Ken Macdonald KC and Tim Owen KC

Double Jeopardy - UK Law and Politics

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Award-winning UK podcast covering the critical intersections of law and politics in the UK with expert commentary on high-profile legal cases, political controversies, prisons and sentencing, human rights law, current political events and the shifting landscape of justice and democracy. With in-depth discussions and influential guests, Double Jeopardy is the podcast that uncovers the forces shaping Britain’s legal and political present and future. -What happens when law and politics collide? -How do politics shape the law - and when does the law push back? -What happens when judicial indepen...

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Ken Macdonald KC and Tim Owen KC

Episodes

Andy Verity- Telling the Truth about LIBOR 16.06.2023 45:36

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss bankers, cover ups and a quest for justice with BBC Economics Correspondent, Andy Verity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Akua Reindorf KC - Twisting the Law 30.05.2023 50:50

Ken and Tim discuss intolerance, Stonewall and free speech in universities with employment lawyer and author of the Reindorf Report, Akua Reindorf KC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sarah Wootton - Dying for the Law 15.05.2023 48:24

Ken and Tim discuss free will, assisted dying and parliamentary paralysis with Chief Executive of Dignity in Dying, Sarah Wootton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard Ekins - Judges and Political Power 02.05.2023 1:06:47

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss judges, power and parliamentary sovereignty with head of Policy Exchange's Judicial Power Project, Professor Richard Ekins KC (Hon) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Maya Foa - The Death Penalty, National Security and Terror 21.04.2023 58:49

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss spies committing crimes and how to get rid of the death penalty with Director of Reprieve, Maya Foa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr Bryn Harris - Free Speech, Harm and the Internet 07.04.2023 53:51

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss the Online Safety Bill and its threat to free speech on the internet with Chief Legal Counsel to the Free Speech Union, Dr Bryn Harris Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Harvey Redgrave - The Met in Meltdown 24.03.2023 49:58

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss Louise Casey’s incendiary report on the Metropolitan Police with crime and policing expert Harvey Redgrave Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua Rozenberg - Reporting the Law 13.03.2023 49:44

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss the decline of legal reporting, populism and small boats with leading legal commentator Joshua Rozenberg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Karon Monaghan KC - Sex, Lies and Women’s Rights 02.03.2023 47:46

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss the Scottish Gender Bill and its potential impact on women’s rights with leading equality and discrimination barrister Karon Monaghan KC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sir Nicholas Blake - Small Boats, Dog Whistles and the Law 17.02.2023 49:29

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss the refugee crisis and its legal and political implications with leading immigration and asylum lawyer and former High Court judge, Sir Nicholas Blake. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick Vineall KC - Leading the Bar 02.02.2023 46:25

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss media assaults on lawyers, improving diversity at the Bar, and why lawyers shouldn’t be State investigators with new Bar Chair, Nick Vineall KC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Pannick KC - Defending The Law in Parliament 26.01.2023 47:29

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss lawmaking, Myra Hindley, Arsenal FC and the weakening of parliamentary scrutiny with celebrated barrister Lord David Pannick KC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sir Robert Buckland KC - Making Better Law 16.01.2023 53:16

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss Dominic Raab and his Bill of Rights, reforming the office of Lord Chancellor, and why barristers were right to go on strike with former Secretary of State for Justice, Sir Robert Buckland KC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bad Law for the New Year, with Sir Jonathan Jones KC 05.01.2023 32:51

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss Rishi Sunak’s post-festive legal headaches with Sir Jonathan Jones KC, former head of the Government Legal Department Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Helena Kennedy KC - Fifty Years Fighting 28.12.2022 51:33

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss injustice, progress and the days of police impunity with legal legend Helena Kennedy KC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Clare Montgomery KC - Getting Away With Fraud 12.12.2022 50:36

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss fraud, corruption and a failure of justice with leading barrister Clare Montgomery KC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrea Coomber KC - The Prison Addiction 24.11.2022 54:11

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss prison, parole and a relentless punishment arms race with Andrea Coomber KC, CEO of the Howard League for Penal Reform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenda Hale - Judicial Independence and its Enemies 17.11.2022 51:42

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

Hugh Tomlinson KC - What’s in a SLAPP? 08.11.2022 52:55

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

Hakeem Belo-Osagie - Africa Rising: Politics, Law and Sympathy For Russia 27.10.2022 49:26

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

Chaos 20.10.2022 20:07

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

Dominic Grieve KC - When Governments Trash the Law 13.10.2022 50:43

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

The US Supreme Court - Going Rogue? 06.10.2022 48:57

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

Truss on Rights and Johnson on Trial 26.09.2022 48:24

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

Dinah Rose KC - Appointing Supreme Court Justices. Is the System Working? 15.09.2022 33:46

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