Northpod Law & UKCLB Podcasts

On this week's show, which you can hear by clicking here, we are joined by lap-dancer-turned-law-student, Vanessa Knowles to talk about how a law student making good money from being very visible online might encounter problems in a future career. It turns out things are not as bleak as you might think. We talk about how not to deal with the Court of Appeal when it comes to having a pop at a client's previous lawyers and how the Court uses its rarely-wielded power to dismiss a case without a

The Way(a) to listen is to click here! Enough with the awful title and dreadful pun - is it a pun? This week we transport you to the sunny shores of Cape Town via a fascinating interview with barrister David Pojur, telling us all about the legal system that's currently trying Oscar Pistorius. We come closer to home although no further from scandalous trials to look at the Nigel Evans trial in Preston. Ben's promised link to the Code for Crown Prosecutors is here. Kirstin discusses Re G

Listen Here Welcome back. It's the glorious Twelfth! In week one, we talk to Family Barrister Joe Lynch about the proposed changes to the child cruelty laws to add in emotional abuse. Should it be done? Can it be done? How's it done in the rest of the world? The Action for Children report can be found here We exclusively reveal how much the Lord Chancellor's car costs - STOP PRESS!! And we confuse you completely with the proposed theft sentencing guidelines - don't forget to engage with the

Listen to this week's show here. On this week's show, John Cooper QC joins our roving reporter, Keith Jones in Gibraltar to talk about the law and the Bar in one of Britain's far-flung outposts. A little closer to home, we look at what happens when you cough to something whilst in custody and when that sort of confession will not be allowed in to evidence. We take a glance over fracking near Northpod Towers and celebs on trial near our local cobbles. Also, a look at sentencing for assisting a

This week we carry on the tradition of the series in that we're a member of the usual team short. It's Ben on this occasion. He'll be back next week, I'm sure. Listen Here Matters under consideration are – what knowingly means when it comes to the environment; when a crime under the Dangerous Dogs Act is not a crime at all (and it's not the same as the last one); when parking is not parking and when a solicitor can hang on to papers and when he has to pass them on. It's all very