Podcast 55: Andrew Keogh, author, barrister and blogger…

Podcast 55: Andrew Keogh, author, barrister and blogger
Today I am talking to Andrew Keogh, a barrister in practice, author of Twenty Twelve and author of the White Rabbit Blog
We talk of many things - including, Andrew’s writing, practice at the criminal bar and pupillage and, of course, about blogging. We even shoehorn a [...]

Podcast 54: Susan Singleton on being a sole practitioner

Podcast: Susan Singleton, Solicitor on running a solo practice.
Susan Singleton is a solicitor with her own London firm, Singletons which specialises in intellectual property law, including trade marks and competition law and internet law and general commercial law.
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Podcast 53: Tricia Chatterton on the new College of Law branch in Manchester

Podcast: Tricia Chatteron, Director, College of Law North West Region.
The opening of the new College of Law Branch in Manchester and what it will be like to study there.
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Charon After Dark: A new idea…. not, perhaps, a good one….

I have now decided to interview myself each weekend. Whether I will be able to sustain this (or need to) will depend on global warming. Here is my first Charon After Dark : We don’t need no educashun - London Underground - A Visit to the Geeklawyer temporary blog “The Squat”
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Podcast 52: Mark Rawlinson, partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Today I am talking to Mark Rawlinson, a partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London. Mark Rawlinson has been a partner for 17 years and specialises in mergers and acquisitions, particularly competitive or contested situations. Recently, Mark wrote an article in Legal Week’s Legal Village blog section under the heading “Putting the ‘Angel stamp’ [...]

The biggest smash and grab since The Great Train Robbery?…

Podcast 51: Nigel Savage, CEO, The College of Law on the cost of legal education.
Today I am talking to Nigel Savage, Chief Executive of The College of Law about the rising costs of legal education on the LPC and BVC. In Legal Week this week there is a story about BPP Law School hiking [...]

Podcast 50: Timothy Dutton QC, Chairman of The Bar

Today I am talking to Timothy Dutton QC, Chairman of The Bar. Timothy Dutton QC was born in 1957 and was called to the Bar in 1979. He took silk in 1998. He practices in General Commercial, Public, Regulatory and Administrative Law, Professional Negligence and Disciplinary including sports.
In his inaugural speech, Timothy [...]

Weekend Review: 23-24 February

Quite a busy week in the news… so, today, I have a mix of text, podcasts and even a bit of film.
First, I talk with Carl Gardner, author of the Head of Legal Blog, about the need for a national DNA database. We then have a look at the political situation in [...]

Podcast 49: Follow up on illegal downloading with Dr Peter Groves

A follow up to the podcast with Ed Vaizey MP, Shadow Minister for Culture on the problem of illegal downloading and the duration of copyright protection with Dr Peter Groves, Solicitor and consultant with Bircham Dyson Bell LLP.
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Podcast 48: Ed Vaizey MP, Shadow Minister for Culture on illegal downloader proposals

Today I am talking to Ed Vaizey MP, Conservative member of Parliament for Wantage, and Didcot about proposals to regulate the internet to prevent illegal downloading of media, including music, television and published works. Ed Vaizey is currently the Shadow Minister for Culture.
I am also talking to Peter Lewinton, a graduate in law from Oxford [...]

Podcast 47: Julie Brannan, OXILP on the LPC

Today I am talking to the director of the Oxford Institute of Legal Practice, Julie Brannan. Julie practised law at Herbert Smith, where she was a litigation partner, before going on to OXILP. The Oxford Institute of Legal Practice, a joint venture between Oxford University and Oxford Brookes is one of the leading providers for [...]

Podcast 46: Nearly Legal on Housing Minister, Caroline Flint’s plans to chuck people out of their houses if they don’t get back to work…

Podcast 46 forms part of Weekend Review Part II - 10th February (Above).  Nearly Legal tells me why he thinks Caroline Flint’s plan to chuck people out their houses if they don’t get back to work are  are unlikely ‘to see the light of day’.
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Podcast 45: John Bolch, Family Lore, on the Archbishop and Mucca v Macca…

Podcast 45 forms part of Weekend Review Part 11 - 10th February (Above). John Bolch discusses the Archbishop of Canterbury’s thoughts on Sharia Law and the upcoming Macca v Mucca divorce case.
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Podcast 44: Victoria Peckett, partner, CMS Cameron McKenna LLP

Today I am talking to Victoria Peckett, partner, CMS Cameron Mckenna about the Contracts (Third Party Rights) Act 1999 - “Sustainability” and the qualities needed to be a partner in a leading City law firm.
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Podcast 43: Nigel Savage on why The College of Law is taking issue with the SRA

Today I am talking to Nigel Savage, Chief Executive of The College of Law to ask him why The College is instructing Matrix Chambers’ Rabinder Singh QC in response to changes made by the Solicitor Regulation Authority (SRA) to the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test (QLTT) – changes the College claims could breach anti-discrimination legislation.
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Podcast 42: Professor Gary Slapper of The Open University

Today I am talking to Professor Gary Slapper, author, columnist and academic. Professor Gary Slapper, is Professor of Law, and Director of the Centre for Law at The Open University.
Gary has written many law books, and has published a wide range of academic journal papers. His most recent book How the Law Works, a friendly [...]

Podcast 41: Andrew Holroyd OBE, President of The Law Society

Today I am talking to the President of The Law Society, Andrew Holroyd, about the Law Society stepping in to help international Lawyers, reported recently in the press.. The Law Society, the Association of Muslim Lawyers and the Bar Council will call on the Pakistani authorities for the release and reinstatement of lawyers and judges [...]

Weekend Review 3: Sunday 27th January 2008

The theme this weekend is experimentation. I am experimenting with a bit of beard growing. I will almost certainly get bored with the idea… simply because I am beginning to look like Oliver Reed in Gladiator…. ahead of my time. I do not eat Fish Fingers these days… I had to eat quite [...]

Podcast 40: Carl Gardner on Peter Hain, Terrorism, The EU Amendment Bill and the problems about the rule of law in Pakistan…

Today I am talking to Carl Gardner, author of the Head of Legal blog. Carl was a government lawyer for ten years specialising in Constitutional and EU Law issues. Now freelance, Carl has some useful views today about the Peter Hain resignation, the Police investigation, possible charges, the new Counter Terrorism proposals being [...]

Podcast 39: Nearly Legal on his Training Contract experience….

Podcast 39 is with the author of the Nearly Legal Blog. After a distinguished career in academe (in another discipline), Nearly Legal re-qualified as a lawyer as is now completing his training contract en route to qualifying as a solicitor. It is a good story - and a positive one.
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