Episodes

  • 213: The Employment Rights Bill

    213: The Employment Rights Bill
    Jan 27 2025
    Alasdair Henderson discusses some of the trickier aspects of Labour's employment reforms with Henry Tufnell MP.

    aw 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.
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    36 mins
  • 212: Baroness Brenda Hale on a Long Career in the Law

    212: Baroness Brenda Hale on a Long Career in the Law
    Jan 20 2025
    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.
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    33 mins
  • 211: The Most Significant Cases of 2024

    211: The Most Significant Cases of 2024
    Dec 31 2024
    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.
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    52 mins
  • 210: John Gimlette: Travel-writer at the Bar

    210: John Gimlette: Travel-writer at the Bar
    Dec 24 2024
    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 Twitter.
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    22 mins
  • 209: Gender critical belief: A legal debrief

    209: Gender critical belief: A legal debrief
    Dec 11 2024
    Jim Duffy is joined by fellow 1COR barristers Alasdair Henderson and Paula Kelly to examine recent judicial attempts to grapple with questions of gender in the workplace. How do the UK courts and tribunals distinguish legitimate and protected expressions of belief from harassment and transphobia?

    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.
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    44 mins
  • 208: Vicarious Liability: Where Are We Now? With Isabel McArdle

    208: Vicarious Liability: Where Are We Now? With Isabel McArdle
    Dec 3 2024
    Following the recent allegations of abuse surrounding former owner of Harrods, Mohamed Al-Fayed, vicarious liability has been in the news once again.
    Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Isabel McArdle about developments in this area of law since her previous episode with Rob Kellar KC in 2020 and in particular since the Supreme Court decision in Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses v BXB [2023] UKSC 15

    The episode discusses the following cases:
    WM Morrison Supermarkets plc (Appellant) v Various Claimants (Respondents) [2020] UKSC
    Barclays Bank v. Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 13
    Mohamud v WM Morrison Supermarkets plc [2016] UKSC 11
    Cox v. Ministry of Justice [2016] UKSC 10
    The Christian Brothers Case [2012] UKSC 56
    Armes v Nottinghamshire CC [2017] UKSC
    Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses v BXB [2023] UKSC 15

    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.
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    35 mins
  • 207: A Beginner's Guide to Extradition

    207: A Beginner's Guide to Extradition
    Nov 22 2024
    Benjamin Seifert of 1 Crown Office Row joins Lucy McCann to introduce our listeners to extradition law: the statutory framework that governs extradition, the procedure, the types of challenges raised when resisting extradition and recent developments in extradition law in the UK Supreme Court.
    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.
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    32 mins
  • 206: The Judge Over Your Shoulder: Government Policy and Judicial Intervention

    206: The Judge Over Your Shoulder: Government Policy and Judicial Intervention
    Oct 28 2024
    Rosalind English talks to Tim Lankester, who was Permanent Secretary of this country’s foreign aid department when a huge scandal broke about the grant of aid to Malaysia in the 1990s. The Court’s ruling that this decision was unlawful marked a shift in the balance between the judiciary and the executive. Sir Tim and Rosalind are joined by law Professor Liz Fisher to discuss the role of the courts in government decision making over the past thirty years.

    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.
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    31 mins