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Thanks to bad weather delaying Tim’s flight from the USA, this week’s episode with Riel Karmy-Jones KC and Chris Henley KC will be r…
9 months, 1 week ago
Are the Courts Flinching on Article 8? And Who’s Trying to Kill the Assisted Dying Bill in the House of Lords?
Episode 126
Does the Judgment of the Court of Appeal in the Palestinian Family case of IA & others v. Home Secretary - https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/upload…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Is the Right To Jury Trial Just History? And is the House of Lord’s Assisted Dying Filibuster an Attack on Democracy?
Episode 125
As the Courts Minister, Sarah Sackman, announces the Government’s intention to enact most of the recommendations in Sir Brian Leveson’s Independent R…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Trump Versus The BBC, and Shabana Mahmood’s Asylum Crackdown
Episode 124
Is Trump’s threat to sue the BBC for $1billion in a Florida Court over the Panorama documentary just another example of his baseless, abusive use of …
10 months ago
Labour Goes To Denmark - And Why Are We Releasing Prisoners By Mistake?
Episode 123
Is Shabana Mahmood’s proposed overhaul of immigration policies, modelled on Denmark’s stringent system, likely to go too far? As the Justice Secretar…
10 months, 1 week ago
Emily Thornberry and the Great China Spy Trial Mystery
Episode 122
Ken Macdonald KC and Tim Owen KC are joined by Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, Dame Emily Thornberry, to discuss the evidence given to…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Lifting the Lid on the Home Office: Crashed, Repaired, or Still Unfit for Purpose?
Episode 121
Does Shabana Mahmood, like Dominic Cummings before her, believe that the Home Office is a broken, dysfunctional bureaucratic institution that needs a…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Why Did The Chinese Spying Case Really Collapse? Double Jeopardy Receives a Leaked Copy of the Defence’s Expert Report and an Exclusive Interview With Its Author, Professor Kerry Brown (who was not the source of the leak!)
Episode 120
With the China spying case continuing to generate headlines, mystery and yet more uncertainty surrounding the true reason for the DPP’s decision to d…
11 months ago
Can Jenrick Go Any Lower? Plus Palestine Action, Chinese Spying and Burning the Koran
Episode 119
In the wake of Robert Jenrick’s speech to the Conservative Party Conference likening Attorney General Lord Hermer KC to a “Mafia lawyer”, accusing h…
11 months, 1 week ago
ECHR Rights, Cruelty, Chinese Whispers, and the Tyranny of Tech Bros in UK Politics
Episode 118
After a brief explanation for the non-appearance of last week’s episode (severe back pain and hard-core painkillers) Ken Macdonald KC and Tim Owen KC…
11 months, 2 weeks ago