Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchLucy Letby: Will She Waive Privilege as UK Prosecutors Widen the Net?
Episode 107
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is reviewing new allegations against Letby herself, alongside claims of corporate failings that could amount to c…
1 year, 2 months ago
Bombing Iran: Self-Defence or a Lawless Attack?
Episode 106
Has the United States & Israel broken international law by bombing Iran?
Or was it an act of Self-Defence?
Professor Marko Milanovic, a leading exp…
1 year, 2 months ago
When UK Law and Politics Collide: Abortion, Assisted Dying, and Bombing Iran
Episode 105
How should members of Parliament decide matters of life and death? In the midst of passionate public debate, Parliament has begun to rewrite the lega…
1 year, 3 months ago
Politics and Money in UK Justice: Juries, Abortion and the Double Jeopardy Postbag
Episode 104
What happens when a justice system is asked to do more with less and at what cost to fairness, freedom, and the rule of law?
Crime and justice comm…
1 year, 3 months ago
UK Politics and Bad Science: Investigating the Graveyard Spiral of Forensic Science in England and Wales
Episode 103
Is Britain still a world leader in forensic science or are we sleepwalking into a criminal justice crisis?
Once considered the gold standard, the U…
1 year, 3 months ago
David Gauke: Solving the UK Prison Crisis
Episode 102
Why does Britain lock up so many people and is there a better way?
The UK has the highest incarceration rate in Western Europe, yet reoffending rem…
1 year, 3 months ago
State Threats and Subversion: Keeping UK Politics Clean
Episode 101
What if your political beliefs on Brexit, climate change or even gender identity were being subtly shaped by a foreign power?
From hostile state ac…
1 year, 3 months ago
100th Episode of Double Jeopardy - Terminating the Cruelty of Victorian Era Abortion Laws: The Campaign to Decriminalise Abortion Across the UK
Episode 100
In three of the four nations of the UK, abortion remains a crime under legislation passed in 1861, subject to the exemptions from criminal liability…
1 year, 4 months ago
Debating the Rule of Law in the UK: Hermer versus Wolfson
Episode 99
The clash between David Wolfson KC’s “thin” interpretation of legal principle and Attorney General Richard Hermer’s “thick” is explained through the …
1 year, 4 months ago
Reforming Criminal Appeals and Righting the Wrongs of UK Justice
Episode 98
Given the gross miscarriages of justice exposed by the Post Office/Horizon scandal, the extraordinary delay in reversing the wrongful conviction of A…
1 year, 4 months ago