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Double Jeopardy

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Double Jeopardy - the law and politics podcast with Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen.
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Episode 17: Clare Montgomery KC - Getting Away With Fraud

Double JeopardyDec 12, 2022

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Episode 26: Harvey Redgrave - The Met in Meltdown

Episode 26: Harvey Redgrave - The Met in Meltdown

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss Louise Casey’s incendiary report on the Metropolitan Police with crime and policing expert Harvey Redgrave
Mar 24, 202349:59
Episode 25: Joshua Rozenberg - Reporting the Law

Episode 25: Joshua Rozenberg - Reporting the Law

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss the decline of legal reporting, populism and small boats with leading legal commentator Joshua Rozenberg
Mar 13, 202349:44
Episode 24: Karon Monaghan KC - Sex, Lies and Women’s Rights

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

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
Mar 02, 202347:46
Episode 23: Sir Nicholas Blake - Small Boats, Dog Whistles and the Law

Episode 23: Sir Nicholas Blake - Small Boats, Dog Whistles and the Law

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.
Feb 17, 202349:29
Episode 22: Nick Vineall KC - Leading the Bar

Episode 22: Nick Vineall KC - Leading the Bar

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
Feb 02, 202346:25
Episode 21: David Pannick KC - Defending The Law in Parliament

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

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss lawmaking, Myra Hindley, Arsenal FC and the weakening of parliamentary scrutiny with celebrated barrister Lord David Pannick KC
Jan 26, 202347:29
Episode 20: Sir Robert Buckland KC - Making Better Law

Episode 20: Sir Robert Buckland KC - Making Better Law

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
Jan 16, 202353:16
Episode 19: Bad Law for the New Year, with Sir Jonathan Jones KC

Episode 19: Bad Law for the New Year, with Sir Jonathan Jones KC

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
Jan 05, 202332:52
Episode 18: Helena Kennedy KC - Fifty Years Fighting

Episode 18: Helena Kennedy KC - Fifty Years Fighting

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss injustice, progress and the days of police impunity with legal legend Helena Kennedy KC
Dec 28, 202251:34
Episode 17: Clare Montgomery KC - Getting Away With Fraud

Episode 17: Clare Montgomery KC - Getting Away With Fraud

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss fraud, corruption and a failure of justice with leading barrister Clare Montgomery KC
Dec 12, 202250:36
Episode 16: Andrea Coomber KC - The Prison Addiction

Episode 16: Andrea Coomber KC - The Prison Addiction

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.
Nov 24, 202254:11
Episode 15: Brenda Hale - Judicial Independence and its Enemies

Episode 15: Brenda Hale - Judicial Independence and its Enemies

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.
Nov 17, 202251:42
Episode 14: Hugh Tomlinson KC - What’s in a SLAPP?

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

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.
Nov 08, 202252:55
Episode 13: Hakeem Belo-Osagie - Africa Rising: Politics, Law and Sympathy For Russia

Episode 13: Hakeem Belo-Osagie - Africa Rising: Politics, Law and Sympathy For Russia

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss Africa’s rise, and why many Africans sympathise with Russia, with Harvard academic Hakeem Belo-Osagie.
Oct 27, 202249:26
Episode 12: Chaos

Episode 12: Chaos

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.
Oct 20, 202220:08
Episode 11: Dominic Grieve KC - When Governments Trash the Law

Episode 11: Dominic Grieve KC - When Governments Trash the Law

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.
Oct 13, 202250:44
Episode 10: The US Supreme Court - Going Rogue?

Episode 10: The US Supreme Court - Going Rogue?

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.
Oct 06, 202248:58
Episode 9: Truss on Rights and Johnson on Trial

Episode 9: Truss on Rights and Johnson on Trial

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.
Sep 26, 202248:24
Episode 8: Dinah Rose KC - Appointing Supreme Court Justices. Is the System Working?

Episode 8: Dinah Rose KC - Appointing Supreme Court Justices. Is the System Working?

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss the mysterious way Supreme Court Justices are appointed with Dinah Rose KC
Sep 15, 202233:46
Episode 7: Pia Sarma, Chief Lawyer at the Times - Privacy, Press Freedom and the Rights of Oligarchs

Episode 7: Pia Sarma, Chief Lawyer at the Times - Privacy, Press Freedom and the Rights of Oligarchs

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss press freedom and the right to privacy with Pia Sarma, the Editorial Legal Director, Times newspapers.
Sep 05, 202250:57
Episode 6: Jo Sidhu QC - Barristers, Strikes and the Crisis in Criminal Justice

Episode 6: Jo Sidhu QC - Barristers, Strikes and the Crisis in Criminal Justice

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.
Aug 08, 202242:06
Episode 5: Enemies of the People, Cameras in Court, and Allison Bailey.

Episode 5: Enemies of the People, Cameras in Court, and Allison Bailey.

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss Liz Truss, filming criminal trials, and the Allison Bailey judgment affirming legal protection for gender-critical views.
Jul 29, 202222:12
Episode 4: Edward Fitzgerald QC - Defending Very Bad People

Episode 4: Edward Fitzgerald QC - Defending Very Bad People

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen talk to Edward Fitzgerald QC about crime, punishment, God, redemption and the ethics of defending bad people.
Jul 22, 202240:38
Episode 3: Kathleen Stock - The Importance of Being Rational.

Episode 3: Kathleen Stock - The Importance of Being Rational.

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen talk to philosopher Professor Kathleen Stock about science, gender and the importance of free speech.
Jul 14, 202257:01
Episode 2: A special edition on the Conservative leadership election and what it could mean for rights.

Episode 2: A special edition on the Conservative leadership election and what it could mean for rights.

Ken Macdonald and Tim Owen discuss what the Conservative leadership election may mean for rights and the rule of law.
Jul 10, 202215:13
Episode 1 - Jonathan Jones: Lies, Lawbreaking, the Attorney General and her Government.

Episode 1 - Jonathan Jones: Lies, Lawbreaking, the Attorney General and her Government.

We speak to Sir Jonathan Jones, former Head of the Government Legal Department, who resigned because he thought ministers shouldn’t break the law.
Jul 07, 202254:44