Law Pod UK

The Supreme Court has upheld the right to wild camp on Dartmoor in Darwall and another v Dartmoor National Park Authority [2025] UKSC 20 . Lucy McCann talks to Darragh Coffey of 1 Crown Office Row about the decision. Read Darragh’s analysis of the High Court’s decision here on the UK Human Rights Blog. Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row . Supporting articles are published on the UK Huma...

Jim Duffy is joined by 1COR colleague Benjamin Seifert to discuss recent case law touching on expert evidence, fundamental dishonesty, anonymity orders and much more. 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 .

Psychiatrist Dr Mona Gupta in Montreal joins Rosalind English and Alex Ruck Keene KC. https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/59-01/0212/TIABImpactAssessment.pdf 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 .

Alex Ruck Keene KC has been deeply involved in the Bill’s passage through Parliament. Join Rosalind English in Episode 1 of this discussion, with the Canadian experience to follow in Episode 2. 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 .

Rosalind English discusses the Animal Sentience Act with Edie Bowles of the Animal Law Foundation and Dr Rachel Dunn of Leeds Beckett. We explore the extent of this and other animal welfare laws in terms of compliance and enforceability, particularly for the billions of animals kept inside and in confined quarters, in order to end up on our supermarket shelves. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sVf...

LawPod UK is marking International Women’s Day by bringing you the final episode of its three-part series exploring gender at the Bar. In this series, Lucy McCann and Rajkiran Arhestey speak to Lady Justice Whipple, Sally Smith KC, Clodagh Bradley KC, Cara Guthrie, Judith Rogerson, Isabel McArdle, Emma-Louise Fenelon and Chloe Turvill about their experiences, in the hope of drawing out some key re...

“The ECHR is manifestly not a sensible and democratic way of deciding what the law should be in a democracy.” 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 .

In Episode 214 Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Rachel Marcus of 1, Crown Office Row and Dr Anna Colton, an experienced Clinical Psychologist, about vicarious trauma and trauma-informed lawyering.  Dr Colton’s book How to Talk to Children about Food, is available here: UK, audio & kindle   New Zealand Australia More information about Dr Colton is available here The episode mentions: Counsel magaz...

Alasdair Henderson discusses some of the trickier aspects of Labour's Employment Rights Bill with Henry Tufnell MP. 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 .

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 .

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 .

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 . Supporti...

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 Righ...

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 T rustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 .

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 . 

In Episode 201 Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Emma Snell of JUSTICE and Christian Weaver, a barrister at Garden North Chambers about Achieving Racial Justice at Inquests: A Practitioner’s Guide (2024) , a guide recently published by JUSTICE and INQUEST . His Honor Judge Mark Lucraft KC, Chief Coroner of England & Wales from 2016-2020 endorsed the guide saying the following: “This important guid...

Our 200th episode is the second of our International Women’s Day series exploring gender at the Bar. In this series, Lucy McCann and Rajkiran Arhestey speak to Lady Justice Whipple, Sally Smith KC, Clodagh Bradley KC, Cara Guthrie, Judith Rogerson, Isabel McArdle, Emma-Louise Fenelon and Chloe Turvill about their experiences, in the hope of drawing out some key reflections and continuing the conve...

Following the Strasbourg Court's dismissal of Kosher and Halal groups' challenge to the ban on no-stun slaughter of food animals, Rosalind English talks to animal welfare campaigner Paula Sparks about the complex web of laws surrounding our treatment of farm animals in the abattoir. Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row . Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog . Foll...

Jasper Gold of 1 Crown Office Row joins Lucy McCann to explore “small data” claims, where data and personal injury law intersect. 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 .

Football fans everywhere will be familiar with reckless tackles, whether from their own Sunday league experience or as followers of the professional game. But when will a tackle amount to negligence and be actionable in a civil court, such that an injured player can sue their opponent? In this episode of Law Pod UK, 1COR members Jo Moore and Nicholas Jones join Lucy McCann to discuss how the law o...