Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchIran - Trump’s Permanent War?
Episode 146
On 21st April, almost two months since the US launched Operation Epic Fury “to destroy Iranian offensive missiles, destroy Iranian missile production…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Mandelson’s Vetting in Wonderland, and Victory for the Assisted Dying Filibuster
Episode 145
With numerous former senior civil servants attacking Keir Starmer for his decision to sack Sir Olly Robbins – former Cabinet Secretary Lord Gus O'Don…
5 months ago
Kathleen Stock on the Right to Die, Freedom, Death, and Mercy
Episode 144
With Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill apparently doomed to extinction thanks to the co-ordinated efforts of a handful of Pee…
5 months, 1 week ago
Prisons in the UK: Violence, Drugs, Squalor, and a Glimmer of Hope
Episode 143
On 19th March 2026 the Chief Inspector of Prisons issued an Urgent Notification placing Woodhill Prison into special measures (https://hmiprisons.jus…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
A World Without Law: Operation Epic Disaster
Episode 142
The 2026 US/Israel war against Iran is a rapidly evolving, multi-front war. What started as a massive joint air campaign (Operation Epic Fury) and i…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Listeners’ Postbag: Iran, Juries, and Too Many Lawyers
Episode 141
With world events continuing to dominate the domestic news agenda, Ken Macdonald KC and Tim Owen KC respond to a range of listeners’ questions genera…
6 months ago
Lammy Sets Out His Stall - Will Justice Be The Loser?
Episode 140
Undaunted by near unanimous opposition from the legal profession, the Government last week published the Courts and Tribunals Bill which, if enacted,…
6 months, 1 week ago
Iran - Bombing International Law?
Episode 139
With Operation Epic Fury, the US/Israel attack on Iran, triggering reprisals by Iran that risk the stability of the entire Gulf Region, what are the …
6 months, 2 weeks ago
What is Misconduct in Public Office? And the US Supreme Court Bites Back
Episode 138
Is Misconduct in Public Office “one of the most notoriously difficult offences to define in England and Wales” as the Law Commission observed in its …
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Proscribing Palestine Action - Why Was It Unlawful? And Will The Home Secretary Win Her Appeal?
Episode 137
Why did the High Court quash the Home Secretary’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation? And what are the prospects of t…
7 months ago