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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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  • Jul 23, 2020 · 37 min

    EP 121: Internment in Northern Ireland - Matt Hill

    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?

  • Jul 15, 2020 · 15 min

    EP 120: Catherine Barnard on next steps toward Brexit

    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

  • Jul 6, 2020 · 20 min

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

    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.

  • Jun 16, 2020 · 24 min

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

    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.

  • Jun 8, 2020 · 23 min

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

    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?

  • May 22, 2020 · 24 min

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

    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.

  • May 8, 2020 · 14 min

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

    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.

  • May 1, 2020 · 14 min

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

    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.

  • Apr 28, 2020 · 17 min

    EP 109: Medical Law Updates with Rajkiran Barhey

    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.

  • Apr 20, 2020 · 32 min

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

    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?

  • Apr 17, 2020 · 26 min

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

    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.

  • Apr 9, 2020 · 39 min

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

    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?

  • Mar 20, 2020 · 16 min

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

    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.

  • Mar 11, 2020 · 54 min

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

    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.