Northpod Law & UKCLB Podcasts

Northpod Law & UKCLB Podcasts


Latest Episodes

The Growing Prevalence of Prevalence - 25/05/16
May 26, 2016

It's a case law episode for this Bite, which you can listen to right here.First, R v Bondzie.  Ever wondered why the Crown has taken to serving a statement that just tells you that drug dealing is bad?  Here's why they do it; what effect it

Sexual Communications - 17/05/16
May 17, 2016

Listen to this week's show right here. This week, Kirstin examines the little heard of s.67 of the Serious Crime Act 2015 which creates a new offence of sexual communication with a child.   What is it? What does it cover? What does the Crown have to

Defending Rob Titchner - 06/05/16
May 09, 2016

This week Kirstin's going through s.76 Serious Crime Act 2015.  It deals with coercive control - or domestic violence that's not that physical.  We use the scandalous plot of "The Archers" to briefly explain what can make up the background to t

Property is Theft - 25/04/16
April 25, 2016

In this week's show, we take a look at the Sentencing Council's recent Theft Offences guideline. Take a listen right here.  Theft is probably the most common criminal offence that appears before the courts. Of course, there are several types of

Done Over By Do-Overs? - 17/04/16
April 17, 2016

In this week's show, we take a look at what happens when juries cannot reach a verdict. Take a listen right here.  Many people, especially defendants, are quite horrified when they find out that the prosecution can decide whether it wants to have not

Butting Heads With Beavis - 10/04/16
April 10, 2016

You can listen to this week's show right here. We have been away for an absolute eternity but the wait is over! This week, we are looking at the Supreme Court decision in ParkingEye v Beavis (2015) This is a decision that will impact on most motorist

Series Break - 7th November 2014
November 07, 2014

Dear Listeners of Northpod Law and of UK Criminal Law Blog Podcast From time to time, the fates conspire against us all and the absence of our last show of the series and the delay in the start of UKCLBP (as I am now calling it) is testament to this. We

S14E04 - Running Late, Sounding Adequate
October 19, 2014

The episode that might never have happened is finally here.  You can listen right here. What with Ben being incapacitated, Kirstin being snowed-under and Jonathan having been abducted by aliens (some of this may not be true), a big dent has been made

S14E03 - Rights and Wrong'uns
October 05, 2014

You can listen to this week's show right here. This week's show is about the Tory plan to abolish the Human Rights Act and to put England and Wales (though not Scotland or NI, of course) outside of the direct constraints of International Human Rights law.

S14E02 - Corruption
September 27, 2014

With Ben still suffering from the Dreaded Lurgy and Jonathan being AWOL, Kirstin is left to man the battlements of Northpod Towers this week.  Have a listen right here. With all that is going in at the MoJ (for whom it has not been a good week!), we