27 - Commercial Breakfast Briefing February 2025 with Tim Otty KC, Tom de la Mare KC, Andrew George KC, Andrew Scott KC, Peter Head, Gayatri Sarathy and Drishti Suri
Blackstone Chambers’ Breakfast Briefing is back and thrilled to start 2025 by celebrating Blackstone Chambers’ recent sponsorship of the Conflicts of Laws Prize on the University of Oxford’s prestigious BCL course.Andrew Scott KC surveys recent events with our keynote conflicts address before Blackstone’s barristers run through a series of their recent stand-out cases in the field including Tom de la Mare KC (Kingdom of Spain v London Steam-Ship Owners’ Mutua), Peter Head (Magomedov v TPG Group), Gayatri Sarathy (Kireevav Bedzhamov), Tim Otty KC and Drishti Suri. Andrew George KC smoothes everything over from the Chair.
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26 - Using the law to fight slavery in the UK - a podcast with legal charity Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit
In this episode, ATLEU’s Jamila Duncan-Bosu talks with Blackstone’s Charlotte Kilroy KC about ground-breaking litigation brought by Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit (ATLEU), on behalf of a young Indonesian man on a seasonal worker visa who was left homeless and in serious debt following exploitation on a UK fruit farm. The case argues that the visa scheme lacks the necessary safeguards to protect people from slavery and exploitation.Jamila also celebrates ten years of ATLEU’s work as the only UK charity dedicated to providing specialist legal representation to survivors of trafficking and slavery and advocating for their rights and justice.Featured on the podcast:Charlotte Kilroy KC is expert in a wide range of areas of public law, civil law and human rights law. She has extensive expertise in bringing judicial review challenges to systems and policies, and has been involved in many of the leading cases on procedural fairness, natural justice and access to court.Jamila Duncan-Bosu is a founding solicitor of Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit (ATLEU). Jamila leads ATLEU’s compensation legal team and specialises in employment and discrimination law and representing survivors of trafficking and slavery in compensation claims against their trafficker or those who have benefitted from their exploitation.
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25 - The Litigation Podcast Shorts with Michael Beloff KC: Part 4
Listen in to this episode of The Litigation Podcast Shorts, as Michael Beloff KC recounts his final case: the McCloud Appeal. In this significant case, the Employment Appeal Tribunal dismissed the Lord Chancellor’s appeal against the Tribunal’s decision which found that the new judicial pension scheme unlawfully discriminated against younger judges. Michael represented six of the judges who successfully challenged this discrimination. He concludes this episode by sharing invaluable insights and practical advice, drawing on decades of experience in the field.More about Michael’s life and career can be found in his memoir, MJBQC: A Life Within and Without the Law.
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24 - The Litigation Podcast Shorts with Michael Beloff KC: Part 3
Join Michael Beloff KC, widely regarded as the ‘The Godfather of Sports Law’, in this episode of The Litigation Podcast Shorts. Michael shares fascinating insights and anecdotes from his remarkable career as a barrister specialising in sports disputes.Look out for the fourth and final instalment in Michael’s Litigation Podcast Shorts series, where he discusses his final case and offers invaluable insights and practical advice on life and practice as a barrister.More about Michael’s life and career can be found in his memoir, MJBQC: A Life Within and Without the Law.
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23 - The Litigation Podcast Shorts with Michael Beloff KC: Part 2
Welcome to this episode of The Litigation Podcast Shorts, as Michael Beloff KC discusses his experiences in defamation law. Drawing on a quintet of high-profile libel cases, Michael offers a rare perspective on this fascinating area.Join us next time, when Michael, widely regarded as the ‘Godfather of Sports Law’, delivers his unique insight into sports law.More about Michael’s life and career can be found in his memoir, MJBQC: A Life Within and Without the Law.
We are excited to announce the launch of Blackstone Chambers’ The Litigation Podcast. This podcast will examine trends and emerging areas of disputes across the full spectrum of Blackstone’s areas of expertise, including commercial, employment and public/regulatory law.
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