Law Pod UK
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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Oct 22, 2020 • 24min
EP 128: The Cumberlege Review – Marina Wheeler QC
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.
Oct 5, 2020 • 30min
EP 127: Reintroduction Part 2 - Bats and Beavers
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.
Sep 29, 2020 • 22min
EP 126: Reintroduction Part 1 - The Birds and the Bees
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.
Sep 21, 2020 • 17min
EP 125: Transition towards Brexit in December 2020
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.
Sep 7, 2020 • 31min
EP 124: The Salisbury Poisonings: scope of the Coroner’s investigation - Matt Hill
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.
Sep 1, 2020 • 24min
EP 123: Judges and Lawyers: Enemies of the People? with Joshua Rozenberg
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.
Jul 28, 2020 • 21min
EP 122: Secondary Victim Claims update - Gideon Barth
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.
Jul 23, 2020 • 38min
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 • 16min
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 13, 2020 • 27min
EP 119: Death and Dying in the age of Covid-19 - Sarah Wootton and Lloyd Riley
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.
