Law Pod UK

In this episode Catherine Barnard discusses the Supreme Court Judgment on the "unlawful" prorogation of Parliament. 

Emma-Louise Fenelon talks to Isabel McArdle about some of the ways in which taxation and human rights overlap. 

In this episode Catherine Barnard, looks at Boris Johnson’s government’s prospects of securing a new deal with the EU. Can they pull off a new deal with the EU or will his “do or die” mantra lead to a no-deal Brexit at the end of October 2019?

As a bonus summer episode we bring you the questions and answers from  the Constitutional and Administrative Law Bar Association annual summer law conference in response to Jonathan Sumption’s Reith Lectures.  The panel features: Lord Dyson, Sir Stephen Laws, Lord Falconer, Professor Meg Russell, Professor Vernon Bogdanor and is Chaired by Mrs Justine Thornton.

To celebrate reaching 200,000 listens we have a selection of our popular 2019 episodes. A summer summary for listeners before we return in the autumn.

In Episode 89, Lord Sumption responds to a panel hosted by the Constitutional and Administrative Law Bar Association, in conversation with Lord Justice Singh.

In Episode 88, an esteemed panel of speakers respond to former UK Supreme Court Justice Jonathan Sumption’s Reith Lectures, as part of the Constitutional and Administrative Law Bar Association annual summer law conference. The panel features: Lord Dyson, Sir Stephen Laws, Lord Falconer, Professor Meg Russell, Professor Vernon Bogdanor and is Chaired by Mrs Justine Thornton.

Rosalind English talks to Catriona Murdoch about a new app designed to help professionals in the investigation of international crimes. The BIS app ensures that relevant information is collected in ways that it will be reliable evidence in court.

Here Professor Barnard examines whether either candidate could sign up to a tariff free no-deal, the so called GATT 24 option, and what the timings for Brexit look like both here and in the EU. 

Rosalind English talks to Alasdair Henderson about the Welsh government U-turn on the M4 relief road. Alasdair acted for some of the objectors in the inquiry and regards it as "probably one of the biggest environmental success stores in terms of challenging a major infrastructure project on environmental grounds.