Diary of a Huntsman… (2): Invisibility

PODCAST VERSION: A Hunstman’s View (2) / Invisibility
20th November 2009
The London trip was not a great success and a fresh assessment is required if I am to stand for parliament.  Cybil has a rather curious attitude to politics.  She listens to what politicians say and assesses their worth and value accordingly. I remember, over dinner [...]

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Diary of a Huntsman….

PODCAST VERSION: A Hunstman’s View (1) / Law & Order
18th November 2009
Cybil not awfully impressed by my latest idea to stand for parliament,  but having seen the buffoonery in SW Norfolk t’other night with the Turnip Taliban, I spoke to Jack, my head keeper,  and we both agreed I could not really make any more [...]

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College of Law Inside Track podcast: Professor Stephen Mayson on the legal landscape.

College of Law Inside Track podcast: Professor Stephen Mayson on the legal landscape.
Today I talk to Professor Stephen Mayson. He considers the future of the legal profession and the legal landscape following the opportunities for alternate business structures and the opportunities for young lawyers coming into the profession over the next few years.
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Law Society Gazette Podcast: Christina Blacklaws on the state of Family Law today.

Law Society Gazette Podcast: Christina Blacklaws on the state of Family Law today.
Today I talk to Christina Blacklaws who specialises in child care law and mediation. A founding partner of Blacklaws Davis LLP, she is a member of the Children Panel, a Law Society Council member, serving as child care representative for the Council.
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Law Society Gazette Podcast: Roger Smith, Director of Justice – The POCA extension and the erosion of human rights and civil liberties.

I am now doing two podcasts a month for The Law Society Gazette.  The second podcast is now up
I talk to Roger Smith, director of Justice, about the POCA extension and the erosion of human rights and civil liberties.
Roger Smith is director of the law reform and human rights organisation Justice, he is a solicitor [...]

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College of Law Inside Track: Amy Wilson, ex-student, Farrer and Co – A journey into Law

College of Law Inside Track: Amy Wilson, ex-student, Farrer and Co – A journey into Law

Today I talk to Amy Wilson about her motivation for going into the law, the demands of the GDL and LPC courses which she did at the College of Law and her experience of the interview process and work at [...]

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Lawcast 159: Charles Christian on new technologies for lawyers

 
Legal Technology Insider

Lawcast 159: Charles Christian on new technologies for lawyers
 
Today I am talking to Charles Christian, lawyer, writer and Editor of Legal Technology Insider. Over the next 12 months law firms will once more be ramping up their investments in legal IT as the country climbs out of recession – but what sort [...]

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College of Law Inside Track Podcast: Simon Myerson QC- Life at the Bar and advice on gaining pupillage

College of Law Inside Track Podcast:
Simon Myerson QC- Life at the Bar and advice on gaining pupillage I talk to Simon Myerson QC. He considers the OLPAS form, the pupillage process, how best to prepare for pupillage interviews and the likely legal landscape for those who wish to join the Bar. He is generally optimist [...]

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Lawcast 158: The Bar Professional Training Course at Kaplan Law School

 
Kaplan Law School

Lawcast 158: The Bar Professional Training Course at Kaplan Law School
 
Today I am talking to James Wakefield director of the Bar course at Kaplan law School in London. From September 2010 the Bar Vocational Course BVC will be called the ‘Bar Professional Training Course’ BPTC. Kaplan has been validated by the Bar [...]

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Lawcast 157: The High Court judgment in the Binyam Mohamed affair on disclosure

Head of Legal Blog

Lawcast 157: The High Court judgment in the Binyam Mohamed affair on disclosure
Today I am talking to Carl Gardner, ex government lawyer and author of the Head of Legal blog, about the recent Binyam Mohamed judgment on disclosure of information..
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High Court judgment

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College of Law Inside Track Podcast: Sir Nigel Knowles, CEO of DLA Piper

College of Law Inside Track Podcast:
Sir Nigel KNowles, CEO of DLA Piper Sir Nigel Knowles , CEO of DLA piper explains how his firm went from being two small regional firms in Sheffield and Leeds to become the world’s largest law firm by revenue in a matter of 15-20 years. He talks about what DLA [...]

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Lawcast 156: Mark Stephens on Superinjunctions in the wake of Trafigura and The Guardian Gag

Lawcast 156: Mark Stephens on Superinjuctions in the wake of the Trafigura issue and the Guardian Gag.

Today I am talking to Mark Stephens, partner at Finers Stephens Innocent about the use of superinjunctions in the wake of the Guardian Gag story earlier in the week.
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Lawcast 155: The Guardian Gag affair with Carl Gardner

Today I am talking to Carl Gardner, ex government lawyer, a barrister and author of The Head of Legal blog.  We look at whether the Bill of Rights has, in fact, been infringed by the gag, the use of injunctions generally and specifically in this instance, the use of parliamentary privilege and whether the judges [...]

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College of Law Inside Track Podcast: Tom Kilroy – Misys plc, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Company Secretary

College of Law Inside Track Podcast:
Tom Kilroy – Misys plc, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Company Secretary
I talk to Tom Kilroy, Executive Vice President,  General Counsel and Company Secretary of Misys plc. Tom  gives a fascinating insight into the work and role of General or in-house counsel stressing the differences [...]

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College of Law Inside Track Podcast: Lynn Johansen, Graduate Recruitment Partner – Clifford Chance

Lynn Johansen, Graduate Recruitment Partner – Clifford Chance

I talk to Lynn Johansen – graduate recruitment partner at Clifford Chance,  about the qualities needed by prospective applicants to Clifford Chance (which are applicable to most City firms), the application process and the training given to young lawyers. She also discusses the Clifford Chance Pro Bono programme [...]

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College of Law Podcast: Jenny Rowe, CEO of Supreme Court

Jenny Rowe, the CEO of the new Supreme Court

Today, as part of my series of podcasts for The College of Law Inside Track I talk to Jenny Rowe, the CEO of the new Supreme Court.
Jenny Rowe  gives a behind the scenes view of the new Supreme Court, (which opens on Thursday 1st October), the budget [...]

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College of Law Podcast 2: Richard Susskind OBE on the Future of The Profession

The future of the legal profession
Today, as part of my series of podcasts for The College of Law, I speak to Professor Richard Susskind OBE.
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Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter will shape the way that lawyers work in the future, Professor Richard Susskind predicts. He says that the legal industry will [...]

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Lawcast 154: With Jordan Furlong author of Law21.ca blog

Law21.ca

Lawcast 154: With Jordan Furlong author of Law21.ca blog
Today I am talking to Jordan Furlong a lawyer and legal journalist based in Ottawa, Canada – the author of Law21.ca a widely read and influential blog….. Jordan’s primary interest lies in law practice innovation, legal business trends, and the changing landscape of the legal profession.
Jordan is [...]

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Lawcast 153: With US blogger Walter Olson of Overlawyered and Point of Law

Overlawyered
Point of Law

Lawcast 153: With US blogger Walter Olson of Overlawyered and Point of Law
Today I am talking to Walter Olson, who is not a lawyer, but writes two influential law blogs: Overlawyered and Points of Law… Overlawyered is the oldest Law blog in the world and has been running for ten years.
These [...]

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Lawcast 152: Lord Falconer on assisted dying and the new Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

Lawcast 152: Lord Falconer on assisted dying and the new Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Today I am talking to Lord Falconer, a former Lord Chancellor, about two important and interesting themes – assisted dying and his amendment to the Suicide Act defeated in the Lords recently and secondly his thoughts on the reasoning [...]

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