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Double Jeopardy - UK Law and Politics

Ken Macdonald KC and Tim Owen KC

Covering the critical intersections of law and politics in the UK with expert commentary on high-profile legal cases, political controversies, prisons and sentencing, human rights law, current political events and the shifting landscape of justice and democracy. With in-depth discussions and influential guests, Double Jeopardy is the podcast that uncovers the forces shaping Britain’s legal and political present and future. -What happens when law and politics collide? -How do politics shape the

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00:49:44

Episode 25: Joshua Rozenberg - Reporting the Law

Double Jeopardy - UK Law and Politics ·

2023/03/13

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss the decline of legal reporting, populism and small boats with leading legal commentator Joshua Rozenberg

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00:47:46

Episode 24: Karon Monaghan KC - Sex, Lies and Women’s...

Double Jeopardy - UK Law and Politics ·

2023/03/02

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss the Scottish Gender Bill and its potential impact on women’s rights with leading equality and discrimination barrister Karon Monaghan KC

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00:49:29

Episode 23: Sir Nicholas Blake - Small Boats, Dog...

Double Jeopardy - UK Law and Politics ·

2023/02/17

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss the refugee crisis and its legal and political implications with leading immigration and asylum lawyer and former High Court judge, Sir Nicholas Blake.

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00:46:25

Episode 22: Nick Vineall KC - Leading the Bar

Double Jeopardy - UK Law and Politics ·

2023/02/02

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss media assaults on lawyers, improving diversity at the Bar, and why lawyers shouldn’t be State investigators with new Bar Chair, Nick Vineall KC

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00:47:29

Episode 21: David Pannick KC - Defending The Law in...

Double Jeopardy - UK Law and Politics ·

2023/01/26

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss lawmaking, Myra Hindley, Arsenal FC and the weakening of parliamentary scrutiny with celebrated barrister Lord David Pannick KC

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00:53:16

Episode 20: Sir Robert Buckland KC - Making Better Law

Double Jeopardy - UK Law and Politics ·

2023/01/16

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss Dominic Raab and his Bill of Rights, reforming the office of Lord Chancellor, and why barristers were right to go on strike with former Secretary of State for Justice, Sir Robert Buckland KC

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00:32:51

Episode 19: Bad Law for the New Year, with Sir...

Double Jeopardy - UK Law and Politics ·

2023/01/05

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss Rishi Sunak’s post-festive legal headaches with Sir Jonathan Jones KC, former head of the Government Legal Department

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00:51:33

Episode 18: Helena Kennedy KC - Fifty Years Fighting

Double Jeopardy - UK Law and Politics ·

2022/12/28

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss injustice, progress and the days of police impunity with legal legend Helena Kennedy KC

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00:50:36

Episode 17: Clare Montgomery KC - Getting Away With...

Double Jeopardy - UK Law and Politics ·

2022/12/12

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss fraud, corruption and a failure of justice with leading barrister Clare Montgomery KC

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00:54:11

Episode 16: Andrea Coomber KC - The Prison Addiction

Double Jeopardy - UK Law and Politics ·

2022/11/24

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss prison, parole and a relentless punishment arms race with Andrea Coomber KC, CEO of the Howard League for Penal Reform.

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00:51:42

Episode 15: Brenda Hale - Judicial Independence and...

Double Jeopardy - UK Law and Politics ·

2022/11/17

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss rights, politicians and populist attacks on the judges with Baroness Hale of Richmond, former President of the UK Supreme Court.

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00:52:55

Episode 14: Hugh Tomlinson KC - What’s in a SLAPP?

Double Jeopardy - UK Law and Politics ·

2022/11/08

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss SLAPPs, oligarchs, press regulation and the legend that was George Carman QC with leading media lawyer Hugh Tomlinson KC.

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00:49:26

Episode 13: Hakeem Belo-Osagie - Africa Rising:...

Double Jeopardy - UK Law and Politics ·

2022/10/27

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss Africa’s rise, and why many Africans sympathise with Russia, with Harvard academic Hakeem Belo-Osagie.

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00:20:07

Episode 12: Chaos

Double Jeopardy - UK Law and Politics ·

2022/10/20

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss the chaos in Westminster, the resignation of Suella Braverman, and the threat of further cuts to the justice system.

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00:50:43

Episode 11: Dominic Grieve KC - When Governments...

Double Jeopardy - UK Law and Politics ·

2022/10/13

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss the dangerous erosion of the rule of law under post Brexit Conservative governments with former Attorney General Dominic Grieve.

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00:48:57

Episode 10: The US Supreme Court - Going Rogue?

Double Jeopardy - UK Law and Politics ·

2022/10/06

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss the rightward lunge of the US Supreme Court with Lissa Muscatine, former Director of Speechwriting at the White House, Special Assistant to President Clinton and Senior Advisor to Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.

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00:48:24

Episode 9: Truss on Rights and Johnson on Trial

Double Jeopardy - UK Law and Politics ·

2022/09/26

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss the collapse of the Bill of Rights legislation and the inquiry into Boris Johnson’s contempt of Parliament with Murray Hunt, Director of the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law.

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00:33:46

Episode 8: Dinah Rose KC - Appointing Supreme Court...

Double Jeopardy - UK Law and Politics ·

2022/09/15

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss the mysterious way Supreme Court Justices are appointed with Dinah Rose KC

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00:50:57

Episode 7: Pia Sarma, Chief Lawyer at the Times -...

Double Jeopardy - UK Law and Politics ·

2022/09/05

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss press freedom and the right to privacy with Pia Sarma, the Editorial Legal Director, Times newspapers.

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00:42:06

Episode 6: Jo Sidhu QC - Barristers, Strikes and the...

Double Jeopardy - UK Law and Politics ·

2022/08/08

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen talk to Jo Sidhu QC, Chair of the Criminal Bar Association, about barristers on strike, the position of the judiciary, and the government’s siege on criminal justice.

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