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The Law Show — 114 episodes

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1

How tough are the UK's asylum laws?

2

When is it legal to go to war?

3

Is it legal for police to use live facial recognition technology?

4

The plans to limit jury trials in England and Wales

5

What is Misconduct in Public Office?

6

The law under fire

7

The court delays crisis

8

Immigration and the law - who stays? Who goes?

9

How can avoidable deaths be prevented?

10

Should killers be forced to attend sentencing hearings?

11

Wrongful convictions: why private prosecutions face reform

12

My data's been stolen in a cyberattack - can I sue?

13

Death and the Law in England and Wales

14

The human cost of court delays

15

Genocide, war crimes and justice

16

Expert witnesses in criminal trials

17

Joint enterprise - what is it and why is it controversial?

18

Miscarriages of justice and the CCRC

19

Inside the Family Courts

20

The Renters' Rights Bill

21

Traumatised jurors, prenups and Japanese knotweed

22

Sewage-polluted waters, Divorce and financial orders, Leasehold reform

23

Assisted dying, County court judgments, Drill music and ... nakedness

24

Protest, Lasting power of attorney and the Green belt

25

Introducing The Law Show

26

The Lady Chief Justice

27

Criminal damage defence limited

28

Fighting Knife Crime

29

The Post Office scandal

30

Jury conscience, resolving conflicts in space, and the law of Treasure Trove in Scotland

31

Deepfakes and the Law

32

Prison sentences: too long or too short?

33

Exporting prisoners, is Joint Enterprise racist, and Gaza-Israel

34

The new Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor, Alex Chalk KC MP

35

How well is the Parole Board protecting the public?

36

Climate Change Challenging the Law

37

How to Improve Rape Trials

38

The Legacy of the Good Friday Agreement

39

The State of Prosecutions

40

Strikes Minimum Service Levels

41

Justice for Ukraine

42

Full-length interview with Robert Spano, recent president of the ECHR

43

The UK and the European Court of Human Rights

44

Protest and the Law

45

Scrapping European law

46

Secrecy in the Court of Protection?

47

Prison Education

48

Human Rights: Reforming the Law

49

Why do so few rape cases go to court?

50

Investigating War Crimes in Ukraine

51

The Justice Secretary's Plans

52

Libel tourism

53

Gender recognition

54

Ukraine: war and law

55

Trial and error

56

Jailhouse Law

57

False Memory

58

Judges in Jeopardy

59

Fighting knife crime

60

E-scooting through the law

61

Covid penalties

62

Traumatic brain injury and crime

63

Reforming Judicial Review

64

Can the law fight climate change?

65

Exclusive interview with the lawyer of Anne Sacoolas

66

Civil Justice for Harry Dunn?

67

Jack Merritt's legacy

68

Good advice

69

Fire Courts

70

The International Criminal Court

71

Reinventing the law

72

Gambling with the law

73

Justice in lockdown

74

Workplace law

75

Deferred Prosecution Agreements: pragmatic but unprincipled?

76

An Enterprising Court

77

Supporting evidence

78

On parole

79

What’s it really like to be in prison?

80

Abusive parents

81

Help for vulnerable witnesses

82

Legal lessons from Brexit

83

Rape Myths

84

Julian Assange: What next?

85

Raising the Bar?

86

Brexit and the EU judiciary

87

Jailhouse Law

88

Online Abuse and the Law

89

The Family Drug and Alcohol Court

90

The Supreme Court

91

Peacemaking, New York style.

92

How did the US Supreme Court become so powerful?

93

Can the law rein in Amazon?

94

Should a former soldier be tried without a jury?

95

Facial Recognition Technology

96

Social media in the dock

97

Should justice move online?

98

No-fault Divorce

99

Interview with Lord Chancellor David Gauke

100

Driverless Cars and the Law

101

Sex Discrimination Law

102

Failings in Evidence Disclosure

103

Trump, the FBI and the Law

104

Interview with The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

105

Investigating the Dead

106

Acid Attacks and the Law

107

The Lawyers Working for GCHQ

108

Interview with the Lord Chancellor David Lidington

109

The Law After the Election

110

Why Are We Short of Judges?

111

Joint Enterprise and Homicide Law

112

Brexit in the High Court

113

Terrorism, Extremism and the Law

114

Interview with Alison Saunders, Director of Public Prosecutions