Cross Examination Podcast

*Emergency Pod* Elections out now. Tom answers questions from members of the public in a special episode on election law with @JamesRoochove of @AstraeaLinskills and Suhan Rajkumar of @BatesWellsTweet bit.ly/4blAKvV #election #law #legalpodcast

“Every time this material is shared, it is a re-victimisation.” Emily Harman talks to Tom about gaps in legal protections for people whose intimate images are leaked online on the latest Cross Examination. Available wherever you get your podcasts: pod.link/1709853053

“Driving women out of public life has become a particular concern”. Clare McGlynn, professor of law @durham_uni discusses deepfakes and online abuse of women with Tom on the new series of Cross Examination. Available now: pod.link/1709853053

Democracy is not just about the right to vote. It’s also about access to information and the ability for ordinary people to speak the language of power. It’s why translating the Bible into English was so frightening for the establishment

@akuareindorf @CrossExaminePod @SexMattersOrg @EHRC @GoodLawProject she is brilliant!

This is such a good point about language:

Wise words about jury trials from the ever brilliant Sarah Vine KC (no not that Sarah Vine). @CrossExaminePod is an unmissable legal pod from the equally brilliant Tom Cross KC (who acts for @SexMattersOrg in the Hampstead Ponds case & represented @EHRC in the @GoodLawProject JR)

For anyone interested in the jury debate, well worth listening to Tom Cross KC’s interview with Flora Page KC We are lucky enough to have Tom as one of the trustees of @MedcanFamily charity, so know first hand how good he is at teasing out complexities

“There’s something magical about directly addressing a jury.” Ali Rowe was accused of criminal damage in a climate-related protest against JP Morgan. She explained to Tom why a jury mattered for her and her fellow defendants in her case. Available now: pod.link/1709853053

“It’s going to disappear”. Sarah Vine KC tells Tom that with fewer jury trials, ordinary language will be phased out of the courtroom, with an adverse effect on open justice and journalism. The latest episode of Cross Examination is available now: pod.link/1709853053

“I felt that I couldn’t stand by”. Flora Page KC tells Tom why she quit the Legal Services Board over the government's proposed jury reforms on the latest episode of Cross Examination. Available now: pod.link/1709853053

“Really I felt this deep sense that what he had done to me wasn’t punished”. Cross Examination is back. In the latest episode, Tom talks to “Jodie” about her experience of being deepfaked and her search for justice. Available now: pod.link/1709853053

"It's arguably a breach of the UK's obligations under the Aarhus Convention". Margherita Cornaglia of @DoughtyStreet discusses the lack of cost-capping in private law environmental claims on our latest episode. Watch bit.ly/3NCWBoU or listen: bit.ly/4blAKvV

"Our lives are often considered not to be as valuable as non-disabled peoples' lives". Disability Rights Campaigner @Doug_Paulley shares his take on this week's episode of Cross Examination. Watch in full: bit.ly/3NCWBoU Listen: bit.ly/4blAKvV

S2E6: Climate Change is out now. "I think the so-called "activist lawyers" are part of the system". Sahil Kher of @kingsleynapley discusses on @crossexaminepod the role of lawyers in combatting climate change: bit.ly/4blAKvV

S2 E5: Gigeconomy. "Flexibility in the gig economy is more synonymous with precarity". Paul Jennings of @BatesWellsTweet discusses the pros and cons of worker freedom. Listen to the full episode: bit.ly/4blAKvV. Watch on our YouTube channel: bit.ly/4g9RQ3l

S2E5: Gigeconomy. "It seems conceptually difficult". Colin Leckey of @LewisSilkin discusses the phenomenon of "multi-apping" in the gig economy. Listen to the full episode here bit.ly/4blAKvV or watch on YouTube bit.ly/4g9RQ3l

Would YOU be an Uber driver?

Out now: S2 E5 Gigeconomy. "I was in a relationship of abusive control". @jamesfarrar talks to @crossexaminepod about his work as an Uber driver and his Supreme Court case establishing that he had worker rights. Listen to all episodes here: bit.ly/4blAKvV