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Law and Disorder: News, politics and more, from a legal perspective

Law and Disorder: News, politics and more, from a legal perspective

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Law and Disorder is a new weekly podcast looking at the biggest issues in the news through the prism of the law. We've brought together three of the UK's best legal minds: recently retired High Court judge Sir Nicholas Mostyn, barrister and human rights campaigner Baroness Helena Kennedy, and Charlie Falconer, a Labour peer and former Lord Chancellor.


Subscribe now for weekly episodes disentangling the thorniest of subjects, from Rishi Sunak's Rwanda bill to the situation in Gaza, via Post Office scandals, Prince Harry and privacy and much, much more.


Law and Disorder is a Podot podcast.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episodes
  • Industrial Farming and the Law: How necessary is the brutal slaughter of animals?

    Industrial Farming and the Law: How necessary is the brutal slaughter of animals?
    Oct 7 2026

    What does the law say about industrial farming? Pigs are often being killed by carbon dioxide gas, despite stipulations that the animals must not undergo unnecessary harm. Although the alternatives are not much less brutal. We ask the questions, what is considered necessary harm, and when should the Government be taking action. Joining us to debate the ethics (and the law!) of the issue is CEO of Compassion in World Farming, Philip Lymbery.


    Law and Disorder is a Podot podcast.

    Hosted by: Charlie Falconer, Helena Kennedy, Nicholas Mostyn.

    Executive Producer: Nick Hilton.

    Associate Producers: Lulu Goad.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    27 mins
  • Stick With the Chancery Division or Embrace the New?

    Stick With the Chancery Division or Embrace the New?
    Sep 30 2026

    We're divided over the abolition of the Chancery Division. Should we be preserving this historical title, or should we embracing the new 'Business and Property Division' (effective October 1)? Joining us this week is the Former Lord High Chancellor, Robert Buckland, to encourage us to consider the value of the law's legacy.


    Law and Disorder is a Podot podcast.

    Hosted by: Charlie Falconer, Helena Kennedy, Nicholas Mostyn.

    Executive Producer and editor: Nick Hilton.

    Associate Producers: Lulu Goad, Ewan Cameron

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    36 mins
  • Will the Lindsay Clancy case get closure?

    Will the Lindsay Clancy case get closure?
    Sep 15 2026

    The Lindsay Clancy murder trial has received international public interest both for the questions it raises around postnatal wellbeing and support, as well as the recent declaration of a mistrial after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict. In January 2023, Clancy, a former neonatal and delivery nurse, had been accused of strangling her three children, all five-and-under. Earlier this month, the murder trial saw a split jury, 11-1, which has meant the case is yet to see closure. Now, we can but sit tight, and confer as to what might come next.


    Law and Disorder is a Podot podcast.

    Hosted by: Charlie Falconer, Helena Kennedy, Nicholas Mostyn.

    Executive Producer and editor: Nick Hilton.

    Associate Producers: Lulu Goad, Ewan Cameron

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    24 mins
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