Episodes
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The Rt Hon. the Lord Mance
The Rt Hon. the Lord Mance is a former Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. In this episode of *Advocates The Podcast*, he reflects on his career as an advocate, commercial judge, Law Lord and Supreme Court Justice, and on the questions that arise when courts are asked to...
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Tan Sri Datuk Nallini Pathmanathan
Tan Sri Nallini Pathmanathan is a recently retired judge of the Federal Court of Malaysia, and was recently appointed a judge of the Qatar International Court and Dispute Resolution Centre. In this episode of *Advocates The Podcast*, Tan Sri Nallini reflects on a life in the law that began after…
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Karim Asad Ahmad Khan, KC
Karim Khan KC is an international criminal lawyer and the former ~~Chief~~ Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. In this episode of *Advocates The Podcast*, Karim reflects on a career spanning prosecution, defence, victim representation and international investigations. He speaks about...
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Alex Taylor
Alex Taylor is Senior Clerk at Fountain Court Chambers in London, where he has led the clerking team since 2008. In this episode of *Advocates The Podcast*, Alex reflects on a career in clerking that began at 16, from his early years at Fountain Court to 11KBW, Old Square, and his return to...
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Thio Shen Yi, SC
Thio Shen Yi SC is a Senior Counsel of the Singapore Bar and a leading disputes practitioner. A former debater and junior tennis player, he read law at St. John’s College, Cambridge before beginning his career in Singapore, where he trained under Devinder Singh and later worked with VK Rajah and...
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Commodore Ian Park
Commodore Ian Park is a barrister at Essex Court Chambers and former Head of Navy Legal in the Royal Navy. Trained as a barrister through a Royal Navy scheme dating back to 1947, his career has spanned courts martial, international and operational law, military legal advice, and the law of naval...
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The Rt. Hon. Lady Justice Geraldine Andrews DBE, PC
The Rt. Hon. Lady Justice Geraldine Andrews DBE, PC is a Lord Justice of Appeal in England and Wales. The first female tenant at 4 Essex Court, she built a distinguished career at the commercial bar before being appointed to the High Court and subsequently to the Court of Appeal. In this episode…
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Alan Lamplough, SC
Alan Lamplough SC is a Senior Counsel at the Johannesburg Bar in South Africa. Called to the Bar in 2002, he built a wide-ranging civil and commercial practice before taking silk in May 2021, appearing across South Africa's courts, including the Supreme Court of Appeal. In this episode of...
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Gourab Banerji, SA
Advocates The Podcast sat down with Gourab Banerji, Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India, former Additional Solicitor General, and international arbitrator. In this live conversation, he shares the mentors, the battles, and the moments that shaped a remarkable career at India’s Bar and...
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The Rt Hon. the Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury
The first episode of Season 4 is OUT NOW! Over a long career at the Bar and on the Bench, Lord David Neuberger has seen the law from almost every vantage point. Advocate. Judge. And ultimately, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from 2012 to 2017. In this conversation, he…
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1988: Reunion of the Advocates (Part 2)
Part II of 1988: Reunion of the Advocates explores the critical days following the Supreme Court’s order of 2 July 1988. In this episode, the lawyers who were directly involved share their experiences of the aftermath — including the suspension of five Supreme Court judges, the legal…
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1988: Reunion of the Advocates (Part I)
A notable chapter in Malaysian legal history, and one of the most meaningful episodes we’ve recorded. 1988: Reunion of the Advocates (Part I) brings together the lawyers who represented Tun Salleh Abas during the constitutional crisis that tested the judiciary. In this special episode, they…
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The Rt Hon. the Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE
Brenda Hale, Rt Hon the Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE, is a highly accomplished legal figure with a remarkable career in academia, law practice, and judiciary. Baroness Hale made history in 1984 as the first woman and youngest person appointed to the Law Commission, where she spearheaded crucial...
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Datuk Darryl S.C Goon
Datuk Darryl Goon is a retired Court of Appeal Judge. He is a consultant at the firm of Raja Darryl & Loh. Prior to joining the bench, he was heading the dispute resolution practice at Raja Darryl & Loh. At the bar he was widely regarded as one of the foremost litigators in Malaysia. 35 years of...
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Clive Grossman KC, SC
In this episode, we sit down with Clive Grossman KC, SC, a highly accomplished lawyer with extensive experience in criminal litigation, commercial and white-collar crime, money-laundering, corruption, and human rights issues. Clive graduated from the University of Cape Town and was called to the...
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Leslie Thomas KC
Professor Leslie Thomas KC is a highly acclaimed human rights and civil liberties barrister in the UK, with expertise in claims against the police and other public authorities, as well as claims against corporate bodies. He has represented many bereaved families in inquests and public inquiries...
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Robert Richter KC
Robert Richter KC is an Australian Barrister based in Melbourne who has handled a wide array of high profile cases some of which involved Defendants unpopular in the public opinion. He is the former chairman of the Criminal Bar Association, former President of Victorian Council for Civil…
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Dato V. Sithambaram
We are always privileged here at Advocates the Podcast to be able to speak to top advocates with fascinating stories from their time at the bar. Dato Sitham is no exception. His is a name many in Malaysia would be familiar with having acted as counsel in numerous cases of national interest. He is...
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Steven Thompson KC
Steven Thompson KC, who took silk in 2005, has a commercial chancery practice in the UK with a particular emphasis on civil fraud actions, company/joint venture disputes, insolvency issues and aviation disputes. He regularly appears in all tiers of Courts in the Cayman Islands and the British...
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Geoff Budlender SC
Geoff Budlender SC is a human rights advocate, with clients ranging from the government to social justice organizations. In 1979, he co-founded the Legal Resources Centre, a public interest and human rights legal service for marginalized populations in South Africa. During his time there, he...
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Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram
In this special episode of Advocates the Podcast, we speak to the late Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram, who passed away in January 2023. Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram wore many hats in his illustrious career, a teacher, an advocate, a Federal Court Judge and a prosecutor. He holds the distinction of being…
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Toby Landau KC
Toby Landau KC is an exceptional barrister and advocate who is also respected universally for his arbitration skills. He is frequently called on for high-value and complex cases involving commercial entities and sovereign states. He has argued hundreds of major international commercial,...
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Lord Pannick KC
Few advocates can say that their advocacy kept the United Kingdom in the European Union, albeit momentarily. In this episode we speak to someone who did just that; Lord Pannick KC, who led the Supreme Court Article 50 case against the government of the UK and argued against the prorogation of the...
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Francis Xavier SC
Interested in going on a 3 month mountain climbing expedition, despite a busy schedule as a lawyer? Seremban-born, Francis Xavier SC gives you a step by step guide. We trek through Francis' early years handling criminal matters, maintaining a busy commerical practice in one of Singapore's largest...
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Diana Buttu
Advocates the Podcast looks to Palestine in this episode. We speak to Diana Buttu, a Canadian-Palestinian lawyer and advocate of Palestinian rights. Diana takes us through her experience working in the Negotiations Support Unit of the Palestinian Liberation Organization and describes the legal...
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Carlton Larson
In this instalment of Advocates the Podcast, we talk to Professor Carlton Larson, scholar of American constitutional law and Anglo-American legal history. In an unusual episode, Professor Larson describes how the Founding Fathers of America, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Wilson, were as...
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Gobind Singh Deo
How does one go from taking a car radiator apart to becoming an advocate? Gobind Singh Deo, prominent criminal advocate in Malaysia shares with Advocates the Podcast about just that. Gobind Singh Deo shares his journey of coming up as an advocate under the shadow of the Malaysian Internal…
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Helena Kennedy KC
On this episode of Advocates the Podcast, we learn about how a young woman from Glasgow, Scotland became one of Britain's leading barristers. Baroness Helena Kennedy KC takes us back to the 70s, a time women were largely excluded from the legal profession in Britain. Listen to how she disrupted…
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Michael Kirby AC CMG
We welcome to this episode of Advocates The Podcast, Michael Kirby AC CMG, first openly gay judge and an intellectual powerhouse. After a career as a barrister, he went on to sit on the High Court of Australia, the highest court in the land.
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Harish Salve KC
In this installment of Advocates The Podcast, we sit down with the former Solicitor General of India, Harish Salve KC. Harish is a familiar face in high profile cases having represented India before the International Court of Justice, Vodafone and even Bollywood heartthrob, Salman Khan....
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Nancy Hollander
What is it like to have Jodie Foster play you in a movie? Nancy Hollander, named America's Top 50 women litigators, says it is a very strange feeling. Nancy has spent her career taking on the U.S. Government including representing Mohamedou Ould Slahi who was held captive in Guantanamo Bay for 16...
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Tan Sri Dato' V.C. George
In our second episode, Tan Sri Dato' V.C. George. Malaysian legal legend and legendary wit. Having entered the profession in 1957, George gives us a lens into legal practice in early independent Malaya. Later in his career, George was among the first four judges appointed to the newly formed...
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Lord Jonathan Sumption
Lord Jonathan Sumption. First barrister in 60 years from the English Bar to be appointed directly to the highest court of the land in the United Kingdom. Enough said.
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Jonathan Crow KC
In our last episode of Advocates the Podcast (Season 1), we speak to Jonathan Crow KC. Jonathan Crow is an English litigator with almost 40 years of experience at the Bar. In 2006, Crow was appointed Queen’s Counsel, and has since built an award-winning career (Legal 500’s Top 100, Chambers UK...
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Ambiga Sreenevasan
Few in Malaysia command as much admiration as Ambiga Sreenevasan – admiration among her contemporaries as a skilled litigator, and among the public as a courageous political activist. Sreenevasan has served as President of the Malaysian Bar Council, co-chairperson of Bersih (an NGO advocating for...
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Johann Kriegler
This episode of Advocates stars Johann Kriegler, a veteran litigator at the Johannesburg Bar. In late 1993, Kriegler was assigned to direct the Independent Electoral Commission, the body responsible for overseeing South Africa’s first universally democratic election. A year later, Kriegler was...
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The Honourable Mr Justice Rajah
Ipoh-born English High Court Judge and former barrister Eason Rajah discusses life at boarding school, inspiring colleagues, and his thirst for winning, on this month’s instalment of Advocates, the Podcast. Appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2011, Rajah also acts as a Deputy High Court Judge and as...
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Davinder Singh SC
Eminent Singaporean litigator, Davinder Singh SC, outlines his philosophy and approach to advocacy on this month’s first episode of Advocates, the Podcast. After spending 37 years at Drew & Napier, one of Singapore’s leading law firms, Singh started his own firm in early 2019. Among countless…
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Robert Lazar
Robert Lazar is a litigator with more than forty years of experience at the Malaysian Bar. He represented former Supreme Court Justice Datuk Seri George Seah during the 1988 Judicial Crisis, appeared as lead counsel for the Bar during the 2008 Royal Commission of Inquiry into V.K. Lingam, and...
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Hina Jilani
The fourth episode of Advocates features Hina Jilani, an internationally-renowned litigator and activist from Lahore, Pakistan. Her brand of human rights advocacy is fierce and fearless, and has brought her face to face with death threats and assassins. Listen to Jilani discuss her career as a...
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Benjamin Aina KC
Benjamin Aina KC was appointed King's Counsel in 2009, and has established himself as a prominent criminal barrister in the United Kingdom as both a prosecutor and a defender. On this month’s episode of Advocates, Aina speaks about his childhood influences, his experience as a Black barrister…
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Alan Dershowitz
Alan Dershowitz is renowned not only as a successful criminal defense attorney, but also as Professor Emeritus at Harvard Law School and as an award-winning author. Listen to Dershowitz discuss his legal philosophy, his activism, and the rest of his 60-year-long journey as an advocate.
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Tommy Thomas
Former Attorney General of Malaysia and distinguished veteran of the Malaysian Bar, Tommy Thomas, speaks about his meticulous approach to trial work, his legacy as an advocate, and the historical development of the Malaysian judicial system, on the inaugural episode of Advocates, The Podcast.