Episodes

  • 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
  • 205: Of Mice and Murder in The Temple

    205: Of Mice and Murder in The Temple
    Sep 2 2024
    David Hart KC talks to Sally Smith KC about her first novel. A murder mystery meets a multi-million authorship dispute.

    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
  • 204: 3 Essential Clinical Negligence Updates

    204: 3 Essential Clinical Negligence Updates
    Aug 5 2024
    For those looking to keep on top of their CPD over the summer, in Episode 204 Emma-Louise Fenelon interviews John Whitting KC and Robert Mills about recent developments in clinical negligence.
    Robert Mills takes listeners through three recent cases on material contribution:
    • CNZ v Royal Bath Hospitals NHSFT & The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2023] EWHC 19 (KB)
    • CDE v Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust [2023] EWCA Civ 1330
    • Holmes v Poeton Holdings Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 1377
    John Whitting KC outlines developments in the law of informed consent
    • Bilal and Malik v St George’s University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2023] EWCA Civ 605
    • McCulloch and others v Forth Valley Health Board [2023] UKSC 26
    And the episode concludes on a discussion of expert evidence
    • Woods v Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2024] EWHC 1432 (KB)
    • CE (Cameroon) [2023] UKAITUR PA011122020
    The podcast has previously covered expert evidence in the following episodes:
    • Disaster Avoidance for Experts with Margaret Bowron KC here
    • Disaster Avoidance for Experts with Neil Sheldon KC 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 Twitter.
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    31 mins
  • 203: Air Travel Woes

    203: Air Travel Woes
    Jul 25 2024
    A tale of small win against airline leads to big Supreme Court ruling on pre- and post- Brexit compensation. Rosalind English in conversation with David Hart 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.
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    19 mins
  • 202: The Coroner’s Court in 2024

    202: The Coroner’s Court in 2024
    Jul 15 2024
    Jim Duffy is joined by Richard Mumford and Lance Baynham to examine recent developments in inquests law, and to take a look at contemporary challenges facing our oldest judicial office.

    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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    40 mins