

Traditionally, courts have declined to impose this liability, believing it would lead to defensive policing. A recent High Court ruling appears to have changed all that. Listen to Rosalind English in discussion with Conor Monighan of 5 Essex Court on this decision with serious implications for all public authorities.

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186: NFTs: Blockchain technology and the legal framework

Law Pod UK — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 07:30:00 +0000

Robert Kellar KC in conversation with Victoria Walters, library learning advisor at the Bristol campus of the University of Law.

Plus: we want your feedback! Please take a couple of minutes to fill in this very short anonymous survey. Thank you in advance. www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/LawPodUK

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185: Is A.I. Coming for the Lawyers?

Law Pod UK — Mon, 22 May 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Professor Richard Susskind, advisor to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, has been alerting the legal profession to the advance of technology since the 1990s.

In this episode, Rosalind English discusses with Professor Susskind the present and the future for solicitors, barristers and even the judiciary, in the presence of Artificial Intelligence, which is rapidly overtaking traditional ways of delivering solutions to problems via human agents.

Plus: we want your feedback! Please take a couple of minutes to fill in this very short anonymous survey. Thank you in advance. www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/LawPodUK

Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row. Supporting articles, with links to cases, are published on the UK Human Rights Blog. Follow and message the podcast via Twitter. Subscribe on your favourite podcast platform.

184: Navigating the Reservoir of Retained EU Law after Brexit

Law Pod UK — Fri, 12 May 2023 13:30:00 +0000

This week the UK Government announced an important change to its Retained EU Law Bill, which has been going through Parliament. Now 600 EU-era laws are set be repealed by the end of 2023 - fewer than the whole "reservoir” of 1000+ initially targeted.

Rosalind English discusses the challenges posed by the Bill with Sam Willis of the Public Law Project.

Plus: we want your feedback! Please take a couple of minutes to fill in this very short anonymous survey. Thank you in advance. www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/LawPodUK

Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row. Supporting articles, with links to cases, are published on the UK Human Rights Blog. Follow and message the podcast via Twitter. Subscribe on your favourite podcast platform.

183: Multi-defendant cases: the more the merrier?

Law Pod UK — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Lucy McCann speaks to Cara Guthrie and Matthew Flinn of 1 Crown Office Row, about multi-defendant litigation in the field of clinical negligence.

The discussion covers who to sue, the costs implications of having multiple defendants, contribution proceedings, apportioning liability between defendants, and interim payment applications.

Plus: we want your feedback! Please take a couple of minutes to fill in this very short anonymous survey. Thank you in advance. www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/LawPodUK

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For the latest developments in medical law, visit the Quarterly Medical Law Review.

182: Unlawful Killing in Inquests: All Change?

Law Pod UK — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Matthew Hill of 1 Crown Office Row about three recent decisions concerning unlawful killing.

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181: The Bill of Rights Bill is Back

Law Pod UK — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 17:30:00 +0000

Jim Duffy is joined by Professor Jim Murdoch of the University of Glasgow, Angus McCullough KC from 1 Crown Office Row, and Shameem Ahmad from the Public Law Project, to talk small boats and big changes on the human rights horizon.

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180: The Environmental Minimum with Dr Stefan Theil

Law Pod UK — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 14:00:00 +0000

In this episode, Lucy McCann speaks to Dr Stefan Theil, the John Thornley Fellow and Director of Studies in Law at Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge, about what role the law can play in tackling the climate crisis.

Stefan discusses the framework he set out in his book Towards the Environmental Minimum. The discussion covers the concept of polycentricity, protections offered by constitutions and treaties, the value of ascribing rights beyond human beings, and the role courts have in environmental issues.

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179: Safe as Houses: depriving children of their liberty

Law Pod UK — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 14:30:00 +0000

Applications for secure accommodation or deprivation of liberty orders, for children in the UK, have increased significantly in recent years. Lucy McCann talks with Richard Ager and Clare Ciborowska about the current situation.

There is now a severe lack of regulated accommodation and the courts are having to use their inherent jurisdiction to approve orders where unregulated placements are the only option. This episode discusses recent relevant cases and experiences, alongside the new national deprivation of liberty court and observations from its first two months of operation.

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178: How to get Pupillage

Law Pod UK — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Shahram Sharghy and Jo Moore about how to become a barrister. The episode considers the kind of research that is essential to do in advance, navigating the pupillage gateway, preparing for interviews and dealing with rejection.

Helpful resources include: pupillageandhowtogetit.com and "The Path to Pupillage" by Georgina Wolfe.

You can start, edit and submit a pupillage application this year via the Bar Council's pupillagegateway.com until 23:59 on Wednesday 8 February 2023.

If you are interested in applying to 1 Crown Office Row visit:
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177: Disaster Avoidance For Experts with Margaret Bowron KC

Law Pod UK — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 07:05:13 +0000

In this episode, Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Margaret Bowron KC about how to avoid disastrous expert evidence. This episode is an update to the popular 2019 episode with Neil Sheldon KC available here.

Margaret and Emma discuss mistakes in expert reports, the standard to be applied to expert reports, actual and potential conflicts of interest(s), the importance of staying within one's area of expertise, and the danger where lawyers get involved in joint experts' discussions.

Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row. Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog. Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter.

176: Significant Cases of 2022

Law Pod UK — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 15:35:00 +0000

Rosalind English, Lucy McCann and Jon Metzer discuss a selection of significant legal cases from the UK over the past year.

Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row. Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog. Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter.

175: Essential Inquest Law Update

Law Pod UK — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 08:20:00 +0000

Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Rory Badenoch and Rajkiran Barhey about the developments in inquest law that practitioners will need to know about.

Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row. Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog. Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter.

174: Permacrisis in Public Law? With Sir Jonathan Jones KCB KC

Law Pod UK — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 12:30:00 +0000

Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks with Jonathan Jones about recent developments in UK public law and the Constitution. The discussion covers recent political turbulence, the Union, the Northern Ireland Protocol, Judicial Review reforms, Human Rights Act reforms and standards and ethics in public life.

Sir Jonathan Guy Jones KCB KC is a British lawyer, appointed in March 2014 and serving until his resignation on 8 September 2020 as HM Procurator General, Treasury Solicitor and Head of the Government Legal Service, and so the Permanent Secretary of the Government Legal Department. He is now a Senior Consultant in Public and Constitutional Law at Linklaters.

Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row. Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog. Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter.

173: Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation with Greg Callus

Law Pod UK — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 15:40:00 +0000

Is legislation against SLAPPs really necessary in the UK?

Rosalind English delves into this question with help from Greg Callus. Greg Callus joined 5RB as a barrister in 2015. He specialises primarily in defamation, data protection, freedom of information, privacy, confidentiality, and contempt of court. Under the cab rank rule, he acts for both claimants and defendants, and frequently appears at hearings concerning the open justice principle (anonymity, reporting restrictions & access to court documents) both for and against the media.

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Supporting articles (and now transcripts) are published on the UK Human Rights Blog.

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172: Advocacy in the Appellate Courts with Philip Havers KC

Law Pod UK — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 17:15:00 +0000

In her Law Pod UK debut, Lucy McCann talks with Philip Havers KC about his experiences appearing in appellate courts. Containing practical tips for those making their first appearances in appellate courts, this episode recounts both victories and hard lessons that will be of interest to practitioners and students alike.

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Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog.

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171: What type of property is crypto? With Rob Kellar KC

Law Pod UK — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 12:00:00 +0000

What type of legal property is cryptocurrency? How might the law deal with NFTs? Do any of these new assets require lawyers? Dive into the future with Rosalind English and Robert Kellar KC, as they consider the UK Law Commission's Digital Assets consultation paper.

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170: Justice from the Chaos of Conflict, with Aonghus Kelly

Law Pod UK — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 13:00:00 +0000

Jim Duffy is joined by Aonghus Kelly as he travels to Kyiv to assist Ukraine in building mechanisms to ensure a future reckoning for the war crimes of today.

169: Government Control over the Flow of Information: Lord Sumption on the Online Safety Bill

Law Pod UK — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 03:15:59 +0000

"Government control over the flow of information": Lord Sumption speaks out against the threat to freedom of speech posed by the Online Safety Bill.

The Online Safety Bill is currently making its way through the House of Commons. The Bill’s concept of “legal but harmful” user-generated content is controversial, and has attracted criticism from high places, not least of all from former Supreme Court judge Jonathan Sumption. Lord Sumption joins Rosalind English in this episode to discuss the problems involved in defining this kind of harm and the concepts of “misinformation and disinformation” in the Bill.

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168: Psychology or pseudoscience? Parental alienation and the role of the psychologist, with Richard Ager and Clare Ciborowska

Law Pod UK — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Jim Duffy speaks to Richard Ager and Clare Ciborowska, of 1 Crown Office Row in Brighton. They discuss how the family court deals with allegations of ‘alienating behaviour’ by one parent against another and examines the part psychologists play in that process.

In this first episode after a summer break, Law Pod UK introduces both new presenters and celebrates its 5th anniversary.

167: The UK's Bill Of Rights, with Andrew Warnock QC

Law Pod UK — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 15:00:00 +0000

Shortly before the current turmoil in Westminster, a new British Bill of Rights was introduced in Parliament. This Bill seeks to repeal and replace the 1998 Human Rights Act, which incorporated the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law.

Rosalind English discusses the proposed Bill with public law expert Andrew Warnock QC.

166: Unlawful Killings, with Her Honour Wendy Joseph QC

Law Pod UK — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 12:30:00 +0000

In this episode, Rosalind English talks with recently retired Old Bailey Judge, Her Honour Wendy Joseph QC, about her book 'Unlawful Killings'.

Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row.

Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog, which you can also follow on Twitter.

165: A duty to offer alternatives? With John Whitting QC

Law Pod UK — Tue, 31 May 2022 13:00:00 +0000

Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to John Whitting QC about the key healthcare law cases of Bolam, Montgomery, the knotty issue of informed consent and the scope of the duty to offer alternative treatments.

164: Belfast Special Report: Rights in Northern Ireland, with Anurag Deb

Law Pod UK — Sun, 08 May 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Rosalind English discusses the controversial Northern Ireland Protocol with Anurag Deb, a human rights expert based at Queen's University in Belfast.

Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row.

Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog, which you can also follow on Twitter.

163: Computer Says No! Automated Decision-Making in the Public Sector, with the Public Law Project

Law Pod UK — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 05:00:00 +0000

The application of technology to both justice and wider government decision-making is moving apace.

Rosalind English discusses the pitfalls of ADM and “black box” algorithms, with Ariane Adam and Tatiana Kazim of the Public Law Project, who have serious concerns about opaque decision-making affecting people’s rights and livelihoods.

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Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog, which you can also follow on Twitter.

162: Reproductive coercion and control in contact cases in the family courts

Law Pod UK — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Clare Ciborowska and Richard Ager, both family law experts from the Brighton Annexe of 1 Crown Office Row, talk about the difficult subject of reproductive coercion where such allegations arise in child contact cases. Presented by Rosalind English.

Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row.

Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog, which you can also follow on Twitter.

161: The European Response to the War in Ukraine: A Legal Analysis

Law Pod UK — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 13:15:00 +0000

Just days before Russia resigned from the Council of Europe, the Centre of European Law at King's College London held a rapid reaction seminar considering what role can EU law play in the current conflict in Ukraine. In this episode we summarise the main points made by the experts and raise the question: does EU law present any potential way of this quagmire?

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Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog, which you can also follow on Twitter.

160: Can we drain Putin's swamp in Londongrad? With Oliver Bullough

Law Pod UK — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 12:00:00 +0000

Rosalind English talks to Oliver Bullough, a journalist who has lived and worked throughout the former Soviet Union. His latest book, Butler to the World, makes a forceful point about how the UK is a servant to all-comers, as long as they pay enough.

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Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog, which you can also follow on Twitter.

159: Human Rights in a Turbulent Era with Gráinne de Búrca

Law Pod UK — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 12:00:00 +0000

In Episode 159, Emma-Louise Fenelon talks to Gráinne de Búrca about her recent book, Reframing Human Rights in a Turbulent Era.

Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row.

Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog, which you can also follow on Twitter.

158: A Decent Death: Sir Stephen Sedley and My Death, My Decision

Law Pod UK — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 16:30:00 +0000

Rosalind English talks to Trevor Moore of the campaign group My Death, My Decision about UK laws on assisted dying, and they reflect on a speech given by former Court of Appeal judge Sir Stephen Sedley on the subject.

That speech is also available online to watch and read in full. A related article by Sir Stephen is in the London Review of Books here.

If you support reform of UK laws on assisted dying, you may wish to support or find out more about My Death, My Decision. They are a not-for-profit campaign organisation (and not a registered charity) that relies on members. There are a number of ways to support.

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Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog, which you can also follow on Twitter.

157: The Most Significant Cases of 2021

Law Pod UK — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 15:59:50 +0000

In Episode 157, Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Jon Metzer about the most significant cases of 2021.

156: Best of Law Pod 2021

Law Pod UK — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 16:11:50 +0000

In this episode, Rosalind English and Emma-Louise Fenelon select highlights from their interviews in 2021, covering a range of legal topics, from rulings on the gig economy to artificial intelligence.

Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row.

Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog, which you can also follow on Twitter.

155: Interview with Nazir Afzal OBE

Law Pod UK — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 12:02:18 +0000

Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks with Nazir Afzal OBE, about his book The Prosecutor.

Nazir's new podcast is available here.

Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row.

Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog, which you can also follow on Twitter.

154: Tackling Climate Change: the role of law

Law Pod UK — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 05:05:34 +0000

Rosalind English looks at the UK Bar Council’s 19th Annual Law Reform Lecture, exploring the role of law reform in the context of climate change. With excerpts from speeches given by Inger Andersen, Under-Secretary-General of the UN and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme, and Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill, a former UK Supreme Court judge.

Full written speeches are available on the Bar Council’s website.

Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row.

Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog, which you can also follow on Twitter.

153: Loss of Chance with Sarah Lambert QC and Dominic Ruck Keene

Law Pod UK — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks with Sarah Lambert QC and Dominic Ruck Keene about what practitioners need to know when they encounter loss of chance cases.

Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row.

Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog, which you can also follow on Twitter.

152: The multibillion dollar claim for Henrietta Lacks's cell line

Law Pod UK — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Rosalind English talks with Professor Jacob Sherkow about a recent claim brought by the Henrietta Lacks Estate, against Thermo Fisher Scientific, in the USA. Lacks's "immortal cells" have benefited "nearly every realm of medicine" in the 70 years since her death.

Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row.

Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog, which you can also follow on Twitter.

151: Healthcare Regulation Reform in the UK

Law Pod UK — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 15:05:16 +0000

Robert Kellar QC, of 1 Crown Office Row, discusses with Rosalind English proposals to shake up and simplify the current systems of healthcare regulation in the United Kingdom.

150: Can an AI become a patent inventor?

Law Pod UK — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Rosalind English talks to Professor Ryan Abbott, about rejections in the UK, US and EU (and granting in South Africa and Australia) of patents for inventions by an AI called DABUS.

149: Closed Material Procedures with Angus McCullough QC

Law Pod UK — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 10:39:52 +0000

Closed Material Proceedings take place where evidence is so secret that advocates cannot communicate directly with their clients. Angus McCullough QC talks to Rosalind English about the difficulties and obstacles he faces when acting as a Special Advocate in these proceedings.

148: Interim Care Orders and Newborn Babies

Law Pod UK — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 16:05:12 +0000

Richard Ager and Clare Ciborowska of 1 Crown Office Row (Brighton) discuss with Rosalind English the distressing and emotional business of removing newborns from their mothers when it is decided that it is in the infant’s best interests. Earlier this year the Public Law Working group has published a series of recommendations for improvements in practice to make the whole procedure less traumatic for the mother. Whether these recommendations will be implemented remains to be seen.

147: Vicarious Trauma in the Legal Profession

Law Pod UK — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 08:00:00 +0000

In Episode 147, Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Rachel Francis and Joanna Fleck, about their book 'Vicarious Trauma in the Legal Profession'.

146: 5 Key Medical Law Updates

Law Pod UK — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 15:37:33 +0000

Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Richard Mumford and Rajkiran Barhey about 5 key developments in medical law.

145: The Magnitsky Act with Bill Browder

Law Pod UK — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 09:45:52 +0000

In Episode 145, Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Bill Browder about his campaign to bring those responsible for the death of Sergei Magnitsky to justice

144: Coercive and controlling behaviour: the latest from the Family Courts

Law Pod UK — Wed, 19 May 2021 12:09:53 +0000

In the first episode in our new Family Law Series from 1 Crown Office Row Brighton, Clare Ciborowska and Richard Ager join Rosalind English to discuss the challenges presented to family court judges by the obligation to conduct full fact finding hearings where allegations of domestic abuse are raised.

143: Henry VIII Powers undermining parliamentary supremacy

Law Pod UK — Tue, 04 May 2021 14:56:58 +0000

In this episode, Rosalind English discusses with Sarabjit Singh and Isabel McArdle of 1 Crown Office Row a number of laws containing "Henry VIII" powers which allow ministers to avoid full parliamentary debate.

We have to apologise for the building works sound effects in the background of this episode. We welcome our listeners to perceive them as an appropriate metaphor for the government hammering home their policies under these powers.

142: Vaccine Hesitancy and the Court of Protection: Who Decides?

Law Pod UK — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 14:55:54 +0000

What happens, if someone lacks capacity under the Mental Capacity Act, and their family for whatever reason objects to the Covid vaccine? Amelia Walker discusses three recent cases with Rosalind English

141: 100 Days Since Brexit

Law Pod UK — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 09:14:54 +0000

In the latest episode of 2903cb, Professor Catherine Barnard of the University of Cambridge casts her mind back over the weeks and months since we left the EU. What is her verdict?

Ep 140: Harriet Wistrich on Criminal Justice for Women

Law Pod UK — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 08:47:26 +0000

Following International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, Emma-Louise Fenelon spoke to Harriet Wistrich, founder of the Centre for Women’s Justice about the many ways in which the UK criminal justice system is failing women.

Ep 139: Courts tussle with Uber, Ola and the Gig Economy

Law Pod UK — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 13:07:43 +0000

Alasdair Henderson of 1 Crown Office Row joins Rosalind English to discuss the recent ruling by the UK Supreme Court that drivers whose work is arranged through Uber’s smartphone app work for Uber under workers’ contracts and so qualify for the protections afforded by employment law, such as minimum wage and paid holiday leave.

Ep 138: Mediation with Marina Wheeler QC

Law Pod UK — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 13:15:00 +0000

In Episode 138 Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Marina Wheeler QC about the burgeoning field of mediation, and outlines a number of useful tips for practitioners drawing from her own experience as a mediator.

Ep 137: The Law of Artificial Intelligence

Law Pod UK — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0000

In the latest episode of Law Pod UK Rosalind English talks to Matt Hervey, co-editor with Matthew Lavy of a new practitioner's text book on Artificial Intelligence. Matt is Head of Artificial Intelligence at Gowling WLG., and advises on all aspects of AI and Intellectual Property, particularly in relation to the life sciences, automotive, aviation, financial and retail sectors. Our discussion ranges across many areas covered by the book, including negligence, liability for physical and economic harm, AI and professional liability, and more on AI and intellectual property, a fascinating subject which Matt touches on in this episode.

Ep 136: Essential Inquest Law Updates

Law Pod UK — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 13:13:10 +0000

In Episode 136, Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Rachel Marcus and Jim Duffy about the developments inquest law practitioners will need to know about.

Ep 135: "Historical" Crimes: Ireland's unmarried mothers and their children

Law Pod UK — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 14:54:05 +0000

In the latest episode of Law Pod UK, Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Máiréad Enright, about Ireland’s recent Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation Report.

Ep 134: The Most Significant Cases Of 2020

Law Pod UK — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 15:00:00 +0000

In Episode 134, Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Jon Metzer and Michael Spencer about the most significant cases of a most bewildering year.

Ep 133: Is our Brexit trade deal with the EU a "Canada minus"?

Law Pod UK — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 09:50:00 +0000

Catherine Barnard's latest episode from 2903 CB

The UK parliament has now passed Boris Johnson's trade and cooperation agreement with the European Union. Professor Barnard considers it a thin deal - as many predicted - but it has certainly delivered on sovereignty. There is no mention in the text of the European Court of Justice or EU Law. Hear more about the extent to which Britain has "taken back control" in this concise summary.

Ep 132: Best moments from Law Pod UK 2020

Law Pod UK — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 10:00:00 +0000

In this episode we serve up a seasonal smorgasbord of snippets from the moment before the pandemic took hold through the strange months that followed. Unsurprisingly, many of our episodes entered around Covid-19, Lockdown, and their legal consequences. But all is not doom and gloom: there is laughter to be had!

Ep 131: Deputyship Orders in the Court of Protection - Amelia Walker

Law Pod UK — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 10:14:01 +0000

Earlier this year Hilder J considered the question of whether a deputy can recover their costs from the protected person’s assets when they have instructed a legal firm with which they are associated. Amelia Walker discusses this judgment, which also outlines the limits of a deputy’s authority, with Rosalind English.

Ep 130: AI in healthcare - Robert Kellar QC

Law Pod UK — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 10:00:00 +0000

Artificial intelligence is bringing a paradigm shift to healthcare, powered by increasing availability of healthcare data and rapid progress of analytics techniques. Robert Kellar QC of 1 Crown Office Row joins Rosalind English to discuss what AI means for clinical negligence and other forms of litigation and regulation in medicine.

Ep 129: Brexit and the Flaws of Delegated Legislation

Law Pod UK — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 12:18:36 +0000

In Episode 129, Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Lord Anderson of Ipswich QC, Alexandra Sinclair and Joe Tomlinson about the new Public Law Project report: Plus ca change? Brexit and the flaws of the delegated legislation system, for a fascinating discussion about parliamentary goings-on in a time of Brexit.

EP 128: The Cumberlege Review – Marina Wheeler QC

Law Pod UK — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 10:58:44 +0000

In Episode 128 Emma-Louise Fenelon talks to Marina Wheeler QC about the Cumberlege Review, which investigated the response of England’s healthcare system to patients’ reports of harm from drugs and medical devices.

EP 127: Reintroduction Part 2 - Bats and Beavers

Law Pod UK — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 14:00:00 +0000

This is the second instalment of our collaboration with the Environmental Law Foundation, who are acting for acting for local residents in the Forest of Dean on a translocation of pine martens from Scotland. We discuss bats, other protected species and relative success of the introduction of beavers to the British Isles.

EP 126: Reintroduction Part 1 - The Birds and the Bees

Law Pod UK — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 08:39:28 +0000

Rosalind English gathers a panel of experts together to discuss the thorny issue of reintroduction of endangered species. This episode is part of a two part series on the subject, organised by the Environmental Law Foundation that promotes access to justice in matters of environmental law.

EP 125: Transition towards Brexit in December 2020

Law Pod UK — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 10:00:00 +0000

Professor Catherine Barnard discusses the difficulties to be overcome in the negotiations and the challenges presented by border issues as Parliament debates the Internal Market Bill.

EP 124: The Salisbury Poisonings: scope of the Coroner’s investigation - Matt Hill

Law Pod UK — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 10:00:00 +0000

Matt Hill of 1 Crown Office Row discusses with Rosalind English the inquest into Dawn Sturgess, the innocent victim of the attempted assassination of a Russian agent. He considers the different approaches of the coronial and criminal jurisdictions where someone has died in suspicious circumstances.

EP 123: Judges and Lawyers: Enemies of the People? with Joshua Rozenberg

Law Pod UK — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 11:01:54 +0000

In Episode 123 Emma-Louise Fenelon talks to Joshua Rozenberg about his new book Enemies of the People? How Judges Shape Society and discusses attacks on judges and lawyers by the media and the government.

EP 122: Secondary Victim Claims update - Gideon Barth

Law Pod UK — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 14:13:51 +0000

In Episode 122 Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Gideon Barth about secondary victim claims, and the recent case of Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.

EP 121: Internment in Northern Ireland - Matt Hill

Law Pod UK — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 08:53:35 +0000

Internment in Northern Ireland during the Troubles; the powers given to the Minister for NI to detain without trial; the “Carltona principle” which allows ministers to delegate some decisions to junior ministers; has the Supreme Court “left the law in an awful mess” as former SC judge Jonathan Sumption has argued?

EP 120: Catherine Barnard on next steps toward Brexit

Law Pod UK — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 14:00:00 +0000

In the latest instalment of her @2903 cb podcast series Catherine Barnard, Professor of EU Employment Law at the University of Cambridge and a Senior Fellow of the UK in a Changing Europe tells her listeners what to look out for next and what could end the present gridlock in the ongoing negotiations

EP 119: Death and Dying in the age of Covid-19 - Sarah Wootton and Lloyd Riley

Law Pod UK — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 14:00:00 +0000

Rosalind English talks to Sarah Wootton and Lloyd Riley of the campaign group Dignity in Dying about how the pandemic has brought the mode of dying to the centre of public discourse.

EP 118: Challenges for Dentistry during Pandemic - Len D'Cruz

Law Pod UK — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 14:00:00 +0000

Len D’Cruz is a general dental practitioner who also advises the British Dental Association on indemnity for dentists. He discusses with Rosalind English the various challenges confronting the profession during lockdown and the even greater issues surrounding PPE and infection control after dentist surgeries opened on 8th June.

EP 117: Systemic Racial Inequality - Windrush and the Bar - Martin Forde QC

Law Pod UK — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 16:18:07 +0000

In Episode 117, Emma-Louise Fenelon talks to Martin Forde QC on systemic racial inequality relating to Windrush, immigration history and at the Bar.

EP 116: IICSA Update and Abuse within Minority Religions - Richard Scorer

Law Pod UK — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 13:13:38 +0000

In Episode 116 Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Richard Scorer, Head of Abuse at Slater and Gordon, about progress of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse and in particular the investigation into abuse within minority religions. The episode also examines the impact virtual hearings has had on evidence to date.

EP 115: The Agriculture Bill: a revolution in farming or a lost opportunity?

Law Pod UK — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 14:14:05 +0000

Rosalind English talks to senior policy advisor to the campaign group Compassion in World Farming about food security and the danger of pathogens in intensive livestock rearing. Does the Agriculture Bill address these issues or will new trade deals mean cheap imported meat over responsible farming?

EP 114: CPS Rape Prosecution Policy - Jennifer MacLeod

Law Pod UK — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 14:00:00 +0000

In Episode 114, Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Jennifer MacLeod from Brick Court Chambers about two recent Divisional Court decisions concerning CPS rape prosecution policy.

EP 113: Tracking Coronavirus Symptoms: an erosion of privacy? - Professor Lilian Edwards

Law Pod UK — Tue, 26 May 2020 14:00:00 +0000

With the new contact tracing app due to be rolled out in the rest of the UK after the Isle of Wight trial in May, Rosalind English discusses privacy concerns with Professor Lilian Edwards of Newcastle University, whose Bill seeks to address some of these concerns.

EP 112: Government’s reliance on AI in times of plague - Robert Spano

Law Pod UK — Fri, 22 May 2020 17:53:22 +0000

Robert Spano, who recently commenced his tenure as President of the European Court of Human Rights in the difficult circumstances of lockdown and remote working, discusses with Rosalind English the challenges we face with government’s reliance on automated decision making. This is a question rendered particularly sharp with the pandemic and the conditions under which the restrictions will be lifted.

EP 111: Covid-19 and Inquests: An Update with Peter Skelton QC

Law Pod UK — Fri, 08 May 2020 13:57:53 +0000

In Episode 111 Emma-Louise Fenelon discusses with Peter Skelton QC the recent changes in legislation and guidance concerning the Coronial jurisdiction since the outbreak of Covid-19 and the ways in which Coroners and practitioners are rising to meet the challenges faced in lockdown.

EP 110: Should the NHS be liable for commercial surrogacy expenses? - William Edis QC

Law Pod UK — Fri, 01 May 2020 14:00:00 +0000

Rosalind English discusses with William Edis QC a recent Supreme Court ruling that a woman could claim against the NHS damages that covered a commercial surrogacy arrangement that would be illegal in this country. The principle is now clear, and there is no parliamentary appetite to overturn it. You can get compensation to make a commercial surrogacy arrangements abroad, if negligence has deprived you of the ability of bearing your own children.

EP 109: Medical Law Updates with Rajkiran Barhey

Law Pod UK — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 09:58:01 +0000

In Episode 109, Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Kiran Barhey about the most recent edition of the Quarterly Medical Law Review, a new resource for practitioners looking to stay up to date in medical law.

EP 108: Renewed lockdown, new guidance: new episode - Dominic Ruck Keene & Darragh Coffey

Law Pod UK — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 16:24:53 +0000

Rosalind English talks to two barristers who happen to have served in the armed forces before going to the law, so they know something about emergencies and personal protective equipment. Dominic Ruck Keene and Darragh Coffey consider the probable attitude of the judiciary to any challenges regarding the government’s responsibility for preparedness, lockdown, and their their obligations under Articles 2 and 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights, as well as Article 11. How are we as a society, and the government, going to regard the question of “judicial activism” in this unprecedented situation in a post-pandemic UK?

EP 107: Climate Change and Lock Down - Thomas Muinzer & David Hart QC

Law Pod UK — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 12:22:05 +0000

Energy expert Thomas Muinzer and David Hart QC discuss the Climate Change Act, the extent to which the UK has reached its own goals for carbon emission reduction, and two recent challenges in the courts to projects involving GHG emissions. This is even more topical, given the recent decision to go ahead HS2, despite the current lockdown.

EP 106: Vicarious Liability - Robert Kellar QC & Isabel McArdle

Law Pod UK — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 09:00:00 +0000

Robert Kellar QC and Isabel McArdle of 1 Crown Office Row discuss with Rosalind English the latest Supreme Court rulings rejecting the liability of Barclays Bank for the wrongdoings of an independent contractor, on the one hand, and the liability of Morris’s Supermarket for the breach of data protection laws by one of its employees, on the other. Are enterprises to be shielded from the risks created by persons they commission to perform certain tasks?

EP 105: Rights in a time of Quarantine - Niall Coghlan

Law Pod UK — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 20:45:17 +0000

Rosalind English discusses with biolaw expert Niall Coghlan the implications for human rights law of government measures to contain or mitigate COVID-19, focussing on the European Convention on Human Rights.

EP 104: The Status of EU law During the Transition Period and Beyond

Law Pod UK — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 16:05:05 +0000

In Episode 104, an esteemed panel of speakers discuss the complexities of EU law during the Brexit transition period and beyond, as part of an event hosted by the Constitutional and Administrative Bar Association. The panel features Lord Anderson of Ipswich, Professor Catherine Barnard, Professor of European Union law at Cambridge and Alison Pickup, Legal Director at the Public Law Project.

EP 103: Secular law intervenes in religious marital deadlock - Anthony Metzer

Law Pod UK — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 15:00:00 +0000

New UK law on oppressive behaviour in a relationship has been used successfully to persuade a recalcitrant Jewish husband to grant his wife a divorce recognisable in the religious courts: Rosalind English discusses this landmark case with Anthony Metzer QC"

EP 102: BBC Pay Discrimination - Shaheen Rahman QC

Law Pod UK — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 15:30:00 +0000

In Episode 102 Emma-Louise Fenelon talks to Shaheen Rahman QC about Samira Ahmed’s decisive Employment Tribunal victory against the BBC

Ep 101: Should medical claims be done differently?

Law Pod UK — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 15:00:00 +0000

Medical negligence experts James Badenoch QC (now retired) and David Hart QC of 1 Crown Office Row discuss some of the solutions proposed to the vast expense to the NHS of damages claims in negligence and whether any of these propositions - such as a tariff system run by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board - is feasible.

Ep 100: Disaster avoidance for experts - Neil Sheldon QC

Law Pod UK — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 08:59:17 +0000

Emma-Louise Fenelon talks to Neil Sheldon QC about how to help your expert stay out of trouble in clinical negligence cases

Ep 99: Celebrate a Century of Women in Law at Middle Temple

Law Pod UK — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Middle Temple’s exhibition celebrates the centenary of the admission of women to the legal profession. It consists of 25 portraits of women Middle Templars over the last 100 years, including Helen Normanton, the first woman to become a member of an Inn. It is accompanied by a digital exhibition of many more of our distinguished women members. The exhibition curated by Rosalind Wright CB QC, a Bencher of Middle Temple with specially commissioned photography by Chris Christodoulou. The portraits are exhibited in order of Call to the Bar.

We were lucky enough to be guided around this fantastic exhibition by the curator, Rosalind Wright CB QC. Listen to Rosalind discuss the first 100 years of women in law with Rosalind English in the latest episode of Law Pod UK.

Visit the exhibition, and listen along, to see the women past, present and future who have changed the legal landscape at Middle Temple here.

When: 2 September 2019 to 31 January 2020

Where: Middle Temple

Amendment: Baroness Helena Kennedy’s article and further literature surrounding Bertha Cave’s application and acceptance to Gray’s Inn as ‘B Cave’ has now been shown to be fictitious. However, Bertha Cave was a very early pioneer of women’s rights and, unfortunately unsuccessfully, took the benchers to the House of Lords to argue her case for inclusion.”

Ep 98: AI: Opportunity or Threat?

Law Pod UK — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 15:00:00 +0000

There should be a distinction between AI and algorithms being tools for lawyers as opposed to lawyers and laws being the tools for the use of AI. The huge emancipatory opportunities offered by technology could be lost if we don’t get on top of it and allow it to overtake us, as we subject ourselves to all its processes. Rosalind English talks to Emily Foges, CEO of Luminance, an Artificial Intelligence programme for the legal profession, about the practical applications of algorithms to the law. How can we avail ourselves of the codes before the codes manage us?

Ep 97: South African Constitutional Court: Human rights in a troubled country

Law Pod UK — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Rosalind English talks to Kate O’Regan, who was appointed to the South African Constitutional Court at the dawn of the full franchise in 1994. Kate was one of the youngest appointees to a court with a profoundly important task, to apply the newly drafted Bill of Rights to a deeply divided society.

Even with the demise of apartheid, conflicts persist: between African customary law and law imported from the country’s colonial masters, Britain and Holland; the cultural differences in the perception of the rights of women, and the uphill task of the courts to ensure the safety of citizens of the new South Africa from random violence on public transport.

Ep 96: What is a ‘mother’, in law?

Law Pod UK — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 14:00:00 +0000

The most senior family judge in England and Wales has ruled that a transgender man who gave birth with the help of fertility cannot be registered as his child's father.

This is first case of its kind, and Rosalind English discusses the decision with Charlotte Gilmartin, who points out that the ruling endorses a tension between legal parentage and social/psychological parentage in transgender cases.

Ep 95: A Rogue Prorogation

Law Pod UK — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 13:45:16 +0000

Emma-Louise Fenelon talks to Jo Moore and Jon Metzer from 1 Crown Office Row about the UK Supreme Court decision in R (Miller) v The Prime Minister and Cherry & Ors v Advocate General for Scotland.

Ep 94: Brexit - The Supreme Court Judgement

Law Pod UK — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 19:00:00 +0000

In this episode Catherine Barnard discusses the Supreme Court Judgment on the "unlawful" prorogation of Parliament.

Ep 93: Taxation and Human Rights

Law Pod UK — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 14:12:00 +0000

Emma-Louise Fenelon talks to Isabel McArdle about some of the ways in which taxation and human rights overlap.

Ep 92: Brexit -“It takes two to tango!”

Law Pod UK — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 10:05:31 +0000

In this episode Catherine Barnard, looks at Boris Johnson’s government’s prospects of securing a new deal with the EU.

Can they pull off a new deal with the EU or will his “do or die” mantra lead to a no-deal Brexit at the end of October 2019?

Ep 91: Reith Lectures Series Part 3: Audience Questions

Law Pod UK — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 10:30:00 +0000

As a bonus summer episode we bring you the questions and answers from
the Constitutional and Administrative Law Bar Association annual summer law conference in response to Jonathan Sumption’s Reith Lectures.

The panel features: Lord Dyson, Sir Stephen Laws, Lord Falconer, Professor Meg Russell, Professor Vernon Bogdanor and is Chaired by Mrs Justine Thornton.

Ep 90: 2019 Summer greatest hits

Law Pod UK — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 14:06:00 +0000

To celebrate reaching 200,000 listens we have a selection of our popular 2019 episodes. A summer summary for listeners before we return in the autumn.

Ep 89: Reith Lectures Series Part 2: Lord Sumption’s Response

Law Pod UK — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 14:05:00 +0000

In Episode 89, Lord Sumption responds to a panel hosted by the Constitutional and Administrative Law Bar Association, in conversation with Lord Justice Singh.

Ep 88: Reith Lecture Series Part 1: A Response to Lord Sumption

Law Pod UK — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 14:00:00 +0000

In Episode 88, an esteemed panel of speakers respond to former UK Supreme Court Justice Jonathan Sumption’s Reith Lectures, as part of the Constitutional and Administrative Law Bar Association annual summer law conference. The panel features: Lord Dyson, Sir Stephen Laws, Lord Falconer, Professor Meg Russell, Professor Vernon Bogdanor and is Chaired by Mrs Justine Thornton.

Ep 87: Catching cross-border criminals - Catriona Murdoch

Law Pod UK — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 14:00:00 +0000

Rosalind English talks to Catriona Murdoch about a new app designed to help professionals in the investigation of international crimes. The BIS app ensures that relevant information is collected in ways that it will be reliable evidence in court.

Ep 86: Brexit - The Conservative leadership election and a new EU negotiating team

Law Pod UK — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 17:01:58 +0000

Here Professor Barnard examines whether either candidate could sign up to a tariff free no-deal, the so called GATT 24 option, and what the timings for Brexit look like both here and in the EU.

Ep 85: M4 relief road U-turn - Alasdair Henderson

Law Pod UK — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 14:00:00 +0000

Rosalind English talks to Alasdair Henderson about the Welsh government U-turn on the M4 relief road. Alasdair acted for some of the objectors in the inquiry and regards it as "probably one of the biggest environmental success stores in terms of challenging a major infrastructure project on environmental grounds.

Ep 84: Widening Access at the Bar - Jo Moore and Laura Bruce

Law Pod UK — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 14:00:00 +0000

In this episode, Emma-Louise Fenelon talks to Jo Moore from 1COR and Laura Bruce from the Sutton Trust about widening participation at the Bar.

Ep 83: Scope of Duty and Causation: Chester v Afshar revisited - Part 2

Law Pod UK — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 14:01:00 +0000

In this episode we are bringing the second of two highlights from the recent one crown office row’s seminar – Scope of Duty and Causation: Chester v Afshar revisited. Dominic Ruck Keene dicusses the effects of the case.

Ep 82: Scope of Duty and Causation: Chester v Afshar revisited - Part 1

Law Pod UK — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 14:00:00 +0000

In this episode we are bringing the first of two highlights from the recent 1COR seminar – Scope of Duty and Causation: Chester v Afshar revisited. We hear from Jonathan Metzer as he gives his interpretation of the case.

Ep 81: Brexit & the EU Elections

Law Pod UK — Wed, 29 May 2019 14:00:00 +0000

What lessons are to be drawn from the results of the European elections? In the latest edition of her Brexit podcast, 2903 CB, Catherine Barnard discusses the implications for the Conservative leadership contest, the withdrawal agreement and a no deal exit if that is to happen.

Ep 80: Northern Ireland, Human Rights and Brexit - HRLA

Law Pod UK — Tue, 28 May 2019 14:00:00 +0000

Professor Christine Bell, Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC, Professor Ronan McCrea and Lord Kerr recently spoke at an HRLA event on the legal and human rights implications of Brexit on Northern Ireland.

Ep 79: Causation in Inquests - Christopher Mellor

Law Pod UK — Mon, 20 May 2019 14:11:56 +0000

Emma-Louise Fenelon talks to Christopher Mellor about causation in inquests and the findings in R(Chidlow) v HMS Coroner for Blackpool and Fylde [2019] EWHC 581 (Admin)

#1COR #LawpodUK #InquestLaw #ChristopherMellor #EmmaLouiseFenelon #Chidlow

Ep 78: Paying artists in the age of the internet - Andrew Lewis

Law Pod UK — Mon, 13 May 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Rosalind English discusses the new copyright proposals with music lawyer Andrew Lewis

#1COR #LawpodUK #RosalindEnglish #AndrewLewis #copyright #youtube

Ep 77: Anonymity for Claimants, Anonymity for Doctors - Rajkiran Barhey

Law Pod UK — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 15:30:00 +0000

In this episode Emma-Louise Fenelon talks to Rajkiran Barhey about two recent High Court decisions on anonymity.

#1COR #LawpodUK #EmmaLouiseFenelon #RajkiranBarhey #Anonymity

Ep 76: The university as a cradle for EU citizenship - Cherry James

Law Pod UK — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 19:26:07 +0000

Rosalind English talks to Cherry James about the Erasmus student programme, the European Commission’s ambitious project for building EU citizenship in higher education.

#1COR #LawpodUK #RosalindEnglish #CherryJames #Erasmus #EUCitizenship

Ep 75: The Prevent Guidance in Universities - Marina Wheeler QC

Law Pod UK — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 14:00:00 +0000

Emma-Louise Fenelon talks to Marina Wheeler QC about the recent Court of Appeal decision in Butt v Secretary of State for the Home Department and the operation of the Prevent Guidance generally.

#1COR #LawpodUK #EmmaLouiseFenelon #MarinaWheeler #CourtofAppeal #PreventGuidance

Ep. 74: Brexit Delayed

Law Pod UK — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 21:12:00 +0000

Professor Catherine Barnard, discusses the latest Brexit developments and looks at the options now with just four days to go before the UK was originally set to leave the EU.

#CatherineBarnard #EUWithdrawalBill #GrandCoalition #Brexit #WithdrawalAgreement

Ep 73: Strikes, verbal abuse and contempt of court - a view from South Africa

Law Pod UK — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Cape Town employment Judge Anton Steenkamp talks about the challenges of upholding the rule of law in a country where people are plenty and employment is scarce. The tragic death of Judge Steenkamp shortly after this episodes was recorded is a great shock to friends and colleagues and an irreparable loss to the South African justice system.

#1COR #LapodUK #RosalindEnglish #AntonSteenkamp

Ep 72: Fleet Street Law Legend - Frances Gibb

Law Pod UK — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Frances Gibb has retired after nearly forty years as legal journalist and editor, covering everything from Lord Irvine’s pricey wallpaper to the release of the Guildford Four. She talks to Rosalind English about the challenges of reporting on a profession highly sensitive to slips and slights.

#1COR #LapodUK #RosalindEnglish #FrancesGibb #LegalJournalism

Ep 71: Robot Rules - Jacob Turner

Law Pod UK — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Rosalind English interviews Jacob Turner, barrister and author of a thoroughgoing analysis of the law and its capacity for operating in a world where computers are taking over all the transactions. Is Artificial Intelligence an entirely new legal phenomenon?

#1COR #LapodUK #RosalindEnglish #JacobTurner #ArtificialIntelligence #AIRegulation #MachineLearning

Ep 70: Consent and Causation with Robert Kellar

Law Pod UK — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Emma-Louise Fenelon talks to Robert Kellar about consent and causation, discussing the development of the law since Chester v Afshar through to Khan v MNX.

#1COR #LapodUK #EmmaLouiseFenelon #RobertKellar #Consent #Causation

Ep. 69: GMC Undertakings - Christopher Mellor

Law Pod UK — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 15:00:00 +0000

In the final highlight from our recent seminar, 'Erasure, Remediation and Rights of Appeal in Disciplinary Proceedings', Christopher Mellor discusses the general medical council and when undertakings should be sufficient.

#1COR #LapodUK #RosalindEnglish #ChristopherMellor #GMC #Undertakings #GeneralMedicalCouncil

Ep. 68: Brexit - What about a Grand Coalition?

Law Pod UK — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 20:27:50 +0000

Professor Catherine Barnard, discusses the latest Brexit developments as the Prime Minister Theresa May MP and her government were subject to another defeat in Parliament this week.

#CatherineBarnard #EUWithdrawalBill #GrandCoalition #Brexit #WithdrawalAgreement

Ep. 67: Remediation - Mathew Barnes

Law Pod UK — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Taken from our recent seminar, 'Erasure, Remediation and Rights of Appeal in Disciplinary Proceedings', Mathew Barnes asks the question in his talk about remediation - Can you teach an old dog new tricks?

#1COR #LapodUK #RosalindEnglish #MathewBarnes #Remediation

Ep. 66: Upholding Public Confidence - Owain Thomas QC

Law Pod UK — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Taken from our recent seminar, 'Erasure, Remediation and Rights of Appeal in Disciplinary Proceedings', Owain Thomas QC gives a talk entitled - Upholding public confidence argument: is it undermining remediation?

#1COR #LapodUK #RosalindEnglish #OwainThomas #PublicConfidence #Remediation

Ep. 65: General Medical Council Appeals - Robert Keller & Jeremy Hyam QC

Law Pod UK — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Taken from our recent seminar, 'Erasure, Remediation and Rights of Appeal in Disciplinary Proceedings', Robert Kellar and Jeremy Hyam QC discuss appeals by the general medical council.

#1COR #LapodUK #RosalindEnglish #RobertKeller #JeremyHyam #GMC #GeneralMedicalCouncil #Appeals #Remediation

Ep. 64: Informed Consent - how much direction do patients actually want?

Law Pod UK — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Rosalind English talks to John Whitting QC of 1 Crown Office Row about Montgomery, informed consent and his response to our earlier episode “Doctor Knows Best"

#1COR #LapodUK #RosalindEnglish #JohnWhitting #Montgomery #InformedConsent

Ep. 63: Whose life is it anyway? Dignity in dying

Law Pod UK — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Do terminally ill patients have the right to die at the time and place of their choosing, with the attendance of a medical practitioner? The ban on assisted suicide has raised one of the great moral questions of our time. The Chief Executive of Dignity in Dying, Sarah Wootton discusses their campaign to change the law with Rosalind English.

#1COR #LapodUK #RightToDie #Assisted Suicide #DignityInDying #SarahWooton #RosalindEnglish

Ep. 62: Court claims from the empire’s long shadow

Law Pod UK — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Last year the High Court ruled out claims against the British Government brought by people caught up in the Mau Mau emergency in Kenya in the 1950s. The allegations of brutality against guards employed by the Colonial Office were time-barred by the half-century that has elapsed since the events took place. Guy Mansfield QC represented the Foreign Office in this litigation and discusses the importance of the Limitation Act with Rosalind English.

#1COR #LapodUK #MauMauUprising #ForeignOffice #GuyMansfield #RosalindEnglish #Litergation #LimitationAct

Ep. 61: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Law Pod UK — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 13:00:00 +0000

Emma-Louise Fenelon talks to Mrs Justice Philippa Whipple about the exceptional life and career of the US Supreme Court Justice.

#EmmaLouiseFenelon #MrsJusticeWhipple #RuthBaderGinsburg #USSupremeCourt #RBG #1COR #LapodUK

Ep. 60: Doctor knows best?

Law Pod UK — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 19:43:43 +0000

James Badenoch QC has spent thirty-five years fighting medical negligence cases. He talks to Rosalind English about the "doctor knows best" rule of evidence, and how that has come under attack in recent years.

#1COR #LawpodUK #JamesBadenoch #RosalindEnglish #Bolam #MedicalNegligence

Ep. 59: The cases that defined 2018

Law Pod UK — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 12:33:00 +0000

Jonathan Metzer and Emma-Louise Fenelon discuss some of the cases that defined 2018.

To read the accompanying article, go to our human rights blog:

https://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2018/12/20/10-cases-that-defined-2018/

#1COR #LawpodUK #JonathanMetzer #EmmaLouiseFenelon

Ep. 58: 2018 Inquest law update

Law Pod UK — Mon, 17 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0000

Jeremy Hyam QC and Emma-Louise Fenelon provide a whistlestop tour of the most significant developments in inquest law in 2018.

#1COR #LawpodUK #InquestLaw #JeremyHyam #EmmaLouiseFenelon

Ep. 57: Mass starvation as a weapon of war

Law Pod UK — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0000

Rosalind English talks to 1 Crown Office Row’s Catriona Murdoch about the ways in which international law may be used to prevent it.

#1COR #LawpodUK #MassStarvation #RosalindEnglish #CatroinaMurdoch #InternationalLaw

Ep. 56: Psychiatric harm and childbirth

Law Pod UK — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0000

Emma-Louise Fenelon talks with 1 Crown Office Row’s Suzanne Lambert about a recent High Court decision - YAH v Medway NHS Foundation Trust which addressed the issue of claims brought as a result of psychiatric harm arising out of childbirth.

#1COR #YAHVMedway #NHS #JusticeWhipple #SuzanneLambert #Childbirth

Ep. 55: Brexit -The publication of the Political Declaration

Law Pod UK — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 16:00:00 +0000

Catherine Barnard, Professor of EU Law at the University of Cambridge, and a Senior Fellow of the UK in a Changing Europe, talks to reporter Boni Sones about the publication of the 26 page political declaration that accompanies the 585 page Withdrawal Agreement.

#CatherineBarnard #EUWithdrawalBill #PoliticalDeclaration #Brexit #WithdrawalAgreement

Ep. 54: The Castle Environmental Debate – Episode Three

Law Pod UK — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 15:20:00 +0000

In this final episode from the Castle environmental debate, Pam Castle OBE takes questions from the floor. In all these discussions concerning environmental law and policy, are we right to avoid the subject of human population?

#1COR #CastleDebate #Environment # MartinBaxter # PamCastle #EnvironmentAgency #Brexit #EnvironmentalLaw

Ep. 53: The Castle Environmental Debate – Episode Two

Law Pod UK — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 15:10:00 +0000

Episode two in the Castle Debate series on the Environmental Principles and Governance Bill. Environmental consultant Martin Baxter and Debbie Tripley of the Wordwide Fund For Nature give their views on whether this draft bill is adequate to retain current environmental principles and enforcement mechanisms

#1COR #CastleDebate #Environment #Martin Baxter #DavidHart #DebbieTripley #EnvironmentAgency #Brexit

Ep. 52: The Castle Environmental Debate – Episode One

Law Pod UK — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 15:00:00 +0000

The first Episode in the Castle Debate about the Environmental Principles and Governance Bill. David Hart QC and Peter Kellet from the Environment Agency consider how this bill addresses the government's obligations for environmental stewardship after we leave the EU.

#1COR #CastleDebate #Environment #EnvironmentAgency #DavidHart #PeterKellet #EnvironmentAgency #Brexit

Ep. 51: Brexit - The draft Withdrawal Agreement

Law Pod UK — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 16:00:00 +0000

Catherine Barnard, Professor of EU Law at the University of Cambridge, and a Senior Fellow of the UK in a Changing Europe, talks to reporter Boni Sones about Theresa May’s draft Withdrawal Agreement.

#CatherineBarnard #EUWithdrawalBill #Revolution #Brexit #WithdrawalAgreement

Ep. 50: Human Trafficking

Law Pod UK — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:00:00 +0000

Emma-Louise Fenelon talks with 1 Crown Office Row’s Alasdair Henderson about how the UK is tackling issues of human trafficking and modern slavery, both within its own borders and internationally.

#1COR #HumanTrafficking #ModernSlavery #AlasdairHenderson #HumanRights

Ep. 49: The Importance of Informed Consent in Clinical Negligence

Law Pod UK — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 16:00:00 +0000

Emma-Louise Fenelon talks with Suzanne White, the head of clinical negligence at Leigh Day Solicitors, about recent developments with regards to women’s rights in healthcare and informed consent in the context of childbirth.

#SuzanneWhite #healthcare #informedConsent #1COR #Childbirth #Bolam #Montgomery

Ep. 48: Clinical Guidelines in Clinical Negligence Cases

Law Pod UK — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 19:34:31 +0000

Emma-Louise Fenelon talks with Pritesh Rathod about the significance of clinical guidelines in his clinical negligence practice and recent controversy involving maternal choice caesareans, Montgomery and relevant NICE Guidelines.

#NICE #NICEGuidelines #Clinicalguidelines #Clinicalnegligence #PriteshRathod #EmmaLouiseFenelon #Caesaren #Montgomery

Ep. 47: Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

Law Pod UK — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:59:20 +0000

In Darnley v Croydon NHS Trust [2018] UKSC 50 the Supreme Court has ruled that hospitals are liable for the actions and statements of their non-medical staff in A & E. Rosalind English discusses the implications of this judgment with Owain Thomas QC.

#DarnleyVCroydonNHSTrust #Hospitalliability #Supremecourt #A&E #OwainThomas #RosalindEnglish

Ep. 46: Brexit as a revolution

Law Pod UK — Sun, 14 Oct 2018 15:50:00 +0000

Professor Catherine Barnard has this exclusive interview with Sir Ivan Rogers, the former UK Ambassador to the EU, following his speech to Trinity College Cambridge last week. They discuss the themes of this speech which can be found in full on the Trinity College website.

#SirIvanRogers #CatherineBarnard #EUWithdrawalBill #Revolution #Brexit

Ep. 45: Brexit - Why the UK needs a Commission of Inquiry

Law Pod UK — Sun, 14 Oct 2018 15:45:00 +0000

With the party conference season well over, Professor Catherine Barnard talks to journalist Boni Sones about the latest difficulties the prime minister is facing in the Brexit negotiations.

#Brexit #CatherineBarnard #EUTransition #EUWithdrawalBill #ComimissionofInquiry

Ep. 44: Genetic Modification at the European Court of Justice

Law Pod UK — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 18:21:07 +0000

Rosalind English discusses the latest GMO ruling in the European Court of Justice with plant geneticist Ottoline Leyser. Professor Leyser considers the problems that come from focussing on the origin of plants rather than their characteristics, and ponders on the alternatives open to the UK after Brexit.

#OttolineLeyser #GMcrops #GMO #PlanetGenetics #EuropeanCourtofJustice

Ep. 43: Coercive and controlling behaviour as applied in the family courts.

Law Pod UK — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 17:25:00 +0000

Rosalind English talks to barrister Clare Ciborowska about the new offence of coercive and controlling behaviour and how it can affect proceedings in the family courts.

#familycourts #familylaw #coerciveandcontrollingbehaviour

Ep. 42: International Law and Individual Rights after Brexit

Law Pod UK — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 16:33:00 +0000

Rosalind English talks to Conor Monighan about the theme of the annual Administrative Law Bar Association conference: how does international law influence individual rights, particularly after Brexit?

Ep. 41: Brexit - The white paper

Law Pod UK — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 14:00:00 +0000

Professor Barnard discusses with journalist Boni Sones, her reaction to the publication of the government’s White Paper, the Cabinet resignations of David Davis and Boris Johnson, and the negotiating position of the EU since the UK triggered Article 50 in March 2017.

#BrexitDay #CatherineBarnard #EUTransition #EUWithdrawalBill #TheWhitePaper

Ep. 40: How AI and algorithms impact on regulation and adjudication

Law Pod UK — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 15:25:28 +0000

Law and Political Science Professor Cary Coglianese from the University of Pennsylvania, and David Lehr, a research affiliate at the Penn Program on Regulation and a student at Yale Law School, join Rosalind English to speculate on how algorithms and artificial intelligence will impact on regulation and adjudication now and in the future.

#AI #Algorithm #CaryCoglianese #DavidLehr #future #regulation #adjudication

Ep. 39: Employment/Disciplinary injunction success for psychiatrist

Law Pod UK — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 09:00:00 +0000

Richard Booth joins Emma-Louise Fenelon to discuss a successful employment injunction to prevent a gross misconduct disciplinary hearing.

#RichardBooth #legal #grossmisconduct #disciplinaryhearings #employmentinjunction

Ep. 38: Brexit - Two years on

Law Pod UK — Tue, 26 Jun 2018 16:50:10 +0000

Catherine Barnard of Cambridge University talks to reporter Boni Sones about the progress of the Brexit negotiations two years after the UK narrowly voted to leave the EU in a Referendum on Thursday, June 23rd, 2016.

#BrexitDay #CatherineBarnard #EUTransition #EUWithdrawal Bill

Ep. 37: Establishing public inquiries and reopening inquests

Law Pod UK — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 18:50:14 +0000

Gideon Barth discusses when are public inquiries established or inquests reopened in this highlight from One Crown Office Row’s 2018 seminar.

#GideonBarth #legal #Inquests #PublicInquiries

Ep. 36: Secrecy, anonymity and public information

Law Pod UK — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 18:49:19 +0000

Emma-Louise Fenelon discusses the challenges around secrecy, anonymity and public information in major inquests and inquiries in a talk recorded at One Crown Office Row's 2018 seminar.

#PublicInformation #EmmaLouiseFenelon #legal #Inquests #Inquiries

Ep. 35: Lessons from Bloody Sunday and Hillsborough

Law Pod UK — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 18:48:21 +0000

Matthew Hill discusses the lessons and warnings from the Bloody Sunday inquiry and the Hillsborough inquest in this talk recorded at One Crown Office Row’s 2018 seminar.

#BloodySunday #Hillsborough #MatthewHill #legal #Inquests #Inquiries

Ep. 34: Will AI outwit our laws?

Law Pod UK — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 17:42:00 +0000

Rosalind English discusses with Professor Karen Yeung of Birmingham University the various opportunities and challenges presented to the law by Artificial Intelligence

#Karen Yeung #AI #Artificalintelligence

Ep. 33: The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse

Law Pod UK — Tue, 29 May 2018 14:01:00 +0000

Richard Scorer joins Emma-Louise Fenelon to discuss the progress of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse

#RichardScorer #independentinquiries #IICSA

Ep. 32: The Right to Be Forgotten

Law Pod UK — Wed, 16 May 2018 11:32:43 +0000

Dominic Ruck-Keene and Rosalind English discuss the latest case involving the internet search engine Google, and an individual’s right to be forgotten.

#righttobeforgotten #google #censorship

Ep. 31: Scenarios On The Liability of Private Hospitals: Part Two

Law Pod UK — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 14:32:00 +0000

Imagined case studies featuring Lizanne Gumbel QC, Robert Kellar, John Whitting QC, and Jeremy Hyam QC, Chair: Dame Christina Lambert. Recorded at the 1 Crown Office Row seminar "Lessons from the Paterson Litigation." February 2018. Part Two of Two.

#privatehospitalsliability #legalhospitals

Ep.30: Scenarios On The Liability Of Private Hospitals - Part One

Law Pod UK — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 14:30:00 +0000

#privatehospitalsliability #legalhospitals

Ep. 29: Musicians Claiming Hearing Loss

Law Pod UK — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 11:45:00 +0000

Following a claim for hearing loss against the Royal Opera by one of its orchestra members, Rosalind English talks to opera singer and composer Susie Self about the hazards of being a musician playing in the orchestra pit.

#SusieSelf #musicianlegal #hearingloss #RoyalOperaHouse #musiclaw

Ep. 28: No More Full Disclosure for Women Forced into Sex Work

Law Pod UK — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 04:29:00 +0000

Jo Moore tells Rosalind English about a recent ruling which means that women who were forced into the sex trade at a younger age don't need to disclose their convictions when applying for jobs which require DBS checks.

Ep. 27: Non-Delegable Duty in private hospitals

Law Pod UK — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 08:58:56 +0000

Dominic Ruck Keene summarises non-delegable duty in private hospitals and clinics in this extract from his talk at the 2018 One Crown Office Row seminar.

Ep. 26: Vicarious Liability in private hospitals

Law Pod UK — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 08:43:33 +0000

Hannah Noyce discusses vicarious liability in private hospitals and clinics in a talk recorded at One Crown Office Row's 2018 seminar.

#vicariousliability #HannahNoyce #privatehospitals #legal #healthcare

Ep. 25: The Draft EU Withdrawal Agreement - line by line.

Law Pod UK — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 05:00:00 +0000

The Draft EU Withdrawal Agreement is the Brexit political agreement turned into a legal document. Prof. Catherine Barnard of the University of Cambridge gives Bonnie Soames her own analysis of the text and asks 'What now for Theresa May?'

Ep. 24: Right of residence under EU rules.

Law Pod UK — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 23:24:00 +0000

Rosalind English talks to Jonathan Metzer about how family members of UK citizens, who don't themselves have citizenship, obtain a residence card under EU rules - and how they can appeal if they're refused.

#rightofresidence #JonathanMetzer #onecrownofficerow #legalrulings #EEAcitizenship #citizenshiprights #EuropeanCourtofJustice #Brexit

Ep. 23: Lawsuits against the police for arrest operations.

Law Pod UK — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 10:00:00 +0000

The Supreme Court’s ruling on police tactics may have implications for other emergency services, as Isabel McArdle explains to Rosalind English.

#dutyofcare #legalruling #supremecourt #isabelmcardle #robinsoncase #policetactics #WestYorkshirePolice

Ep. 22: Transition And The Road To EU Withdrawal.

Law Pod UK — Sat, 10 Feb 2018 12:00:00 +0000

We continue Catherine Barnard's interpretation of the legal obstacles that must be worked out on the way to Brexit Day, on March 29th 2019, and a pain free withdrawal from the EU.

#BrexitDay #CatherineBarnard #EUTransition #EUWithdrawal Bill

Ep. 21: Outlining the Legal Milestones to Brexit

Law Pod UK — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 12:00:00 +0000

In December 2017, the principles of Britain’s divorce from the European Union were agreed, and we now move to what Theresa May has called the “implementation phase”. But, as Professor Catherine Barnard of Cambridge University tells Bonnie Soames, it should really be termed “the transition”.

#Brexit #CatherineBarnard #2903CB

Ep. 20: Assessing discrimination in faith-based state schools.

Law Pod UK — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 05:00:00 +0000

Following Ofsted winning a judgment against an Islamic co-education state school, Rosalind English talks to Rajkiran Barhey about measuring unlawful discrimination in cases where two groups of students are treated equally, but separately, by their school.

#Ofsted #Segregation #JudicialNotice #Rajkiran Barney #LadyJusticeGloster #SingleSexSchools

Ep. 19: The High Court rules on a planning authority decision.

Law Pod UK — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 04:30:00 +0000

Rosalind English talks to Charlotte Gilmartin about the implications of a recent High Court ruling overturning Hackney council’s decision to allow permission to demolish part of a historic canal side building.

#HackneyCouncil #HolbornStudios #EagleWharf #CharlotteGilmartin #planningpermission

Ep 18: Do Judge Led Inquiries work?

Law Pod UK — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 10:00:00 +0000

With ongoing public inquiries into tainted blood and historic child sexual abuse, Matt Hill and Gideon Barth discuss the effectiveness of judge led inquiries with Rosalind English.

#TaintedBlood #PublicInquiries #BloodySundayInquiry #MattHill #GideonBarth #historicchildabuse #legaldiscussion #judges

Ep.17: Prospects for the Tainted Blood Inquiry

Law Pod UK — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 09:00:00 +0000

Theresa May has announced a statutory inquiry into how contaminated blood transfusions infected thousands of people with hepatitis C and HIV. Rosalind English talks to Jim Duffy about how it will differ from earlier investigations.

#ContaminatedBlood #TaintedBlood #JimDuffy #PublicInquiry #HepatitisC #HIVhaemophilia

Ep.16: A patient’s right to experimental medical treatment.

Law Pod UK — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 21:49:00 +0000

Rosalind English discusses a recent ruling in the Court of Protection which gives a patient, who is lacking capacity, the right to seek out experimental medical treatment.

#MedicalRights #CourtofProtection

Ep. 15: Inquests and Article Two

Law Pod UK — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 08:00:00 +0000

Caroline Cross and Rachel Marcus look at the link between inquests and Article Two of the European Convention on Human Rights. Recorded at the 2017 Public Law event at King’s College London.

#PublicLawEvent #Inquests #ArticleTwo #KingsCollegeLondon

Ep. 14: Unlawful detention in immigration cases

Law Pod UK — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 08:00:00 +0000

Alasdair Henderson and Suzanne Lambert discuss the difficulties around unlawful detention in immigration cases. Recorded at the 2017 Public Law event at King’s College London.

#PublicLawEvent #UnlawfulDetention #KingsCollegeLondon #immigration

Ep. 13: Tackling radicalisation through the civil courts

Law Pod UK — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 08:00:00 +0000

Martin Downs and Shaheen Rahman QC talk about their experiences of tackling radicalisation in the civil courts, and the use of closed hearings. Recorded at the 2017 Public Law event at King’s College London.

#Publiclawevent #KingsCollegeLondon #radicalisation #closedhearings

Ep. 12: Damages claim over IVF baby

Law Pod UK — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 08:00:00 +0000

Rosalind English talks to David Prest about a case involving a forged signature, disputed consent, and the claim made by a father for damages in relation to a baby born through IVF using frozen embryos.

#legal #IVF #IVFHammersmith

Ep. 11: The cost of surrogacy - a legitimate claim?

Law Pod UK — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 15:57:25 +0000

Rosalind English talks to David Prest about a recent High Court ruling on damages: Can someone who has been rendered infertile claim the costs of surrogacy abroad? A hospital admitted negligence in failing to diagnose the claimant’s cervical cancer. The chemotherapy and radiation treatment which followed rendered her infertile, but just before the treatment, her eggs were harvested and frozen. The court was asked to consider whether damages could include the cost of commercial surrogacy, an arrangement which is not legal in this country.

#legal #negligence #surrogacycosts #WhittingtonHospital

Ep. 10: How A.I. is set to change the legal profession.

Law Pod UK — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 16:44:48 +0000

Tom Beamont talks to Rosalind English about the role artificial intelligence is likely to play in the way lawyers and judges operate in the U.K., including discussion about the use of e-Disclosure, online dispute resolution, and whether advice and decisions can reliably be generated by algorithms.

Ep. 9: Measuring clinical effectiveness for specialist drugs.

Law Pod UK — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 16:06:36 +0000

Rosalind English discusses with David Hart QC a recent challenge to the refusal by the NHS to fund a specialist drug for a child suffering from a metabolic condition.

Ep. 8: Radicalisation and the Terrorism Prevention & Investigation Measures Act.

Law Pod UK — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 14:08:00 +0000

Marina Wheeler QC explains how the civil courts are approaching radicalisation, the practical problems of introducing the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act, and the role of the family courts in protecting children under the "Prevent" strategy. Presented by Rosalind English.

Ep. 7: Breast surgeon conviction and the nature of consent.

Law Pod UK — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 19:37:07 +0000

Sarah Jane Ewart discusses the recent conviction of breast surgeon Ian Paterson, his victims’ prospects for compensation in the civil courts, the whole issue of consent in this area of surgery, the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme and the Gail Newland "catfish” trial, which is another version of the “consent” problem. Presented by Rosalind English.

Ep. 6: The European Withdrawal Bill, and the future for environmental standards.

Law Pod UK — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 15:15:27 +0000

David Hart considers the likely impact of the European Withdrawal Bill, and in particular the concerns about the knock on effects it might have on existing environmental standards after BREXIT. Presented by Rosalind English.

Ep. 5: NI abortion rights, Charlie Gard etc.

Law Pod UK — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 15:00:52 +0000

Sarah Jane Ewart discusses the latest developments in access to abortion for Northern Irish women, the lessons to be learned from the Charlie Gard case, and the difficult decision that the courts had to reach when considering the best interests of children in an Ultra-Orthodox Jewish family, where the father had left the community as a transgender person. Presented by Rosalind English.

Ep. 4: The Supreme Court rules on Northern Ireland abortion.

Law Pod UK — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 14:41:58 +0000

Rosalind English discusses the recent Supreme Court judgement on the case of women from Northern Ireland who seek abortions on the NHS in England.

Ep. 3: Negligence ruling in meningitis case.

Law Pod UK — Mon, 19 Jun 2017 15:33:00 +0000

David Hart QC assesses the implications of a recent negligence case involving a young doctor's failure to diagnose a child with meningitis. David Hart is in conversation with Rosalind English.

Ep. 1: Election pledges on human rights.

Law Pod UK — Mon, 19 Jun 2017 15:33:00 +0000

Poppy Rimington-Pounder looks at party election pledges and the Human Rights Act, the Muslim advocacy group CAGE's forthcoming legal battle, a freedom of conscience ruling for members of the armed forces in the Bahamas, and citizenship rights for the children of third country nationals in Europe. Presenter: Rosalind English.

Ep. 2: Female terror plot trial etc.

Law Pod UK — Mon, 19 Jun 2017 15:33:00 +0000

Sarah Jane Ewart talks through the prospect of the first all female terror plot trial, legal aid for unaccompanied minors in immigration cases, the Bar Council's manifesto "The Value of Justice", the law post-Brexit, and shift sleeping and the minimum wage. Sarah Jane Ewart is in conversation with Rosalind English.