Law in Action Podcast
1) How can avoidable deaths be prevented?
The phrase âState related deathsâ might mean little to the average person, but it's an umbrella term referring to a death in custody or a mental health setting. It also applies to situations when peop...Show More
2) Should killers be forced to attend sentencing hearings?
The Victims and Courts Bill is progressing through Parliament, and will force convicted criminals to attend their sentencing hearings. If criminals convicted of the most serious offences in England o...Show More
3) Wrongful convictions: why private prosecutions face reform
Wrongful convictions in the Post Office scandal and for train fare evasion have been described by the Government as âcatastrophic failuresâ, and it's held a consultation in England and Wales to reform...Show More
4) My data's been stolen in a cyberattack - can I sue?
What legal responsibilities does a company have to keep your data secure?M&S, and the Co-op are picking up the pieces after their systems were hacked. The cyber criminals claim to have the private inf...Show More
5) Death and the law
Itâs not something most of us think about - and itâs not something most of us want to think about, but sooner or later itâs something weâll all encounter. When someone passes away - legally, what do ...Show More
6) The human cost of court delays
Justice delayed is justice denied - the court backlog in England and Wales has reached a record high and suspects being charged with new offences are regularly told they may not get a trial until 2027...Show More
7) Genocide, war crimes and justice
Since the October 7th attacks by Hamas on Israel, and the IDF military invasion of the Gaza strip, terms like 'war crimes', 'crimes against humanity' and 'genocide' have been used when discussing the ...Show More
8) Expert witnesses in criminal trials
Lucy Letby is serving 15 whole-life sentences after being convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others at the Countess of Chester hospital - with two attempts on one of he...Show More
9) Joint enterprise - what is it and why is it controversial?
A parliamentary inquiry has just started work into the law around Joint enterprise, and the Law Commission is also looking at ways to reform the law. It will report back next year.Joint enterprise is ...Show More
10) Miscarriages of justice and the CCRC
The job of the Criminal Cases Review Commission - or CCRC - is to investigate cases where people may have been wrongfully convicted of a crime in the criminal courts of England, Wales, and Northern Ir...Show More