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In Episode 239 Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to John Whitting KC about expert evidence at trial, which will be of interest to first-time and seasoned experts alike. This episode is the third in our series on expert evidence, following Episode 177 with Margaret Bowron KC and Episode 100 with Neil Sheldon KC. Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row . Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog . Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter ....
In this episode of LawPod UK, Lucy McCann is joined by Jasper Gold and Paula Kelly of 1 Crown Office Row to explore the concept of consent. The discussion ranges from philosophical theories of consent to informed consent in medical law after Montgomery, the limits of consent to harm in criminal law, and the role of deception in sexual offences. Along the way, the episode considers broader questions of autonomy, paternalism, and the different functions consent performs across modern law. Law Pod ...
Rosalind English talks to animal law protection solicitor Edie Bowles of the Animal Law Foundation and Veronica Wiggins, who directs campaigns to protect consumers against misleading advertising. We explore the widespread and systemic misrepresentation of our food animals as leading happy healthy free range lives when in fact 85 % of animals are subject to inhumane conditions in factory farms. For a deeper dive into the whole problem of "humane washing" here is a recent study . Animal Law Founda...
Rosalind English speaks with AI law experts Jacob Turner and Michael Workman about the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce's draft legal statement concerning liability for AI-related harm in England and Wales. They delve into how private law, particularly negligence and contract law, addresses challenges posed by autonomous AI systems, focusing on defining AI, identifying actors in the supply chain, and establishing causation. The discussion also covers specific areas like professional negligence, the limitations of the Consumer Protection Act, and the distinction between law clarification and policy reform in a rapidly evolving technological landscape.
1COR’s Lizanne Gumbel KC and Matthew Leitch join Jim Duffy to talk through some of the latest judgments in the field of medical law. Among the highlights are the use of surveillance footage, ‘lost years’, percentage offers under Part 36 and secondary victimhood. Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row . Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog . Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter ....
Legal professionals are increasingly becoming involved in the conduct of investigations, in the workplace and elsewhere. Marina Wheeler KC joins Jim Duffy to look at how the skill sets of barristers can help determine what has happened and why, and increase the prospects of swift resolution and a clean break. Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row . Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog . Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter ....
This episode delves into the Divisional Court's decision to quash the proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organization, examining the legal and political ramifications. It discusses the Home Secretary's discretionary powers under the Terrorism Act, the court's critique of Palestine Action's activities, and the significant implications for freedom of expression and assembly under the ECHR. The hosts also explore arguments about the adequacy of criminal law versus proscription and preview the upcoming Court of Appeal hearing, which will address these complex issues.
Law Pod UK concludes 2025 by discussing pivotal civil and public law cases that have shaped the year. Topics include the complex legal challenges arising from the Israel-Gaza conflict, such as family reunification rights and the UK's arms export licensing to Israel, alongside the contentious Epping Asylum Hotel litigation concerning asylum seeker accommodation. The episode also explores the landmark Getty Images v Stability AI case impacting copyright in generative AI, significant inquest law decisions, and updates on ongoing legislative debates like the Assisted Dying Bill.
Jim Duffy is joined by David D. Cole, Professor of Law and Public Policy at Georgetown University and former National Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union. They discuss the US President's invocation of emergency powers to deport, to attack vessels on the high seas, and to impose sweeping international trade tariffs. Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row. This episode was co-produced by 1 Crown Office Row and Emma Darlow Stearn. Supporting articles are published on the UK ...
Is our society obsessed with youth? Nena Georgantzi, expert on the human rights of older persons at AGE Platform Europe, joins Equality Commissioner Alasdair Henderson to consider what stronger domestic and international legal frameworks could look like if society is serious about valuing people at a later stage of life. Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row. This episode was co-produced by 1 Crown Office Row and Emma Darlow Stearn. Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Right...
Rosalind English is joined by a panel of environmental law experts, Emma Montlake, Richard Wald KC and Carol Day to discuss the resources and help offered by the Enviromental Law Foundation to those who want to take environmental claims in the courts without suffering punitive cost consequences. https://elflaw.org Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row . Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog . Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter ....
In this episode, Lucy McCann is joined by Zelda Perkins, CEO of Can’t Buy My Silence UK and former PA to Harvey Weinstein, who broke her NDA and has since campaigned against the use of NDAs to silence workers speaking out against abuse, and Emma Darlow Stearn , a barrister practising from Cloisters Chambers, who specialises in employment and discrimination law and, in her previous role as Senior Legal Adviser for whistleblowing charity Protect , collaborated with Zelda to make the law on NDAs mo...
Rosalind English revisits enlightening moments from our pre-summer catalogue. Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row . Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog . Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter .
In this episode, Lucy McCann is joined by Professor Steven Gunn , historian at Merton College, Oxford to discuss his recent book, An Accidental History of Tudor England (co-authored with Tomasz Gromelski). They explore the world of the sixteenth century Coroners’ Court, examine what records of inquest reveal, and consider about how people died and what this can tell us about everyday life at the time, to draw comparisons with modern day inquest proceedings and coronial statistics. Law Pod UK is ...
Death, deceit and the lawyer who busted big Asbestos. Rosalind English talks to author David Kinley and lawyer Richard Meeran about an international legal drama involving a UK mining company and its South African employees, tackling questions of corporate veil, forum and causation in a huge class action. Rain of Dust is available here. Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row . Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog . Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitt...
Ahead of the city’s Pride celebrations next month, Jim Duffy is joined by Clare Ciborowska and Pauline Troy of 1COR Brighton. They take us through the legal, social and political history behind the concept of parenthood in the UK today. Drawing from their experience as seasoned advocates in the family courts, Clare and Pauline describe how the evolution of equality and human rights laws around sexual orientation have helped lead us to where we are today in terms of parenthood. They examine legal...
Poppy Mulligan and Monty Fynn tell Jim Duffy all about their time as Judicial Assistants at the UK Supreme Court and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Counsel. Poppy is JA to the Court’s Deputy President, Lord Hodge, while Monty has spent the year working for former ‘Treasury Devil’ Lord Sales. They describe what they have learned about advocacy and about themselves that they will take into their nascent careers at the Bar, while Jim recounts some of his own experience as Judicial Assistant to...
Shadow AG Lord Wolfson of Tredegar joins Marina Wheeler KC and Rosalind English of 1 Crown Office Row to discuss the legal questions to be addressed by the government in relation to the ECHR. Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row . Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog . Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter ....
The Supreme Court has upheld the right to wild camp on Dartmoor in Darwall and another v Dartmoor National Park Authority [2025] UKSC 20 . Lucy McCann talks to Darragh Coffey of 1 Crown Office Row about the decision. Read Darragh’s analysis of the High Court’s decision here on the UK Human Rights Blog. Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row . Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog . Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter ....
Jim Duffy is joined by 1COR colleague Benjamin Seifert to discuss recent case law touching on expert evidence, fundamental dishonesty, anonymity orders and much more. Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row . Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog . Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter ....
Psychiatrist Dr Mona Gupta in Montreal joins Rosalind English and Alex Ruck Keene KC. https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/59-01/0212/TIABImpactAssessment.pdf Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row . Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog . Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter ....
Alex Ruck Keene KC has been deeply involved in the Bill’s passage through Parliament. Join Rosalind English in Episode 1 of this discussion, with the Canadian experience to follow in Episode 2. Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row . Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog . Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter ....
Rosalind English discusses the Animal Sentience Act with Edie Bowles of the Animal Law Foundation and Dr Rachel Dunn of Leeds Beckett. We explore the extent of this and other animal welfare laws in terms of compliance and enforceability, particularly for the billions of animals kept inside and in confined quarters, in order to end up on our supermarket shelves. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sVfTPaxRwk Distorting the Plate: The Food Industry’s influence on Health, Science and Policy https://pl...
LawPod UK is marking International Women’s Day by bringing you the final episode of its three-part series exploring gender at the Bar. In this series, Lucy McCann and Rajkiran Arhestey speak to Lady Justice Whipple, Sally Smith KC, Clodagh Bradley KC, Cara Guthrie, Judith Rogerson, Isabel McArdle, Emma-Louise Fenelon and Chloe Turvill about their experiences, in the hope of drawing out some key reflections and continuing the conversation about gender and the profession. In this episode Lucy and ...
“The ECHR is manifestly not a sensible and democratic way of deciding what the law should be in a democracy.” Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row . Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog . Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter .
In Episode 214 Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Rachel Marcus of 1, Crown Office Row and Dr Anna Colton, an experienced Clinical Psychologist, about vicarious trauma and trauma-informed lawyering. Dr Colton’s book How to Talk to Children about Food, is available here: UK, audio & kindle New Zealand Australia More information about Dr Colton is available here The episode mentions: Counsel magazine article: “The use of clinical supervision” by Mark Mason available here Law Pod Episode 147, Vicari...
Alasdair Henderson discusses some of the trickier aspects of Labour's Employment Rights Bill with Henry Tufnell MP. Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row . Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog . Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter .
Lady Hale discusses with Rosalind English the development of the right to privacy, reflects in her career in academia and the Law Commission, and ponders on the position of women in the legal profession today. Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row . Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog . Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter ....
Join the Law Pod team as we discuss a range of cases decided at all levels in the courts in 2024 with important implications for the future. Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row . Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog . Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter ....
At the end of 2024 John Gimlette retired after a long and successful career at 1, Crown Office Row, where he practised alongside an equally successful career in travel writing. In that time John published 6 travel books (details of which can be found on his website here ). In this episode he looks back at his life at the Bar and as a writer. Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row . Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog . Follow and interact with the podcast team on...
