The Law Show Episodes Episode guide
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The State of Prosecutions
Rape convictions; forensic science; Director of Public Prosecutions; intimidating lawyers.
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Strikes Minimum Service Levels
A law to minimise strike impacts; legal advisors helping patients' families; AI copyright.
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Justice for Ukraine
Could a special international tribunal put Russian leaders on trial?
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The UK and the European Court of Human Rights
The UK and the ECHR: trouble ahead? Do cohabiting couples have rights? Ownership disputes.
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Protest and the Law
Reforming protest law; rap lyrics in court; a public law clinic at a Liverpool university.
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Scrapping European law
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?
Why some court hearings are secret. Is most UK chicken illegal? And indefinite sentences.
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Prison Education
Prison education is 'chaotic', often 'inadequate'. How could it cut reoffending better?
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Human Rights: Reforming the Law
Can the UK Bill of Rights be compatible with international law?
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Why do so few rape cases go to court?
Explaining the barriers to conviction at every stage of the criminal justice system.
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Investigating War Crimes in Ukraine
ICC prosecutor Karim Khan QC speaks about the challenges facing investigators in Ukraine.
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The Justice Secretary's Plans
Dominic Raab and legal aid. And do we need more diversity among senior judges?
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Libel tourism
Has silencing journalists with libel claims now become harder? And: new UK class actions.
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Gender recognition
Is Scotland's Gender Recognition bill a progressive step forward, or a threat to women?
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Ukraine: war and law
How does international criminal law regard Russia's invasion of Ukraine?
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Trial and error
Joshua Rozenberg examines a lawsuit that鈥榮 rocked the sport of rugby.
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Jailhouse Law
Tracking down trolls; how to be an advocate; and a lawyer behind bars.
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False Memory
Does the phenomenon of false memory challenge the justice system?
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Judges in Jeopardy
Joshua Rozenberg speaks to Afghan women judges at risk since the Taliban came to power.
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E-scooting through the law
What's legal for e-scooters; space law; university freedom of speech and a DJ barrister.
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Covid penalties
Unfair Covid fines, online justice, diversity in the profession, and private prosecutions.
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Traumatic brain injury and crime
Brain injury is related to crime and is common among prisoners. But how to deal with it?
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Fighting knife crime
Fighting knife crime before it happens; Scotland's "not proven" verdicts; automated cars.
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Reforming Judicial Review
Does the government's response to Lord Faulks's report on Judicial Review go too far?
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Can the law fight climate change?
As governments and fossil fuel companies are being sued, can the law fight climate change?
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Exclusive interview with the lawyer of Anne Sacoolas
Amy Jeffress, the US lawyer of Anne Sacoolas, speaks exclusively to Joshua Rozenberg.
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Civil Justice for Harry Dunn?
The civil claim in the Anne Sacoolas case, and how is the pandemic affecting jury trials?
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Jack Merritt's legacy
Remembering Jack Merritt, murdered in the London Bridge attack a year ago.
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Good advice
How the UK鈥檚 first law centre still provides free legal advice, 50 years after its birth.
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Fire Courts
What can the Great Fire of London teach us about dealing with our current pandemic?