Episodes

  • 237: “Humane-Washing”: the misinformation and misleading advertising about where our meat comes from.

    237: “Humane-Washing”: the misinformation and misleading advertising about where our meat comes from.
    Apr 28 2026

    Rosalind English talks to animal law protection solicitor Edie Bowles of the Animal Law Foundation and Veronica Wiggins, who directs campaigns to protect consumers against misleading advertising. We explore the widespread and systemic misrepresentation of our food animals as leading happy healthy free range lives when in fact 85 % of animals are subject to inhumane conditions in factory farms. For a deeper dive into the whole problem of "humane washing" here is a recent study. Animal Law Foundation reports on animal welfare enforcement and other legal insights can be found here.

    Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row. Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog. Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter.
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    33 mins
  • 236: AI and its impact on private law, liability, causation, proximity and other legal hurdles

    236: AI and its impact on private law, liability, causation, proximity and other legal hurdles
    Apr 13 2026

    Rosalind English talks to Jacob Turner, barrister at Fountain Court Chambers, and Michael Workman, former lawyer at the Law Commission. Both are AI experts who have taken part in assembling the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce draft Legal Statement regarding liability for AI-related harm in England and Wales, pertaining to private law.

    Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row. Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog. Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter.
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    52 mins
  • 235: Clinical negligence: A Spring Update

    235: Clinical negligence: A Spring Update
    Apr 7 2026

    1COR’s Lizanne Gumbel KC and Matthew Leitch join Jim Duffy to talk through some of the latest judgments in the field of medical law. Among the highlights are the use of surveillance footage, ‘lost years’, percentage offers under Part 36 and secondary victimhood.

    Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row. Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog. Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter.
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    59 mins
  • 234: From robing to probing: When the lawyer turns investigator

    234: From robing to probing: When the lawyer turns investigator
    Mar 24 2026

    Legal professionals are increasingly becoming involved in the conduct of investigations, in the workplace and elsewhere. Marina Wheeler KC joins Jim Duffy to look at how the skill sets of barristers can help determine what has happened and why, and increase the prospects of swift resolution and a clean break.

    Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row. Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog. Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter.
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    28 mins
  • 233: Proscription and Protest: The Palestine Action Decision

    233: Proscription and Protest: The Palestine Action Decision
    Mar 9 2026
    Lucy McCann is joined by Jonathan Metzer (1 Crown Office Row) to discuss the Divisional Court’s ruling in R (Ammori) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWHC 292 (Admin) that the proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation was unlawful.
    The two articles mentioned are:
    https://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2026/02/23/divisional-court-quashes-palestine-action-proscription-an-extended-look/
    https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/03/02/daniella-lock-in-defence-of-the-divisional-courts-palestine-action-ruling/

    If you would like to give feedback on this episode, please do get in touch by emailing lawpoduk@1cor.com

    Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row. Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog. Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter.
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    36 mins
  • 232: The Most Significant Cases of 2025

    232: The Most Significant Cases of 2025
    Dec 23 2025
    Join the Law Pod team as we discuss a range of cases decided at all levels in the courts in 2025 with important implications for the future.

    Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row. Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog. Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter.
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    45 mins
  • 231: Emergency States: Trump’s War on Everything

    231: Emergency States: Trump’s War on Everything
    Dec 15 2025
    Jim Duffy is joined by David D. Cole, Professor of Law and Public Policy at Georgetown University and former National Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union. They discuss the US President's invocation of emergency powers to deport, to attack vessels on the high seas, and to impose sweeping international trade tariffs.

    Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row. This episode was co-produced by 1 Crown Office Row and Emma Darlow Stearn. Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog. Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter.
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    38 mins
  • 230: Changing the Law to End Ageism

    230: Changing the Law to End Ageism
    Dec 8 2025
    Is our society obsessed with youth? Nena Georgantzi, expert on the human rights of older persons at AGE Platform Europe, joins Equality Commissioner Alasdair Henderson to consider what stronger domestic and international legal frameworks could look like if society is serious about valuing people at a later stage of life.

    Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row. This episode was co-produced by 1 Crown Office Row and Emma Darlow Stearn. Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog. Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter.
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    40 mins