Law Pod UK

Join the Law Pod team as we discuss a range of cases decided at all levels in the courts in 2024 with important implications for the future. Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row. Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog. Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter.

At the end of 2024 John Gimlette retired after a long and successful career at 1, Crown Office Row, where he practised alongside an equally successful career in travel writing. In that time John published 6 travel books (details of which can be found on his website here). In this episode he looks back at his life at the Bar and as a writer. Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row. Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog. Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter.

Jim Duffy is joined by fellow 1COR barristers Alasdair Henderson and Paula Kelly to examine recent judicial attempts to grapple with questions of gender in the workplace. How do the UK courts and tribunals distinguish legitimate and protected expressions of belief from harassment and transphobia? Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row. Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog. Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter.

Following the recent allegations of abuse surrounding former owner of Harrods, Mohamed Al-Fayed, vicarious liability has been in the news once again. Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Isabel McArdle about developments in this area of law since her previous episode with Rob Kellar KC in 2020 and in particular since the Supreme Court decision in Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses v BXB [2023] UKSC 15 The episode discusses the following cases: WM Morrison Supermarkets plc (Appellant) v Various Claimants (Respondents) [2020] UKSC Barclays Bank v. Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 13 Mohamud v WM Morrison Supermarkets plc  [2016] UKSC 11 Cox v. Ministry of Justice [2016] UKSC 10 The Christian Brothers Case [2012] UKSC 56 Armes v Nottinghamshire CC [2017] UKSC Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses v BXB [2023] UKSC 15 Law Pod UK is published by 1 Crown Office Row. Supporting articles are published on the UK Human Rights Blog. Follow and interact with the podcast team on Twitter.