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 17, 2018 · 19 min
Ep. 21: Outlining the Legal Milestones to Brexit
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
Dec 21, 2017 · 14 min
Ep. 20: Assessing discrimination in faith-based state schools.
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
Dec 21, 2017 · 11 min
Ep. 19: The High Court rules on a planning authority decision.
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
Nov 27, 2017 · 17 min
Ep 18: Do Judge Led Inquiries work?
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
Nov 27, 2017 · 13 min
Ep.17: Prospects for the Tainted Blood Inquiry
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
Nov 10, 2017 · 6 min
Ep.16: A patient’s right to experimental medical treatment.
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
Oct 27, 2017 · 21 min
Ep. 14: Unlawful detention in immigration cases
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
Oct 27, 2017 · 19 min
Ep. 15: Inquests and Article Two
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
Oct 26, 2017 · 21 min
Ep. 13: Tackling radicalisation through the civil courts
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
Oct 19, 2017 · 6 min
Ep. 12: Damages claim over IVF baby
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
Sep 29, 2017 · 7 min
Ep. 11: The cost of surrogacy - a legitimate claim?
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
Sep 1, 2017 · 11 min
Ep. 10: How A.I. is set to change the legal profession.
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.
Aug 17, 2017 · 10 min
Ep. 9: Measuring clinical effectiveness for specialist drugs.
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.
Aug 8, 2017 · 24 min
Ep. 8: Radicalisation and the Terrorism Prevention & Investigation Measures Act.
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.
Jul 31, 2017 · 15 min
Ep. 7: Breast surgeon conviction and the nature of consent.
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.
Jul 26, 2017 · 16 min
Ep. 6: The European Withdrawal Bill, and the future for environmental standards.
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.
Jul 6, 2017 · 14 min
Ep. 5: NI abortion rights, Charlie Gard etc.
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.
Jun 30, 2017 · 6 min
Ep. 4: The Supreme Court rules on Northern Ireland abortion.
Rosalind English discusses the recent Supreme Court judgement on the case of women from Northern Ireland who seek abortions on the NHS in England.
Jun 19, 2017 · 14 min
Ep. 2: Female terror plot trial etc.
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.
Jun 19, 2017 · 11 min
Ep. 1: Election pledges on human rights.
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.