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Law and Disorder

Law and Disorder

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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.

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Episodes
  • AI and the Law
    May 17 2025

    On this week's episode of Law & Disorder we're considering one of the big societal issues of the 2020s: the emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI). What challenges does it pose the law? And what possible advantages could be reaped? Will it be used to augment current practices? Or will it entirely refashion how the law works? To discuss this, our intrepid trio are joined by Richard Susskind, a leading lawyer and author of How to Think About AI, and Gregory Mostyn, co-founder of a legal tool, Wexler, and scion of a great legal dynasty.


    If you have questions, criticisms, praise or other feedback, please do send your thoughts to us via lawanddisorderfeedback@gmail.com!


    Law and Disorder is a Podot podcast.

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

    Executive Producer and Editor: Nick Hilton.

    Associate Producer: Ewan Cameron.

    Music by Richard Strauss, arranged and performed by Anthony Willis & Brett Bailey.

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

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    42 mins
  • Prosecuting Fraud
    May 10 2025

    What are the challenges of prosecuting fraud, in cases where the disclosure documents might make War and Peace look like a flimsy little pamphlet? That's the question being consider this week on Law & Disorder and to get to the heart of this, the gang – Nicholas Mostyn, Charlie Falconer and Helena Kennedy – are joined by James Hines KC, one of the country's most experienced lawyers specialising in fraud. From subjects like juries' comprehension of complex technical details to whether young lawyers aren't being financially incentivised to specialise in this area, this wide-ranging discussion asks important questions about whether we can do more to tackle white-collar crime.


    If you have questions, criticisms, praise or other feedback, please do send your thoughts to us via lawanddisorderfeedback@gmail.com!


    Law and Disorder is a Podot podcast.

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

    Executive Producer and Editor: Nick Hilton.

    Associate Producer: Ewan Cameron.

    Music by Richard Strauss, arranged and performed by Anthony Willis & Brett Bailey.

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

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    40 mins
  • David Irving v Penguin Books and Deborah Lipstadt: 25 years on
    May 3 2025

    This April marks the 25th anniversary of a landmark case in which the British historian and Holocaust denier David Irving sued American Professor Deborah Libstadt, and her publisher Penguin Books, for defamation. What proceeded was a 9 week trial which established a definitive judgment on Irving's historiography – not to mention his anti-semitism. For this special episode of Law & Disorder, Nicholas Mostyn, Charlie Falconer and Helena Kennedy convene at the offices of Mishcon de Reya in front of a live audience from the firm. They are joined by three special guests: Anthony Julius, who served as Prof Lipstadt's lawyer, James Libson, Managing Partner at Mishcon who was a junior on the case, and Deborah Lipstadt herself.


    If you have questions, criticisms, praise or other feedback, please do send your thoughts to us via lawanddisorderfeedback@gmail.com!


    Law and Disorder is a Podot podcast.

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

    Executive Producer and Editor: Nick Hilton.

    Associate Producer: Ewan Cameron.

    Music by Richard Strauss, arranged and performed by Anthony Willis & Brett Bailey.

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

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    39 mins

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