

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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Mar 15, 2018 • 22min
Ep. 25: The Draft EU Withdrawal Agreement - line by line.
The Draft EU Withdrawal Agreement is the Brexit political agreement turned into a legal document. Prof. Catherine Barnard of the University of Cambridge gives Bonnie Soames her own analysis of the text and asks 'What now for Theresa May?'

Mar 6, 2018 • 13min
Ep. 24: Right of residence under EU rules.
Rosalind English talks to Jonathan Metzer about how family members of UK citizens, who don't themselves have citizenship, obtain a residence card under EU rules - and how they can appeal if they're refused.
#rightofresidence #JonathanMetzer #onecrownofficerow #legalrulings #EEAcitizenship #citizenshiprights #EuropeanCourtofJustice #Brexit

Feb 14, 2018 • 18min
Ep. 23: Lawsuits against the police for arrest operations.
The Supreme Court’s ruling on police tactics may have implications for other emergency services, as Isabel McArdle explains to Rosalind English.
#dutyofcare #legalruling #supremecourt #isabelmcardle #robinsoncase #policetactics #WestYorkshirePolice

Feb 10, 2018 • 24min
Ep. 22: Transition And The Road To EU Withdrawal.
We continue Catherine Barnard's interpretation of the legal obstacles that must be worked out on the way to Brexit Day, on March 29th 2019, and a pain free withdrawal from the EU.
#BrexitDay #CatherineBarnard #EUTransition #EUWithdrawal Bill

Jan 17, 2018 • 19min
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 • 15min
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 • 12min
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 • 18min
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 • 13min
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 • 6min
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