The Law Show Podcast
The Law Show is your guide to the law and the legal decisions that have a bearing on everyone in the UK.
Weekly conversation that will give you an in-depth understanding of the law stories making news and the legal decisions that could have a bearing on everyone in the UK. Whether it's unpicking a landmark legal ruling, explaining how laws are made or seeking clarity for you on a legal issue, The Law Show will be your guide.
Episodes to download
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The Post Office scandal
Tue 5 Mar 2024
What part did lawyers play in the Post Office miscarriage of justice?
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Jury conscience, resolving conflicts in space, and the law of Treasure Trove in Scotland
Tue 14 Nov 2023
Juries and conscience, liability in outer space and Scottish Treasure Trove.
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Deepfakes and the Law
Tue 7 Nov 2023
What are your rights if your voice is faked? Forensic science about speech, and in court.
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Prison sentences: too long or too short?
Tue 31 Oct 2023
The length of prison sentences; the state of prisons; US gun laws; new Scots human rights.
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Exporting prisoners, is Joint Enterprise racist, and Gaza-Israel
Tue 24 Oct 2023
Can exporting prisoners work? Are Joint Enterprise cases racist? And Israel-Gaza: the law.
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The new Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor, Alex Chalk KC MP
Tue 13 Jun 2023
The Justice secretary's plans and challenges; judicial diversity; working with Parkinson's
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How well is the Parole Board protecting the public?
Tue 6 Jun 2023
The Parole Board's record of public protection; spouses abandoned overseas; AI and the law
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Climate Change Challenging the Law
Tue 30 May 2023
The legal challenges of climate change: human rights law, fossil fuel investments, ethics
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How to Improve Rape Trials
Tue 23 May 2023
How the Law Commission and the Scottish government hope to change rape trials for victims
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The Legacy of the Good Friday Agreement
Tue 28 Mar 2023
On the 25th anniversary of the Northern Ireland peace deal, what challenges remain?
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The State of Prosecutions
Tue 21 Mar 2023
Rape convictions; forensic science; Director of Public Prosecutions; intimidating lawyers.
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Strikes Minimum Service Levels
Tue 14 Mar 2023
A law to minimise strike impacts; legal advisors helping patients' families; AI copyright.
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Justice for Ukraine
Tue 7 Mar 2023
Could a special international tribunal put Russian leaders on trial?
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Full-length interview with Robert Spano, recent president of the ECHR
Fri 18 Nov 2022
Ex-president of the European Court of Human Rights Robert Spano talks to Joshua Rozenberg
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The UK and the European Court of Human Rights
Tue 15 Nov 2022
The UK and the ECHR: trouble ahead? Do cohabiting couples have rights? Ownership disputes.
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Protest and the Law
Tue 8 Nov 2022
Reforming protest law; rap lyrics in court; a public law clinic at a Liverpool university.
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Scrapping European law
Tue 1 Nov 2022
Which EU-retained laws to keep; young people and the criminal law; crime-solving podcasts.
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Secrecy in the Court of Protection?
Tue 25 Oct 2022
Why some court hearings are secret. Is most UK chicken illegal? And indefinite sentences.
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Prison Education
Tue 5 Jul 2022
Prison education is 'chaotic', often 'inadequate'. How could it cut reoffending better?
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Human Rights: Reforming the Law
Tue 28 Jun 2022
Can the UK Bill of Rights be compatible with international law?
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Why do so few rape cases go to court?
Tue 21 Jun 2022
Explaining the barriers to conviction at every stage of the criminal justice system.
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Investigating War Crimes in Ukraine
Tue 14 Jun 2022
ICC prosecutor Karim Khan QC speaks about the challenges facing investigators in Ukraine.
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The Justice Secretary's Plans
Tue 22 Mar 2022
Dominic Raab and legal aid. And do we need more diversity among senior judges?
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Libel tourism
Tue 15 Mar 2022
Has silencing journalists with libel claims now become harder? And: new UK class actions.
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Gender recognition
Tue 8 Mar 2022
Is Scotland's Gender Recognition bill a progressive step forward, or a threat to women?
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Ukraine: war and law
Tue 1 Mar 2022
How does international criminal law regard Russia's invasion of Ukraine?
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Trial and error
Tue 16 Nov 2021
Joshua Rozenberg examines a lawsuit that鈥榮 rocked the sport of rugby.
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Judges in Jeopardy
Tue 26 Oct 2021
Joshua Rozenberg speaks to Afghan women judges at risk since the Taliban came to power.
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