Double Jeopardy - UK Law and Politics
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Ep 14Brenda Hale - Judicial Independence and its Enemies
Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss rights, politicians and populist attacks on the judges with Baroness Hale of Richmond, former President of the UK Supreme Court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 13Hugh Tomlinson KC - What’s in a SLAPP?
Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss SLAPPs, oligarchs, press regulation and the legend that was George Carman QC with leading media lawyer Hugh Tomlinson KC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 12Hakeem Belo-Osagie - Africa Rising: Politics, Law and Sympathy For Russia
Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss Africa’s rise, and why many Africans sympathise with Russia, with Harvard academic Hakeem Belo-Osagie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 11Chaos
Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss the chaos in Westminster, the resignation of Suella Braverman, and the threat of further cuts to the justice system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 10Dominic Grieve KC - When Governments Trash the Law
Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss the dangerous erosion of the rule of law under post Brexit Conservative governments with former Attorney General Dominic Grieve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 9The US Supreme Court - Going Rogue?
Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss the rightward lunge of the US Supreme Court with Lissa Muscatine, former Director of Speechwriting at the White House, Special Assistant to President Clinton and Senior Advisor to Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 8Truss on Rights and Johnson on Trial
Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss the collapse of the Bill of Rights legislation and the inquiry into Boris Johnson’s contempt of Parliament with Murray Hunt, Director of the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 7Dinah Rose KC - Appointing Supreme Court Justices. Is the System Working?
Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss the mysterious way Supreme Court Justices are appointed with Dinah Rose KC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 6Pia Sarma, Chief Lawyer at the Times - Privacy, Press Freedom and the Rights of Oligarchs
Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss press freedom and the right to privacy with Pia Sarma, the Editorial Legal Director, Times newspapers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 5Enemies of the People, Cameras in Court, and Allison Bailey
Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss Liz Truss, filming criminal trials, and the Allison Bailey judgment affirming legal protection for gender-critical views. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 4Edward Fitzgerald QC - Defending Very Bad People
Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen talk to Edward Fitzgerald QC about crime, punishment, God, redemption and the ethics of defending bad people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 3Kathleen Stock - The Importance of Being Rational
Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen talk to philosopher Professor Kathleen Stock about science, gender and the importance of free speech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 2A special edition on the Conservative leadership election and what it could mean for rights
EKen Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss what the Conservative leadership election may mean for rights and the rule of law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 1Jonathan Jones: Lies, Lawbreaking, the Attorney General and her Government
EWe speak to Sir Jonathan Jones, former Head of the Government Legal Department, who resigned because he thought ministers shouldn’t break the law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices