Law Pod UK

Law Pod UK covers developments across all aspects of civil and public law in the United Kingdom. It is brought to you by the barristers at 1 Crown Office Row with presenters Rosalind English, Emma-Louise Fenelon, Jim Duffy and Lucy McCann. Information accompanying the podcast episodes is published on the UK Human Rights Blog.

Episodes

227: The Best of Law Pod UK so far 2025

September 8, 2025 • 39 mins

Rosalind English revisits enlightening moments from our pre-summer catalogue.

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.

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226: Inquests in Tudor England

August 26, 2025 • 56 mins

In this episode, Lucy McCann is joined by Professor Steven Gunn, historian at Merton College, Oxford to discuss his recent book, An Accidental History of Tudor England (co-authored with Tomasz Gromelski). They explore the world of the sixteenth century Coroners’ Court, examine what records of inquest reveal, and consider about how people died and what this can tell us about everyday life at the time, to draw comparisons with m...

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225: Rain of Dust

July 28, 2025 • 41 mins

Death, deceit and the lawyer who busted big Asbestos. Rosalind English talks to author David Kinley and lawyer Richard Meeran about an international legal drama involving a UK mining company and its South African employees, tackling questions of corporate veil, forum and causation in a huge class action.

Rain of Dust is available here.

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224: Parenthood in the modern age

July 7, 2025 • 49 mins

Ahead of the city’s Pride celebrations next month, Jim Duffy is joined by Clare Ciborowska and Pauline Troy of 1COR Brighton. They take us through the legal, social and political history behind the concept of parenthood in the UK today. Drawing from their experience as seasoned advocates in the family courts, Clare and Pauline describe how the evolution of equality and human rights laws around sexual orientation have helped l...

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223: Behind the scenes at the UK and US Supreme Courts

June 30, 2025 • 33 mins

Poppy Mulligan and Monty Fynn tell Jim Duffy all about their time as Judicial Assistants at the UK Supreme Court and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Counsel.

Poppy is JA to the Court’s Deputy President, Lord Hodge, while Monty has spent the year working for former ‘Treasury Devil’ Lord Sales.

They describe what they have learned about advocacy and about themselves that they will take into th...

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222: What is the role of the Attorney General in times of crisis?

June 23, 2025 • 46 mins

Shadow AG Lord Wolfson of Tredegar joins Marina Wheeler KC and Rosalind English of 1 Crown Office Row to discuss the legal questions to be addressed by the government in relation to the ECHR.

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221: Supreme Court upholds legal right to wild camp on Dartmoor

June 2, 2025 • 21 mins

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.

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220: Clinical Negligence Update

May 19, 2025 • 31 mins

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.

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219: Assisted Dying Part 2: Reflections on the Canadian Experience

May 6, 2025 • 37 mins

Psychiatrist Dr Mona Gupta in Montreal joins Rosalind English and Alex Ruck Keene KC.

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218: Reflections on the Assisted Dying Bill: Part 1

May 2, 2025 • 26 mins

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.

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217: Animals as Legal Subjects

March 24, 2025 • 34 mins

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.

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216: IWD series part 3: community and belonging at the Bar

March 8, 2025 • 41 mins

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 reflections and ...

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215: Lord Sumption on the Strasbourg Court

February 24, 2025 • 24 mins

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

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214: Trauma-Informed Lawyering with Dr Anna Colton

February 17, 2025 • 46 mins

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:

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213: Henry Tufnell MP Defends the Employment Rights Bill

January 27, 2025 • 35 mins

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

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212: Baroness Brenda Hale on a Long Career in the Law

January 20, 2025 • 33 mins

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.

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211: The Most Significant Cases of 2024

December 31, 2024 • 51 mins

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.

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210: John Gimlette: Travel-writer at the Bar

December 24, 2024 • 21 mins

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.

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209: Gender critical belief: A legal debrief

December 11, 2024 • 44 mins

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?

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208: Vicarious Liability: Where Are We Now? With Isabel McArdle

December 3, 2024 • 35 mins

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 Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses v BXB [2023] UKSC 15
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Law Pod UK

Episodes

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225: Rain of Dust

224: Parenthood in the modern age

223: Behind the scenes at the UK and US Supreme Courts

222: What is the role of the Attorney General in times of crisis?

221: Supreme Court upholds legal right to wild camp on Dartmoor

220: Clinical Negligence Update

219: Assisted Dying Part 2: Reflections on the Canadian Experience

218: Reflections on the Assisted Dying Bill: Part 1

217: Animals as Legal Subjects

216: IWD series part 3: community and belonging at the Bar

215: Lord Sumption on the Strasbourg Court

214: Trauma-Informed Lawyering with Dr Anna Colton

213: Henry Tufnell MP Defends the Employment Rights Bill

212: Baroness Brenda Hale on a Long Career in the Law

211: The Most Significant Cases of 2024

210: John Gimlette: Travel-writer at the Bar

209: Gender critical belief: A legal debrief

208: Vicarious Liability: Where Are We Now? With Isabel McArdle

Popular Podcasts

227: The Best of Law Pod UK so far 2025

226: Inquests in Tudor England