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  • Ep. 63: Whose life is it anyway? Dignity in dying

    Do terminally ill patients have the right to die at the time and place of their choosing, with the attendance of a medical practitioner? The ban on assisted suicide has raised one of the great moral questions of our time. The Chief Executive of Dignity in Dying, Sarah Wootton discusses their campaign to change the law with Rosalind English.

    #1COR #LapodUK #RightToDie #Assisted Suicide #DignityInDying #SarahWooton #RosalindEnglish

    22 min
  • Ep. 62: Court claims from the empire’s long shadow

    Last year the High Court ruled out claims against the British Government brought by people caught up in the Mau Mau emergency in Kenya in the 1950s. The allegations of brutality against guards employed by the Colonial Office were time-barred by the half-century that has elapsed since the events took place. Guy Mansfield QC represented the Foreign Office in this litigation and discusses the importance of the Limitation Act with Rosalind English.

    #1COR #LapodUK #MauMauUprising #ForeignOffice #GuyMansfield #RosalindEnglish #Litergation #LimitationAct

    22 min
  • Ep. 61: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

    Emma-Louise Fenelon talks to Mrs Justice Philippa Whipple about the exceptional life and career of the US Supreme Court Justice.

    #EmmaLouiseFenelon #MrsJusticeWhipple #RuthBaderGinsburg #USSupremeCourt #RBG #1COR #LapodUK

    20 min
  • Ep. 60: Doctor knows best?

    James Badenoch QC has spent thirty-five years fighting medical negligence cases. He talks to Rosalind English about the "doctor knows best" rule of evidence, and how that has come under attack in recent years.

    #1COR #LawpodUK #JamesBadenoch #RosalindEnglish #Bolam #MedicalNegligence

    23 min
  • Ep. 59: The cases that defined 2018

    Jonathan Metzer and Emma-Louise Fenelon discuss some of the cases that defined 2018.

    To read the accompanying article, go to our human rights blog: 

    https://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2018/12/20/10-cases-that-defined-2018/

    #1COR #LawpodUK #JonathanMetzer #EmmaLouiseFenelon

    18 min
  • Ep. 58: 2018 Inquest law update

    Jeremy Hyam QC and Emma-Louise Fenelon provide a whistlestop tour of the most significant developments in inquest law in 2018.

    #1COR #LawpodUK #InquestLaw #JeremyHyam #EmmaLouiseFenelon

    23 min
  • Ep. 56: Psychiatric harm and childbirth

    Emma-Louise Fenelon talks with 1 Crown Office Row’s Suzanne Lambert about a recent High Court decision - YAH v Medway NHS Foundation Trust which addressed the issue of claims brought as a result of psychiatric harm arising out of childbirth.

    #1COR #YAHVMedway #NHS #JusticeWhipple #SuzanneLambert #Childbirth

    19 min

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