30 episodes

Law and Disorder is a new weekly podcast looking at the biggest issues in the news through the prism of the law. We've brought together three of the UK's best legal minds: recently retired High Court judge Sir Nicholas Mostyn, barrister and human rights campaigner Baroness Helena Kennedy, and Charlie Falconer, a Labour peer and former Lord Chancellor.
Subscribe now for weekly episodes disentangling the thorniest of subjects, from Rishi Sunak's Rwanda bill to the situation in Gaza, via Post Office scandals, Prince Harry and privacy and much, much more.
Law and Disorder is a Podot podcast.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    • 4.5 • 60 Ratings

Law and Disorder is a new weekly podcast looking at the biggest issues in the news through the prism of the law. We've brought together three of the UK's best legal minds: recently retired High Court judge Sir Nicholas Mostyn, barrister and human rights campaigner Baroness Helena Kennedy, and Charlie Falconer, a Labour peer and former Lord Chancellor.
Subscribe now for weekly episodes disentangling the thorniest of subjects, from Rishi Sunak's Rwanda bill to the situation in Gaza, via Post Office scandals, Prince Harry and privacy and much, much more.
Law and Disorder is a Podot podcast.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The King's Speech

    The King's Speech

    On the 17th July, the new Labour government enjoyed their first King's Speech. In it, they put forward dozens of bills for consideration in this parliamentary session. But do those commitments get to grips with the necessary constitutional changes in our system? And do they address the years of decay and debasement of the Rule of Law, experienced under the previous governments? Charlie Falconer, Helena Kennedy and Nicholas Mostyn discuss.
    For inclusion in our next mailbag edition, do send your thoughts to us via lawanddisorderfeedback@gmail.com!
    Law and Disorder is a Podot podcast.
    Executive Producer and Editor: Nick Hilton.
    Associate Producer: Ewan Cameron.
    Music by Richard Strauss, arranged and performed by Anthony Willis & Brett Bailey.
    PR by Sally Jones.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    • 33 min
    Big Money Divorce

    Big Money Divorce

    Divorce is a complex business, especially when the participants are part of the mega-rich elites who spend millions quibbling over the balance and share of assets and proceedings. Our guide, this week, through the maze of monied marital misery is Tim Bishop KC, one of the UK's leading specialists in top-level financial cases on divorce. Alongside Nicholas Mostyn, Helena Kennedy and Charlie Falconer, he talks us through the evolution of British marriage law, what protections there are for spouses, and whether the legal quagmire of the wealthy has applications across the socio-economic spectrum.
    For inclusion in our next mailbag edition, do send your thoughts to us via lawanddisorderfeedback@gmail.com!
    Law and Disorder is a Podot podcast.
    Executive Producer and Editor: Nick Hilton.
    Associate Producer: Ewan Cameron.
    Music by Richard Strauss, arranged and performed by Anthony Willis & Brett Bailey.
    PR by Sally Jones.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    • 35 min
    Mailbag

    Mailbag

    It's time for us to open up the mailbag and see what Law & Disorder listeners have made of the first six months of the show's existence. From the right to protest to the right to die, Liz Truss to Amber Heard, your questions run the gamut of the topics covered in the podcast. Should we televise courts? How badly did Charlie screw the pooch on his Lord Chancellor reforms? And are we all really just a bunch of whinging lefties? Listen to our mailbag and find out more!
    For inclusion in our next mailbag edition, do send your thoughts to us via lawanddisorderfeedback@gmail.com!
    Law and Disorder is a Podot podcast.
    Executive Producer and Editor: Nick Hilton.
    Associate Producer: Ewan Cameron.
    Music by Richard Strauss, arranged and performed by Anthony Willis & Brett Bailey.
    PR by Sally Jones.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    • 31 min
    The Libor Trials

    The Libor Trials

    Libor: a little known, or understood, mechanism by which banks set an interest rate average. It became headline news when, in the crucible of the financial crisis, the practitioners were accused of rigging the rate to inflate public perceptions of their banks' health. But was all as it seemed? And were the traders – men like Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo – who carried the can for Libor rigging, really just scapegoats? In this joint podcast with A Long Time in Finance, Nicholas Mostyn and Helena Kennedy ask whether a miscarriage of justice was administered in the pursuit of retribution on a broken financial system.
    Do send your own thoughts to us via lawanddisorderfeedback@gmail.com!
    Law and Disorder is a Podot podcast.
    Executive Producer and Editor: Nick Hilton.
    Associate Producer: Ewan Cameron.
    Music by Richard Strauss, arranged and performed by Anthony Willis & Brett Bailey.
    PR by Sally Jones.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    • 34 min
    A History of the Franchise

    A History of the Franchise

    With the UK heading to the polls next week, the Law & Disorder trio – Helena Kennedy, Charlie Falconer and Nicholas Mostyn – gather to discuss the long and difficult history of the franchise. From votes for renters to the struggles of minorities to gain recognition in the UK and abroad, the journey to our current electorate was a long and winding one. Do you know your rotten boroughs from your potwallopers? Tune in to this instalment of Law & Disorder to find out!
    This podcast is generously sponsored by Tideway Wealth.
    Do send your own thoughts to us via lawanddisorderfeedback@gmail.com!
    Law and Disorder is a Podot podcast.
    Executive Producer and Editor: Nick Hilton.
    Associate Producer: Ewan Cameron.
    Music by Richard Strauss, arranged and performed by Anthony Willis & Brett Bailey.
    PR by Sally Jones.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    • 31 min
    The Legal History of Slavery

    The Legal History of Slavery

    Britain has a long and complex history with slavery. From medieval villeinage through to the African slaves brought to the colonies, has the country truly reckoned with its role in perpetrating one of the great evils in humanity's history? In this episode of Law & Disorder, Nicholas Mostyn, Helena Kennedy and Charlie Falconer run through our fraught history with the slave trade, and ask whether the abolition movement was quite as pure as the history books say. Then they tackle the thorny questions of reparations and affirmative action, as the implications of slavery move into their modern context.
    This podcast is generously sponsored by Tideway Wealth.
    Do send your own thoughts to us via lawanddisorderfeedback@gmail.com!
    Law and Disorder is a Podot podcast.
    Executive Producer and Editor: Nick Hilton.
    Associate Producer: Ewan Cameron.
    Music by Richard Strauss, arranged and performed by Anthony Willis & Brett Bailey.
    PR by Sally Jones.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    • 37 min

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5
60 Ratings

60 Ratings

Rebecca B J K ,

Very interesting but please stop interrupting!

Excellent podcast - and would have given 5 stars if you could just stop interrupting and talking over each other - please! I want to hear what you all have to say. Thanks!

Suziewong242 ,

Unbalanced left wing reporting

Too politically biased

jannermaid ,

Shhh!

I have to confess to becoming a bit addicted to this podcast. Love to play it as I am tidying up and find myself talking back to them all. Fabulous.

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