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The Law Show is your guide to the law and the legal decisions that have a bearing on everyone in the UK.

Weekly conversation that will give you an in-depth understanding of the law stories making news and the legal decisions that could have a bearing on everyone in the UK. Whether it's unpicking a landmark legal ruling, explaining how laws are made or seeking clarity for you on a legal issue, The Law Show will be your guide.

Updated: weekly
Episodes available: indefinitely

Episodes to download

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    Prison Education

    Tue 5 Jul 2022

    Prison education is 'chaotic', often 'inadequate'. How could it cut reoffending better?

  • Human Rights: Reforming the Law

    Tue 28 Jun 2022

    Can the UK Bill of Rights be compatible with international law?

  • Why do so few rape cases go to court?

    Tue 21 Jun 2022

    Explaining the barriers to conviction at every stage of the criminal justice system.

  • Investigating War Crimes in Ukraine

    Tue 14 Jun 2022

    ICC prosecutor Karim Khan QC speaks about the challenges facing investigators in Ukraine.

  • The Justice Secretary's Plans

    Tue 22 Mar 2022

    Dominic Raab and legal aid. And do we need more diversity among senior judges?

  • Libel tourism

    Tue 15 Mar 2022

    Has silencing journalists with libel claims now become harder? And: new UK class actions.

  • Gender recognition

    Tue 8 Mar 2022

    Is Scotland's Gender Recognition bill a progressive step forward, or a threat to women?

  • Ukraine: war and law

    Tue 1 Mar 2022

    How does international criminal law regard Russia's invasion of Ukraine?

  • Trial and error

    Tue 16 Nov 2021

    Joshua Rozenberg examines a lawsuit that鈥榮 rocked the sport of rugby.

  • Jailhouse Law

    Tue 9 Nov 2021

    Tracking down trolls; how to be an advocate; and a lawyer behind bars.

  • False Memory

    Tue 2 Nov 2021

    Does the phenomenon of false memory challenge the justice system?

  • Judges in Jeopardy

    Tue 26 Oct 2021

    Joshua Rozenberg speaks to Afghan women judges at risk since the Taliban came to power.

  • E-scooting through the law

    Tue 22 Jun 2021

    What's legal for e-scooters; space law; university freedom of speech and a DJ barrister.

  • Covid penalties

    Tue 15 Jun 2021

    Unfair Covid fines, online justice, diversity in the profession, and private prosecutions.

  • Traumatic brain injury and crime

    Tue 8 Jun 2021

    Brain injury is related to crime and is common among prisoners. But how to deal with it?

  • Fighting knife crime

    Tue 1 Jun 2021

    Fighting knife crime before it happens; Scotland's "not proven" verdicts; automated cars.

  • Reforming Judicial Review

    Tue 23 Mar 2021

    Does the government's response to Lord Faulks's report on Judicial Review go too far?

  • Can the law fight climate change?

    Tue 16 Mar 2021

    As governments and fossil fuel companies are being sued, can the law fight climate change?

  • Exclusive interview with the lawyer of Anne Sacoolas

    Tue 9 Mar 2021

    Amy Jeffress, the US lawyer of Anne Sacoolas, speaks exclusively to Joshua Rozenberg.

  • Civil Justice for Harry Dunn?

    Tue 2 Mar 2021

    The civil claim in the Anne Sacoolas case, and how is the pandemic affecting jury trials?

  • Jack Merritt's legacy

    Tue 17 Nov 2020

    Remembering Jack Merritt, murdered in the London Bridge attack a year ago.

  • Good advice

    Tue 10 Nov 2020

    How the UK鈥檚 first law centre still provides free legal advice, 50 years after its birth.

  • Fire Courts

    Tue 3 Nov 2020

    What can the Great Fire of London teach us about dealing with our current pandemic?

  • The International Criminal Court

    Tue 27 Oct 2020

    Is the International Criminal Court beset by incompetence, or a lifeline for victims?

  • Reinventing the law

    Tue 16 Jun 2020

    Joshua Rozenberg asks if new ways of working can deliver justice at a time of crisis.

  • Gambling with the law

    Tue 9 Jun 2020

    How a case about a 拢7.7 million win at baccarat changed the legal test of dishonesty.

  • Justice in lockdown

    Tue 2 Jun 2020

    Can virtual courts deliver justice? Joshua Rozenberg reports.

  • Deferred Prosecution Agreements: pragmatic but unprincipled?

    Tue 26 May 2020

    Why is large-scale fraud so hard to prosecute? Joshua Rozenberg investigates.

  • Workplace law

    Tue 17 Mar 2020

    How good are employment tribunals at resolving disputes between employers and staff?

  • An Enterprising Court

    Tue 10 Mar 2020

    A look inside the commercial court, one of the UK鈥檚 most successful invisible exports.

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