Law Pod UK
Law Pod UK covers developments across all aspects of civil and public law in the United Kingdom. It is brought to you by the barristers at 1 Crown Office Row with presenters Rosalind English, Emma-Louise Fenelon, Jim Duffy and Lucy McCann. Information accompanying the podcast episodes is published on the UK Human Rights Blog.
- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 25 minutes
- Episodes
- 228
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
188: Vulnerable witnesses: Communication in the Family Courts
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 i…
00:34:35 |
Wed 30 Aug 2023
187: Do the police owe potential victims a duty to warn?
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…
00:26:24 |
Wed 05 Jul 2023
186: NFTs: Blockchain technology and the legal framework
Robert Kellar KC in conversation with Victoria Walters, library learning advisor at the Bristol campus of the University of Law.
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00:30:35 |
Mon 12 Jun 2023
185: Is A.I. Coming for the Lawyers?
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 En…
In this episode, Rosalind En…
00:37:59 |
Mon 22 May 2023
184: Navigating the Reservoir of Retained EU Law after Brexit
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 Now 600 EU-era laws are set be repealed by the end of 2023 - fewer than…
00:34:07 |
Fri 12 May 2023
183: Multi-defendant cases: the more the merrier?
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 implicat…
The discussion covers who to sue, the costs implicat…
00:37:26 |
Mon 24 Apr 2023
182: Unlawful Killing in Inquests: All Change?
Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Matthew Hill of 1 Crown Office Row about three recent decisions concerning unlawful killing.
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00:18:12 |
Tue 28 Mar 2023
181: The Bill of Rights Bill is Back
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 chan…
00:39:50 |
Fri 17 Mar 2023
180: The Environmental Minimum with Dr Stefan Theil
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 …
00:31:55 |
Wed 01 Mar 2023
179: Safe as Houses: depriving children of their liberty
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 …
00:37:24 |
Wed 22 Feb 2023
178: How to get Pupillage
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 gat…
00:34:11 |
Mon 30 Jan 2023
177: Disaster Avoidance For Experts with Margaret Bowron KC
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 h…
00:32:33 |
Mon 09 Jan 2023
176: Significant Cases of 2022
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 pub…
Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row. Supporting articles are pub…
00:54:34 |
Fri 23 Dec 2022
175: Essential Inquest Law Update
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. Suppo…
Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row. Suppo…
00:36:17 |
Thu 22 Dec 2022
174: Permacrisis in Public Law? With Sir Jonathan Jones KCB KC
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 Prot…
00:37:30 |
Mon 12 Dec 2022
173: Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation with Greg Callus
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 primari…
Rosalind English delves into this question with help from Greg Callus. Greg Callus joined 5RB as a barrister in 2015. He specialises primari…
00:29:13 |
Tue 06 Dec 2022
172: Advocacy in the Appellate Courts with Philip Havers KC
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 c…
00:34:05 |
Thu 24 Nov 2022
171: What type of property is crypto? With Rob Kellar KC
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 c…
00:21:55 |
Wed 02 Nov 2022
170: Justice from the Chaos of Conflict, with Aonghus Kelly
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.
00:19:45 |
Thu 13 Oct 2022
169: Government Control over the Flow of Information: Lord Sumption on the Online Safety Bill
"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 wa…
The Online Safety Bill is currently making its wa…
00:17:03 |
Thu 06 Oct 2022
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