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Ep 87: Catching cross-border criminals - Catriona Murdoch
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.
Ep 86: Brexit - The Conservative leadership election and a new EU negotiating team
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.
Ep 85: M4 relief road U-turn - Alasdair Henderson
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.
Ep 84: Widening Access at the Bar - Jo Moore and Laura Bruce
In this episode, Emma-Louise Fenelon talks to Jo Moore from 1COR and Laura Bruce from the Sutton Trust about widening participation at the Bar.
Ep 83: Scope of Duty and Causation: Chester v Afshar revisited - Part 2
In this episode we are bringing the second of two highlights from the recent one crown office row’s seminar – Scope of Duty and Causation: Chester v Afshar revisited. Dominic Ruck Keene dicusses the effects of the case.
Ep 82: Scope of Duty and Causation: Chester v Afshar revisited - Part 1
In this episode we are bringing the first of two highlights from the recent 1COR seminar – Scope of Duty and Causation: Chester v Afshar revisited. We hear from Jonathan Metzer as he gives his interpretation of the case.
Ep 81: Brexit & the EU Elections
What lessons are to be drawn from the results of the European elections? In the latest edition of her Brexit podcast, 2903 CB, Catherine Barnard discusses the implications for the Conservative leadership contest, the withdrawal agreement and a no deal exit if that is to happen.
Ep 80: Northern Ireland, Human Rights and Brexit - HRLA
Professor Christine Bell, Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC, Professor Ronan McCrea and Lord Kerr recently spoke at an HRLA event on the legal and human rights implications of Brexit on Northern Ireland.
Ep 79: Causation in Inquests - Christopher Mellor
Emma-Louise Fenelon talks to Christopher Mellor about causation in inquests and the findings in R(Chidlow) v HMS Coroner for Blackpool and Fylde [2019] EWHC 581 (Admin)#1COR #LawpodUK #InquestLaw #ChristopherMellor #EmmaLouiseFenelon #Chidlow
Ep 78: Paying artists in the age of the internet - Andrew Lewis
Rosalind English discusses the new copyright proposals with music lawyer Andrew Lewis #1COR #LawpodUK #RosalindEnglish #AndrewLewis #copyright #youtube
Ep 77: Anonymity for Claimants, Anonymity for Doctors - Rajkiran Barhey
In this episode Emma-Louise Fenelon talks to Rajkiran Barhey about two recent High Court decisions on anonymity. #1COR #LawpodUK #EmmaLouiseFenelon #RajkiranBarhey #Anonymity
Ep 76: The university as a cradle for EU citizenship - Cherry James
Rosalind English talks to Cherry James about the Erasmus student programme, the European Commission’s ambitious project for building EU citizenship in higher education. #1COR #LawpodUK #RosalindEnglish #CherryJames #Erasmus #EUCitizenship
Ep 75: The Prevent Guidance in Universities - Marina Wheeler QC
Emma-Louise Fenelon talks to Marina Wheeler QC about the recent Court of Appeal decision in Butt v Secretary of State for the Home Department and the operation of the Prevent Guidance generally. #1COR #LawpodUK #EmmaLouiseFenelon #MarinaWheeler #CourtofAppeal #PreventGuidance
Ep. 74: Brexit Delayed
Professor Catherine Barnard, discusses the latest Brexit developments and looks at the options now with just four days to go before the UK was originally set to leave the EU.#CatherineBarnard #EUWithdrawalBill #GrandCoalition #Brexit #WithdrawalAgreement
Ep 73: Strikes, verbal abuse and contempt of court - a view from South Africa
Cape Town employment Judge Anton Steenkamp talks about the challenges of upholding the rule of law in a country where people are plenty and employment is scarce. The tragic death of Judge Steenkamp shortly after this episodes was recorded is a great shock to friends and colleagues and an irreparable loss to the South African justice system. #1COR #LapodUK #RosalindEnglish #AntonSteenkamp
Ep 72: Fleet Street Law Legend - Frances Gibb
Frances Gibb has retired after nearly forty years as legal journalist and editor, covering everything from Lord Irvine’s pricey wallpaper to the release of the Guildford Four. She talks to Rosalind English about the challenges of reporting on a profession highly sensitive to slips and slights. #1COR #LapodUK #RosalindEnglish #FrancesGibb #LegalJournalism
Ep 71: Robot Rules - Jacob Turner
Rosalind English interviews Jacob Turner, barrister and author of a thoroughgoing analysis of the law and its capacity for operating in a world where computers are taking over all the transactions. Is Artificial Intelligence an entirely new legal phenomenon? #1COR #LapodUK #RosalindEnglish #JacobTurner #ArtificialIntelligence #AIRegulation #MachineLearning
Ep 70: Consent and Causation with Robert Kellar
Emma-Louise Fenelon talks to Robert Kellar about consent and causation, discussing the development of the law since Chester v Afshar through to Khan v MNX.#1COR #LapodUK #EmmaLouiseFenelon #RobertKellar #Consent #Causation
Ep. 69: GMC Undertakings - Christopher Mellor
In the final highlight from our recent seminar, 'Erasure, Remediation and Rights of Appeal in Disciplinary Proceedings', Christopher Mellor discusses the general medical council and when undertakings should be sufficient. #1COR #LapodUK #RosalindEnglish #ChristopherMellor #GMC #Undertakings #GeneralMedicalCouncil
Ep. 68: Brexit - What about a Grand Coalition?
Professor Catherine Barnard, discusses the latest Brexit developments as the Prime Minister Theresa May MP and her government were subject to another defeat in Parliament this week.#CatherineBarnard #EUWithdrawalBill #GrandCoalition #Brexit #WithdrawalAgreement
Ep. 67: Remediation - Mathew Barnes
Taken from our recent seminar, 'Erasure, Remediation and Rights of Appeal in Disciplinary Proceedings', Mathew Barnes asks the question in his talk about remediation - Can you teach an old dog new tricks? #1COR #LapodUK #RosalindEnglish #MathewBarnes #Remediation
Ep. 66: Upholding Public Confidence - Owain Thomas QC
Taken from our recent seminar, 'Erasure, Remediation and Rights of Appeal in Disciplinary Proceedings', Owain Thomas QC gives a talk entitled - Upholding public confidence argument: is it undermining remediation? #1COR #LapodUK #RosalindEnglish #OwainThomas #PublicConfidence #Remediation
Ep. 65: General Medical Council Appeals - Robert Keller & Jeremy Hyam QC
Taken from our recent seminar, 'Erasure, Remediation and Rights of Appeal in Disciplinary Proceedings', Robert Kellar and Jeremy Hyam QC discuss appeals by the general medical council. #1COR #LapodUK #RosalindEnglish #RobertKeller #JeremyHyam #GMC #GeneralMedicalCouncil #Appeals #Remediation
Ep. 64: Informed Consent - how much direction do patients actually want?
Rosalind English talks to John Whitting QC of 1 Crown Office Row about Montgomery, informed consent and his response to our earlier episode “Doctor Knows Best" #1COR #LapodUK #RosalindEnglish #JohnWhitting #Montgomery #InformedConsent
Ep. 63: Whose life is it anyway? Dignity in dying
Do terminally ill patients have the right to die at the time and place of their choosing, with the attendance of a medical practitioner? The ban on assisted suicide has raised one of the great moral questions of our time. The Chief Executive of Dignity in Dying, Sarah Wootton discusses their campaign to change the law with Rosalind English.#1COR #LapodUK #RightToDie #Assisted Suicide #DignityInDying #SarahWooton #RosalindEnglish
Ep. 62: Court claims from the empire’s long shadow
Last year the High Court ruled out claims against the British Government brought by people caught up in the Mau Mau emergency in Kenya in the 1950s. The allegations of brutality against guards employed by the Colonial Office were time-barred by the half-century that has elapsed since the events took place. Guy Mansfield QC represented the Foreign Office in this litigation and discusses the importance of the Limitation Act with Rosalind English.#1COR #LapodUK #MauMauUprising #ForeignOffice #GuyMansfield #RosalindEnglish #Litergation #LimitationAct
Ep. 61: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Emma-Louise Fenelon talks to Mrs Justice Philippa Whipple about the exceptional life and career of the US Supreme Court Justice.#EmmaLouiseFenelon #MrsJusticeWhipple #RuthBaderGinsburg #USSupremeCourt #RBG #1COR #LapodUK
Ep. 60: Doctor knows best?
James Badenoch QC has spent thirty-five years fighting medical negligence cases. He talks to Rosalind English about the "doctor knows best" rule of evidence, and how that has come under attack in recent years.#1COR #LawpodUK #JamesBadenoch #RosalindEnglish #Bolam #MedicalNegligence
Ep. 59: The cases that defined 2018
Jonathan Metzer and Emma-Louise Fenelon discuss some of the cases that defined 2018.To read the accompanying article, go to our human rights blog: https://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2018/12/20/10-cases-that-defined-2018/#1COR #LawpodUK #JonathanMetzer #EmmaLouiseFenelon
Ep. 58: 2018 Inquest law update
Jeremy Hyam QC and Emma-Louise Fenelon provide a whistlestop tour of the most significant developments in inquest law in 2018.#1COR #LawpodUK #InquestLaw #JeremyHyam #EmmaLouiseFenelon
Ep. 57: Mass starvation as a weapon of war
Rosalind English talks to 1 Crown Office Row’s Catriona Murdoch about the ways in which international law may be used to prevent it.#1COR #LawpodUK #MassStarvation #RosalindEnglish #CatroinaMurdoch #InternationalLaw
Ep. 56: Psychiatric harm and childbirth
Emma-Louise Fenelon talks with 1 Crown Office Row’s Suzanne Lambert about a recent High Court decision - YAH v Medway NHS Foundation Trust which addressed the issue of claims brought as a result of psychiatric harm arising out of childbirth.#1COR #YAHVMedway #NHS #JusticeWhipple #SuzanneLambert #Childbirth
Ep. 55: Brexit -The publication of the Political Declaration
Catherine Barnard, Professor of EU Law at the University of Cambridge, and a Senior Fellow of the UK in a Changing Europe, talks to reporter Boni Sones about the publication of the 26 page political declaration that accompanies the 585 page Withdrawal Agreement. #CatherineBarnard #EUWithdrawalBill #PoliticalDeclaration #Brexit #WithdrawalAgreement
Ep. 54: The Castle Environmental Debate – Episode Three
In this final episode from the Castle environmental debate, Pam Castle OBE takes questions from the floor. In all these discussions concerning environmental law and policy, are we right to avoid the subject of human population? #1COR #CastleDebate #Environment # MartinBaxter # PamCastle #EnvironmentAgency #Brexit #EnvironmentalLaw
Ep. 53: The Castle Environmental Debate – Episode Two
Episode two in the Castle Debate series on the Environmental Principles and Governance Bill. Environmental consultant Martin Baxter and Debbie Tripley of the Wordwide Fund For Nature give their views on whether this draft bill is adequate to retain current environmental principles and enforcement mechanisms #1COR #CastleDebate #Environment #Martin Baxter #DavidHart #DebbieTripley #EnvironmentAgency #Brexit
Ep. 52: The Castle Environmental Debate – Episode One
The first Episode in the Castle Debate about the Environmental Principles and Governance Bill. David Hart QC and Peter Kellet from the Environment Agency consider how this bill addresses the government's obligations for environmental stewardship after we leave the EU. #1COR #CastleDebate #Environment #EnvironmentAgency #DavidHart #PeterKellet #EnvironmentAgency #Brexit
Ep. 51: Brexit - The draft Withdrawal Agreement
Catherine Barnard, Professor of EU Law at the University of Cambridge, and a Senior Fellow of the UK in a Changing Europe, talks to reporter Boni Sones about Theresa May’s draft Withdrawal Agreement.#CatherineBarnard #EUWithdrawalBill #Revolution #Brexit #WithdrawalAgreement
Ep. 50: Human Trafficking
Emma-Louise Fenelon talks with 1 Crown Office Row’s Alasdair Henderson about how the UK is tackling issues of human trafficking and modern slavery, both within its own borders and internationally. #1COR #HumanTrafficking #ModernSlavery #AlasdairHenderson #HumanRights
Ep. 49: The Importance of Informed Consent in Clinical Negligence
Emma-Louise Fenelon talks with Suzanne White, the head of clinical negligence at Leigh Day Solicitors, about recent developments with regards to women’s rights in healthcare and informed consent in the context of childbirth. #SuzanneWhite #healthcare #informedConsent #1COR #Childbirth #Bolam #Montgomery

Ep. 48: Clinical Guidelines in Clinical Negligence Cases
Emma-Louise Fenelon talks with Pritesh Rathod about the significance of clinical guidelines in his clinical negligence practice and recent controversy involving maternal choice caesareans, Montgomery and relevant NICE Guidelines. #NICE #NICEGuidelines #Clinicalguidelines #Clinicalnegligence #PriteshRathod #EmmaLouiseFenelon #Caesaren #Montgomery
Ep. 47: Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
In Darnley v Croydon NHS Trust [2018] UKSC 50 the Supreme Court has ruled that hospitals are liable for the actions and statements of their non-medical staff in A & E. Rosalind English discusses the implications of this judgment with Owain Thomas QC. #DarnleyVCroydonNHSTrust #Hospitalliability #Supremecourt #A&E #OwainThomas #RosalindEnglish
Ep. 46: Brexit as a revolution
Professor Catherine Barnard has this exclusive interview with Sir Ivan Rogers, the former UK Ambassador to the EU, following his speech to Trinity College Cambridge last week. They discuss the themes of this speech which can be found in full on the Trinity College website.#SirIvanRogers #CatherineBarnard #EUWithdrawalBill #Revolution #Brexit
Ep. 45: Brexit - Why the UK needs a Commission of Inquiry
With the party conference season well over, Professor Catherine Barnard talks to journalist Boni Sones about the latest difficulties the prime minister is facing in the Brexit negotiations. #Brexit #CatherineBarnard #EUTransition #EUWithdrawalBill #ComimissionofInquiry
Ep. 44: Genetic Modification at the European Court of Justice
Rosalind English discusses the latest GMO ruling in the European Court of Justice with plant geneticist Ottoline Leyser. Professor Leyser considers the problems that come from focussing on the origin of plants rather than their characteristics, and ponders on the alternatives open to the UK after Brexit. #OttolineLeyser #GMcrops #GMO #PlanetGenetics #EuropeanCourtofJustice
Ep. 43: Coercive and controlling behaviour as applied in the family courts.
Rosalind English talks to barrister Clare Ciborowska about the new offence of coercive and controlling behaviour and how it can affect proceedings in the family courts. #familycourts #familylaw #coerciveandcontrollingbehaviour
Ep. 42: International Law and Individual Rights after Brexit
Rosalind English talks to Conor Monighan about the theme of the annual Administrative Law Bar Association conference: how does international law influence individual rights, particularly after Brexit?
Ep. 41: Brexit - The white paper
Professor Barnard discusses with journalist Boni Sones, her reaction to the publication of the government’s White Paper, the Cabinet resignations of David Davis and Boris Johnson, and the negotiating position of the EU since the UK triggered Article 50 in March 2017. #BrexitDay #CatherineBarnard #EUTransition #EUWithdrawalBill #TheWhitePaper
Ep. 40: How AI and algorithms impact on regulation and adjudication
Law and Political Science Professor Cary Coglianese from the University of Pennsylvania, and David Lehr, a research affiliate at the Penn Program on Regulation and a student at Yale Law School, join Rosalind English to speculate on how algorithms and artificial intelligence will impact on regulation and adjudication now and in the future. #AI #Algorithm #CaryCoglianese #DavidLehr #future #regulation #adjudication
Ep. 39: Employment/Disciplinary injunction success for psychiatrist
Richard Booth joins Emma-Louise Fenelon to discuss a successful employment injunction to prevent a gross misconduct disciplinary hearing. #RichardBooth #legal #grossmisconduct #disciplinaryhearings #employmentinjunction
Ep. 38: Brexit - Two years on
Catherine Barnard of Cambridge University talks to reporter Boni Sones about the progress of the Brexit negotiations two years after the UK narrowly voted to leave the EU in a Referendum on Thursday, June 23rd, 2016. #BrexitDay #CatherineBarnard #EUTransition #EUWithdrawal Bill