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Bad Law for the New Year, with Sir Jonathan Jones KC
Episode 18
Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss Rishi Sunak’s post-festive legal headaches with Sir Jonathan Jones KC, former head of the Government Legal Departm…
3 years, 8 months ago
Helena Kennedy KC - Fifty Years Fighting
Episode 17
Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss injustice, progress and the days of police impunity with legal legend Helena Kennedy KC
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3 years, 8 months ago
Clare Montgomery KC - Getting Away With Fraud
Episode 16
Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss fraud, corruption and a failure of justice with leading barrister Clare Montgomery KC
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3 years, 9 months ago
Andrea Coomber KC - The Prison Addiction
Episode 15
Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss prison, parole and a relentless punishment arms race with Andrea Coomber KC, CEO of the Howard League for Penal Re…
3 years, 10 months ago
Brenda Hale - Judicial Independence and its Enemies
Episode 14
Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss rights, politicians and populist attacks on the judges with Baroness Hale of Richmond, former President of the UK …
3 years, 10 months ago
Hugh Tomlinson KC - What’s in a SLAPP?
Episode 13
Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss SLAPPs, oligarchs, press regulation and the legend that was George Carman QC with leading media lawyer Hugh Tomlin…
3 years, 10 months ago
Hakeem Belo-Osagie - Africa Rising: Politics, Law and Sympathy For Russia
Episode 12
Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss Africa’s rise, and why many Africans sympathise with Russia, with Harvard academic Hakeem Belo-Osagie.
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3 years, 10 months ago
Chaos
Episode 11
Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss the chaos in Westminster, the resignation of Suella Braverman, and the threat of further cuts to the justice syste…
3 years, 11 months ago
Dominic Grieve KC - When Governments Trash the Law
Episode 10
Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss the dangerous erosion of the rule of law under post Brexit Conservative governments with former Attorney General D…
3 years, 11 months ago
The US Supreme Court - Going Rogue?
Episode 9
Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss the rightward lunge of the US Supreme Court with Lissa Muscatine, former Director of Speechwriting at the White Ho…
3 years, 11 months ago