Lawcast 145: Diane Abbott MP on the use of secret evidence

Lawcast 145: Diane Abbott MP on the use of secret evidence
Today I am talking to Diane Abbott, Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington about her latest campaign to prevent the use of “secret” evidence in UK courts.
Earlier in the year Diane tabled an early day motion (EDM) declaring “that this House believes [...]

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Lawcast 144: Tim Kevan, the author of BabyBarista

Lawcast 144: Tim Kevan, the author of BabyBarista
“BabyBarista provides an entertaining and highly amusing insight into the mysterious world of wigs and gowns. Right from the start the gloves are off and the fight for tenancy is no less dramatic than a top class boxing match. It’s a terrific read which makes you both [...]

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Lawcast 143: On the importance of Jury trials

Lawcast 143: On the importance of Jury trials
Four men accused of being part of a gang that stole £1.75 million in a raid at Heathrow face the first criminal trial without a jury in England and Wales for 400 years after an historic Court of Appeal decision on Thursday
The Times reported “ The ruling [...]

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Lawcast 142: Peter Crisp, CEO of BPP Law School

The acquisition of BPP by Apollo – and what it will mean for legal education
BPP Law School backs £300m takeover by US bidder
Legal Week: “The parent company of top UK law school BPP has accepted a £303.5m takeover offer from a US education provider in a move that will be closely watched by the [...]

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Lawcast 141: The House of Lords judgment on control orders

Lawcast 141: The House of Lords judgment on control orders
Today I am talking to Carl Gardner, ex government lawyer and author of the Head of Legal blog about the House of Lords judgment in Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) v AF (Appellant) (FC) and another (Appellant) and one other action
Lord [...]

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Lawcast 140: Testing for drug and alcohol abuse

Lawcast 140: Testing for drug and alcohol abuse
In recent weeks I have read of employers testing employees for drug and alcohol use and abuse as a means of selecting them for redundancy. Drug testing in sport has been with us for years and now, also, is drug testing becoming fairly routine in the City and [...]

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Lawcast 139: Nigel Savage, CEO, College of Law on the acquisition of BPP by Apollo

Lawcast 139: Nigel Savage, CEO, College of Law on the acquisition of BPP by Apollo
Legal Week: “The parent company of top UK law school BPP has accepted a £303.5m takeover offer from a US education provider in a move that will be closely watched by the legal profession.BPP Holdings today (8 June) made an [...]

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Lawcast 138: Des Hudson, Chief Executive of The Law Society of England & Wales

Lawcast 138: Des Hudson, Chief Executive of The Law Society of England & Wales
TodayI am talking to Des Hudson Chief Executive of The Law Socoiety. Lawyers are facing unprecedented pressures; partly through the most severe recession since the the Second World War and partly through the changes coming as a result of the LSA. [...]

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Lawcast 137: Gawain Towler, prospective UKIP candidate in the Euro elections

Lawcast 137: Gawain Towler, prospective UKIP candidate in the Euro elections
Today, as part of a new series of political podcasts for the Wardman Wire, I am talking to Gawain Towler, the prospective UKIP candidate for the South West in the forthcoming election. We discuss UKIP policies on Euirope, the alternative to membership of the [...]

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Lawcast 136: Tom Harris MP

Lawcast 136: Tom Harris MP
Today I am talking to Tom Harris MP, the Labour member for Glasgow South, an enthusiastic user of twitter and author of his own very active blog AND ANOTHER THING. Tom has also taken to podcasting himself in recent weeks with Jamie Read MP under the title Two men and [...]

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Lawcast 135: Venkat Balasubramani, a US lawyer on Spam, social media and privacy issues.

Lawcast 135: Venkat Balasubramani, a US lawyer on Spam, social media and privacy issues.
Today I am talking to Venkat Balasubramani, a US lawyers who specialises in the internt sector, IT and Intellectual Property law. He is an enthusiastic social user of Twitter and writes the Spamnotes blog
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Lawcast 134: Carl Gardner on MPs’ expenses – the potential offences

Lawcast 134  MPs’ expenses: the potential offences
This morning the Telegraph reports on an expenses claim by Elliot Morley for mortgage interest he never owed; and for the first time, this report mentions potential offences, with a quote from solicitor Steven Barker , quite rightly saying that any offence that an MP might have [...]

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Lawcast 133: Scott Greenfield, a US criminal defense lawyer on wholesale stealing of blog content from bloggers

Lawcast 133: Scott Greenfield, a US criminal defense lawyer on wholesale stealing of blog content from bloggers
Today I am talking to Scott Greenfield, a new York criminal defense lawyer and author of the Simple Justice blog. I read his blog most days… it isn’t all about criminal law, it is eclectic, giving a small [...]

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Lawcast 132: Colombia is a dangerous place for human rights lawyers and defenders.

Lawcast 132: Colombia is a dangerous place for human rights lawyers and defenders.
Human rights organisations have registered an average of 25 cases of lawyers and human rights advocates killed on a yearly basis since 1991, which amounts to 400 people in a 16 years period. In addition,they face the risk of spurious criminal charges, [...]

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Lawcast131: Aimee Barnes on corruption and business in China

Lawcast 131: Aimee Barnes on corruption and business in China
China is emerging as a major world economic powerhouse but so few of us have any real knowledge of the legal system or the ways of the Chinese when it comes to business.
Aimee Barnes, a New York-based business strategist and writer is passionate about cross-cultural [...]

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Lawcast 130: Gideon: A Public Defender (2)

Lawcast 130: Gideon: A Public Defender (2)
Today I am, talking to Gideon – the nom de plume of the author of a Public Defender, one of the leading criminal law blogs in the United States. I did a podcast with Gideon some time ago. Today we’re going to look at the influence of the [...]

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Lawcast 129: Professor Steve Molyneux – the magistrate who resigned after a complaint following his use of Twitter

Lawcast 129: Professor Steve Molyneux – the magistrate who resigned after a complaint following his use of Twitter

Today I am talking to Steve Molyneux, the distinguished academic who is very much in the news today having resigned from the bench as a magistrate after a complaint was received about his Twittering…

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Lawcast 128:Damian Green MP – the decision of the DPP not to prosecute and the position of The Home Secretary

Today I am talking to Carl Gardner, barrister, a former government lawyer and author of the Head of Legal blog. We’re discussing the extraordinary case of the arrest of Damien Green MP in the light of the DPP’s decision yesterday not to prosecute him or the home office official who was also arrested. The newspapers [...]

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Lawcast 127: Simon Fodden on Slaw, Canada

Lawcast 127: Simon Fodden on Slaw, Canada
Slaw is a Canadian co-operative weblog about any and all things legal. During the four years they have been publishing, their audience has steadily grown to include hundreds of practicing lawyers, legal librarians, legal academics and students
I quote from their ABOUT section…. “Slaw operates with a core of [...]

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Lawcast 126: Professor John Flood – Globalisation of law, G20 and other matters

Lawcast 126: Professor John Flood – Globalisation of law, G20 and other matters
Today I’m talking to John Flood, a professor at Westminster University about the globalisation of Law. We also discuss G20, the protests, the issue of tailored essay writing services and his recent foray into stand up comedy.
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