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Double Jeopardy - UK Law and Politics

Covering the critical intersections of law and politics in the UK with expert commentary on high-profile legal cases, political controversies, prisons and sentencing, human rights law, current political events and the shifting landscape of justice and democracy. With in-depth discussions and influential guests, Double Jeopardy is the podcast that uncovers the forces shaping Britain’s legal and political present and future. -What happens when law and politics collide? -How do politics shape the law - and when does the law push back? -What happens when judicial independence is tested, human rights come under attack, or freedom of expression is challenged? -And...

I. Stephanie Boyce - Leading the Law Society

37 mins; December 19, 2023

Jonathan Hall KC - Gaza and the Right to Protest

39 mins; December 04, 2023

Frances Crook - Political Power and Penal Failure

39 mins; November 29, 2023

Adam Wagner - Rwanda and the Rule of Law

23 mins; November 19, 2023

Alex Chalk KC - Speaking for the Government

37 mins; November 13, 2023

Angus McCullough KC - When Justice is Secret

35 mins; November 03, 2023

Ian Winter KC - Can the SFO Work?

54 mins; October 27, 2023

Stuart Russell - AI in a World of Risk

51 mins; October 12, 2023

Edward Garnier KC - When Justice Fails

44 mins; September 28, 2023

Robert Spano - The United Kingdom v Human Rights

50 mins; September 14, 2023

Melanie Phillips - Israel and the Politics of Law

47 mins; August 01, 2023

Gavin Millar KC - Huw Edwards and the Limits of Privacy

54 mins; July 20, 2023

Richard Moorhead - Lawyers Behaving Badly?

52 mins; July 11, 2023

Dan Neidle - I’m the Taxman

49 mins; June 27, 2023

Andy Verity- Telling the Truth about LIBOR

45 mins; June 16, 2023

Akua Reindorf KC - Twisting the Law

50 mins; May 30, 2023

Sarah Wootton - Dying for the Law

48 mins; May 15, 2023

Richard Ekins - Judges and Political Power

66 hours 47 mins; May 02, 2023

Maya Foa - The Death Penalty, National Security and Terror

58 mins; April 21, 2023

Dr Bryn Harris - Free Speech, Harm and the Internet

53 mins; April 07, 2023

Harvey Redgrave - The Met in Meltdown

49 mins; March 24, 2023

Joshua Rozenberg - Reporting the Law

49 mins; March 13, 2023

Karon Monaghan KC - Sex, Lies and Women’s Rights

47 mins; March 02, 2023

Sir Nicholas Blake - Small Boats, Dog Whistles and the Law

49 mins; February 17, 2023

Nick Vineall KC - Leading the Bar

46 mins; February 02, 2023

David Pannick KC - Defending The Law in Parliament

47 mins; January 26, 2023

Sir Robert Buckland KC - Making Better Law

53 mins; January 16, 2023

Bad Law for the New Year, with Sir Jonathan Jones KC

32 mins; January 05, 2023

Helena Kennedy KC - Fifty Years Fighting

51 mins; December 28, 2022

Clare Montgomery KC - Getting Away With Fraud

50 mins; December 12, 2022

Andrea Coomber KC - The Prison Addiction

54 mins; November 24, 2022

Brenda Hale - Judicial Independence and its Enemies

51 mins; November 17, 2022

Hugh Tomlinson KC - What’s in a SLAPP?

52 mins; November 08, 2022

Hakeem Belo-Osagie - Africa Rising: Politics, Law and Sympathy For Russia

49 mins; October 27, 2022

Chaos

20 mins; October 20, 2022

Dominic Grieve KC - When Governments Trash the Law

50 mins; October 13, 2022

The US Supreme Court - Going Rogue?

48 mins; October 06, 2022

Truss on Rights and Johnson on Trial

48 mins; September 26, 2022

Dinah Rose KC - Appointing Supreme Court Justices. Is the System Working?

33 mins; September 15, 2022

Pia Sarma, Chief Lawyer at the Times - Privacy, Press Freedom and the Rights of Oligarchs

50 mins; September 05, 2022

Episode 6: Jo Sidhu QC - Barristers, Strikes and the Crisis in Criminal Justice

42 mins; August 08, 2022

Enemies of the People, Cameras in Court, and Allison Bailey

22 mins; July 29, 2022

Edward Fitzgerald QC - Defending Very Bad People

40 mins; July 22, 2022

Kathleen Stock - The Importance of Being Rational

58 mins; July 14, 2022

A special edition on the Conservative leadership election and what it could mean for rights

16 mins; July 10, 2022

Jonathan Jones: Lies, Lawbreaking, the Attorney General and her Government

56 mins; July 07, 2022

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Double Jeopardy - UK Law and Politics

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