Northpod Law & Ukclb Podcasts

The Way(a) to listen is to click here!Enough with the awful title and dreadful pun - is it a pun?  This week we transport you to the sunny shores of Cape Town via a fascinating interview with barrister David Pojur, telling us all about the legal system that's currently trying Oscar Pistorius.We come closer to home although no further from scandalous trials to look at the Nigel Evans trial in Preston.  Ben's promised link to the Code for Crown Prosecutors is here.Kirstin discusses Re G a family case with wider importance to absent fathers and Ben tells you why the glimmer of hope we had in POCA cases turns out to be fools gold due to R v King whilst Jonathan saves the day with some good news and a quote from Simon Spence QC.We urge you to reply to the BSB consultation - Possibly the most important thing you will do this year.If you would like to know more about Legal Hack Minnesota you can find out here. We do hope they're going to come and tell us more in person.

Listen HereWelcome back.  It's the glorious Twelfth!In week one, we talk to Family Barrister Joe Lynch about the proposed changes to the child cruelty laws to add in emotional abuse.  Should it be done?  Can it be done?  How's it done in the rest of the world?  The Action for Children report can be found hereWe exclusively reveal how much the Lord Chancellor's car costs - STOP PRESS!!And we confuse you completely with the proposed theft sentencing guidelines - don't forget to engage with the consultation to try at least to make it less complicated.  You can read about it, confuse yourself and contribute here.Your extra reading material can be found here (POCA Case) and here (Solicitor)Nice to have you back.

Listen to this week's show here.On this week's show, John Cooper QC joins our roving reporter, Keith Jones in Gibraltar to talk about the law and the Bar in one of Britain's far-flung outposts.A little closer to home, we look at what happens when you cough to something whilst in custody and when that sort of confession will not be allowed in to evidence. We take a glance over fracking near Northpod Towers and celebs on trial near our local cobbles.Also, a look at sentencing for assisting a suicide by buying the petrol used.  The rather grim case of R v Howe [2014] gets a once-over.The links are below.  Enjoy UKCLB Podcast for the next six weeks and we'll see you on the other side of that.You can listen to show by clicking right here but, of course, we'd prefer that you subscribed on iTunes or via Google Play Store or via any good podcatcher app on your phone/tablet.  Ben from Northpod Law particularly recommends this one for Android and iOS

This week we carry on the tradition of the series in that we're a member of the usual team short. It's Ben on this occasion. He'll be back next week, I'm sure.  Listen Here  Matters under consideration are – what knowingly means when it comes to the environment; when a crime under the Dangerous Dogs Act is not a crime at all (and it's not the same as the last one); when parking is not parking and when a solicitor can hang on to papers and when he has to pass them on. It's all very cutting edge as Jonathan gets excited about...Walker and son v Environment Agency [2014] EWCA Crim 100Criminal Injuries not a crime of violenceParking v Ancillary Parking [2014] EWHC 211 (Admin)Liens and solicitors - see paragraph 42 - 50