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.

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241 episodes
Updated June 29

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Jan 14, 2019 · 19 min
Ep. 61: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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
Jan 7, 2019 · 22 min
Ep. 60: Doctor knows best?
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
Dec 20, 2018 · 17 min
Ep. 59: The cases that defined 2018
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
Dec 17, 2018 · 22 min
Ep. 58: 2018 Inquest law update
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
Dec 10, 2018 · 13 min
Ep. 57: Mass starvation as a weapon of war
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
Dec 3, 2018 · 18 min
Ep. 56: Psychiatric harm and childbirth
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
Nov 26, 2018 · 16 min
Ep. 55: Brexit -The publication of the Political Declaration
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
Nov 23, 2018 · 16 min
Ep. 54: The Castle Environmental Debate – Episode Three
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
Nov 23, 2018 · 21 min
Ep. 53: The Castle Environmental Debate – Episode Two
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
Nov 23, 2018 · 23 min
Ep. 52: The Castle Environmental Debate – Episode One
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
Nov 21, 2018 · 19 min
Ep. 51: Brexit - The draft Withdrawal Agreement
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
Nov 19, 2018 · 13 min
Ep. 50: Human Trafficking
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
Nov 12, 2018 · 15 min
Ep. 49: The Importance of Informed Consent in Clinical Negligence
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
Nov 1, 2018 · 15 min
Ep. 48: Clinical Guidelines in Clinical Negligence Cases
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
Oct 15, 2018 · 21 min
Ep. 47: Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
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
Oct 14, 2018 · 46 min
Ep. 46: Brexit as a revolution
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
Oct 14, 2018 · 19 min
Ep. 45: Brexit - Why the UK needs a Commission of Inquiry
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
Oct 1, 2018 · 20 min
Ep. 44: Genetic Modification at the European Court of Justice
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
Oct 1, 2018 · 15 min
Ep. 43: Coercive and controlling behaviour as applied in the family courts.
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
Oct 1, 2018 · 17 min
Ep. 42: International Law and Individual Rights after Brexit
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?