How tough are the UK's asylum laws?
The Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s Restoring Order and Control policy is underway. It's based - in part - on measures carried out in Denma...
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Joshua Rozenberg presents Radio 4's long-running legal magazine programme, featuring reports and discussion on matters relating to law
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20 of 114 episodesWhen is it legal to go to war?
Under international law, when can a country declare war on another? Was it legal for Israel and the United States to have carried out "pre-e...
Is it legal for police to use live facial recognition technology?
The Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood says she makes “no apology” for announcing the roll-out of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) to all the polic...
The plans to limit jury trials in England and Wales
The courts system in England and Wales is in an unprecedented crisis. The backlog has reached 80,000 cases, and some defendants are being to...
What is Misconduct in Public Office?
The former US ambassador Peter Mandelson is on bail after being arrested on suspicion of Misconduct in Public Office. Police have been inves...
The law under fire
Politically motivated attacks on the legal profession in the UK have led to barristers, solicitors, advocates and judges being subjected to...
The court delays crisis
When the Labour government came to power in 2024, it faced a crisis in the criminal courts, with ever-longer delays and a growing backlog of...
Immigration and the law - who stays? Who goes?
Immigration has dominated headlines for months, but what UK laws cover this most emotive of issues? When someone arrives here, what are the...
How can avoidable deaths be prevented?
The phrase “State related deaths” might mean little to the average person, but it's an umbrella term referring to a death in custody or a me...
Should killers be forced to attend sentencing hearings?
The Victims and Courts Bill is progressing through Parliament, and will force convicted criminals to attend their sentencing hearings. If cr...
Wrongful convictions: why private prosecutions face reform
Wrongful convictions in the Post Office scandal and for train fare evasion have been described by the Government as ‘catastrophic failures’,...
My data's been stolen in a cyberattack - can I sue?
What legal responsibilities does a company have to keep your data secure? M&S, and the Co-op are picking up the pieces after their systems w...
Death and the Law in England and Wales
When someone passes away - legally, what do you have to do? In this episode, Dr Joelle Grogan and guests look at the host of legal obligatio...
The human cost of court delays
Justice delayed is justice denied - the court backlog in England and Wales has reached a record high and suspects being charged with new off...
Genocide, war crimes and justice
Since the October 7th attacks by Hamas on Israel, and the IDF military invasion of the Gaza strip, terms like 'war crimes', 'crimes against...
Expert witnesses in criminal trials
Lucy Letby is serving 15 whole-life sentences after being convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others at the C...
Joint enterprise - what is it and why is it controversial?
A parliamentary inquiry has just started work into the law around Joint enterprise. Joint enterprise is contentious because if a person is s...
Miscarriages of justice and the CCRC
The job of the Criminal Cases Review Commission - or CCRC - is to investigate cases where people may have been wrongfully convicted of a cri...
Inside the Family Courts
Last year, more than a quarter of a million cases started in Family Court in England and Wales. Yet, to most people, the way they work is a...
The Renters' Rights Bill
In this new series of the Law Show, Dr Joelle Grogan and guests look at the legislation that affects your life. One of the flagship pieces o...
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