By: Emma-Louise Fenelon


Trauma-Informed Lawyering with Dr Anna Colton

17 February 2025 by

In Episode 214 Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Rachel Marcus of 1, Crown Office Row and Dr Anna Colton, an experienced Clinical Psychologist, about vicarious trauma and trauma-informed lawyering.

 Dr Colton’s book How to Talk to Children about Food, is available here:

·        UK, audio & kindle 

·        New Zealand

·        Australia

·        More information about Dr Colton is available here

The episode mentions:

·        Counsel magazine article: “The use of clinical supervision” by Mark Mason available here

·        Law Pod Episode 147, Vicarious Trauma in the Legal Profession available here

·        Vicarious Trauma in the Legal Profession: a practical guide to trauma, burnout and collective care by Rachel Francis and Joanna Fleck available here

·        The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel Van Der Kolk available here

Law Pod UK aims to inform and enlighten our audience on important developments in civil and public law with a range of guests from 1 Crown Office Row and other legal experts. Law Pod UK is available on Spotify, Apple PodcastsAudioboomPlayer FMListenNotesPodbeaniHeartRadio PublicDeezer or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

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Law Pod UK Ep.208. Vicarious Liability: Where Are We Now?

3 December 2024 by

Following the recent allegations of abuse surrounding former owner of Harrods, Mohamed Al-Fayed, vicarious liability has been in the news once again.


In Episode 208, Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Isabel McArdle about developments in this area of law since her previous episode with Rob Kellar KC in 2020 and in particular since the Supreme Court decision in Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses v BXB [2023] UKSC 15


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Law Pod UK latest: Raising Racism at Inquests

18 September 2024 by

In Episode 201 Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Emma Snell of JUSTICE and Christian Weaver, a barrister at Garden North Chambers about Achieving Racial Justice at Inquests: A Practitioner’s Guide (2024), a guide recently published by JUSTICE and INQUEST.

His Honor Judge Mark Lucraft KC, Chief Coroner of England & Wales from 2016-2020 endorsed the guide saying the following:

“This important guide equips practitioners and coroners to recognise, raise and investigate issues of race or racism when they arise, sensitively and without reticence. It is an invaluable resource, not only for promoting racial justice, but for improving fact finding, increasing racial awareness, and providing better representation to families.”

Emma Snell is a Senior Legal Fellow at JUSTICE.

Christian Weaver is a barrister at Garden Court North Chambers and the author of The Law in 60 seconds: A Pocket Guide to Your Rights, and of the upcoming Your Right to Protest: Understand It, Use It. For those interested in other publications from INQUEST, see here

Law Pod UK Ep.204: 3 Essential Clinical Negligence Updates

5 August 2024 by

For those looking to keep on top of their CPD over the summer, in Episode 204 Emma-Louise Fenelon interviews John Whitting KC and Robert Mills about recent developments in clinical negligence.

Robert Mills takes listeners through three recent cases on material contribution:

  • CNZ v Royal Bath Hospitals NHSFT & The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2023] EWHC 19 (KB)
  • CDE v Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust [2023] EWCA Civ 1330
  • Holmes v Poeton Holdings Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 1377

John Whitting KC outlines developments in the law of informed consent:

  • Bilal and Malik v St George’s University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2023] EWCA Civ 605
  • McCulloch and others v Forth Valley Health Board [2023] UKSC 26

And the episode concludes on a discussion of expert evidence:

  • Woods v Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2024] EWHC 1432 (KB)
  • CE (Cameroon) [2023] UKAITUR PA011122020

The podcast has previously covered expert evidence in the following episodes:

  • Disaster Avoidance for Experts with Margaret Bowron KC here
  • Disaster Avoidance for Experts with Neil Sheldon KC here

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Law Pod UK Ep.201: Raising Racism at Inquests

3 July 2024 by

In Episode 201 Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Emma Snell of JUSTICE and Christian Weaver, a barrister at Garden North Chambers about Achieving Racial Justice at Inquests: A Practitioner’s Guide (2024), a guide recently published by JUSTICE and INQUEST.

His Honor Judge Mark Lucraft KC, Chief Coroner of England & Wales from 2016-2020 endorsed the guide saying the following:

“This important guide equips practitioners and coroners to recognise, raise and investigate issues of race or racism when they arise, sensitively and without reticence. It is an invaluable resource, not only for promoting racial justice, but for improving fact finding, increasing racial awareness, and providing better representation to families.”

Emma Snell is a Senior Legal Fellow at JUSTICE.

Christian Weaver is a barrister at Garden Court North Chambers and the author of The Law in 60 seconds: A Pocket Guide to Your Rights, and of the upcoming Your Right to Protest: Understand It, Use It. For those interested in other publications from INQUEST, see here

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Law Pod UK new episode: Unlawful Killing in Inquests: All Change? 

28 March 2023 by

In Episode 182 Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Matthew Hill of 1, Crown Office Row about three recent decisions concerning unlawful killing.  This episode refers to the following cases: 

Matt’s original UK Human Rights Blog post can be found here 

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Law Pod UK latest episode: How to get Pupillage

30 January 2023 by

In Episode 178 Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Shahram Sharghy and Jo Moore about how to become a barrister. The episode considers the kind of research that is essential to do in advance, navigating the pupillage gateway, preparing for interviews, and dealing with rejection.

Helpful resources include:

If you interested in applying to 1 Crown Office Row, details can be found here: https://www.1cor.com/london/careers/pupillage/

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Law Pod UK latest: Expert Evidence

9 January 2023 by

In Episode 177 Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Margaret Bowron KC about how to avoid disastrous expert evidence. This episode is an update to the popular 2019 episode with Neil Sheldon KC, available here.

Margaret and Emma discuss mistakes in expert reports, the standard to be applied to expert reports, actual and potential conflicts of interest, the importance of staying within one’s area of expertise, and the danger where lawyers get involved in joint experts discussions.

The episode discusses the following cases:

·      Radia v Marks [2022] EWHC 145 (QB) here

·      Bux v GMC [2021] EWHC 762 here

·      Robinson v Liverpool University NHS FT & Dr Mercier here (**UPDATE** Shortly after we recorded this episode, the wasted costs order in this case was overturned by the High Court, see the judgment here)

·      Andrews v Kronospan Ltd [2022] EWHC 479 (QB) here

Remember that listening to our podcasts will earn you CPD points. Episodes like these, with detailed practical material, can be found in our back catalogue; for example the last discussion on expert evidence with Neil Sheldon here, and here are a few others:

Significant Cases of 2022

Essential Inquest Law Update

A Duty to Offer Alternatives

The Most Significant Cases of 2021

5 Key Medical Law Updates

… and many more.

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Law Pod UK latest episode: An Essential Inquest Law Update

22 December 2022 by

In Episode 175, Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Rory Badenoch and Rajkiran Barhey about recent developments in inquest law. This episode touches on the following important cases:

Law Pod UK is particularly grateful to Rafe Jennings for his assistance in the preparation of this episode. 

Law Pod UK Latest Episode: Permacrisis in Public Law? With Sir Jonathan Jones

12 December 2022 by

In Episode 174 Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Sir Jonathan Jones about recent developments in public law and the Constitution, including recent political turbulence, the Union, the Northern Ireland Protocol, Judicial Review reforms,  Human Rights Act reforms and Standards and Ethics in public life. 

Sir Jonathan Guy Jones KCB KC is a British lawyer, appointed in March 2014 and serving until his resignation on 8 September 2020 as HM Procurator General, Treasury Solicitor and Head of the Government Legal Service, and so the Permanent Secretary of the Government Legal Department. He is now a Senior Consultant, Public and Constitutional Law, at Linklaters. He tweets at @SirJJKC 

This Episode mentions:  

  • HM & Ors [2022] EWHC 2729  (14 October 2022), judgment here, covered by Marina Wheeler KC on the Blog here 
  • The Good Law Project v SSHSC [2022] EWHC 298 (15 February 2022) judgment here 
  • Reference by the Lord Advocate (Rev1) [2022] UKSC 31 (23 November 2022) judgment here 

Law Pod UK new episode

7 March 2022 by

Human Rights in a Turbulent Era with Gráinne de Búrca
In Episode 159, Emma-Louise Fenelon talks to Gráinne de Búrca about her recent book, Reframing Human Rights in a Turbulent Era. The book is available to purchase here.

Law Pod UK is grateful to Rafe Jennings for his assistance in the preparation for this episode.
Lord Carnwath’s talk can be viewed here.

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Law Pod UK latest: the most significant cases of 2021

8 February 2022 by

In the latest episode of Law Pod UK – number 157 – Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Jon Metzer about some of the most significant cases of last year. This episode covers:  

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Latest Law Pod UK Episode: Interview with Nazir Afzal OBE

30 December 2021 by

In Episode 155 Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Nazir Afzal OBE about his book The Prosecutor. 

His book can be bought here

Nazir’s podcast is available here 

You can read more about his career here

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Loss of Chance with Sarah Lambert QC and Dominic Ruck Keene

29 November 2021 by

In Episode 153, Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Sarah Lambert QC and Dominic Ruck Keene about loss of chance in personal injury and clinical negligence cases. The episode discusses the following cases:  

  • Chester v Afshar [2004] UKHL 41.  
  • Gregg v Scott [2005] UKHL 2  
  • Hotson v East Berkshire Area Health Authority [1987] AC 750 
  • Wilsher v Essex Area Health Authority [1988] AC 1074.  
  • Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd [2003] 1 AC 32.  
  • Wright v Cambridge Medical Group [2013] Q.B. 312.  
  • Mallett v McMonagle [1970] AC 166.  
  • McGill v Sports and Entertainment Media Group and others [2016] EWCA Civ 1063.  Perry v Raleys 2019 UKSC.  
  • Davies v Taylor 1974 AC 207.  
  • Turnbull v Waugh (CA, unreported 6 May 1999) 
  • XYZ v Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust [2011] EWHC 243 QB 
  • Langford v Hebran [2001] P.I.Q.R. Q13 
  • Clarke v Maltby [2010] EWHC 1201  
  • Collet v Smith [2009] EWCA Civ 583 

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New Lawpod UK episode: Vicarious trauma in the legal profession

19 July 2021 by

The Covid pandemic has brought the mental health of those within the legal profession into sharp relief. For some people, the past 18 months will have been the first time they have discussed their mental health with clients, colleagues, and supervisors.

To celebrate reaching 500,000 listens on the podcast, I wanted to do something a little different. In this episode I speak to Rachel Francis and Joanna Fleck, two extraordinary women, about their new book: Vicarious Trauma in the Legal Profession: a practical guide to trauma, burnout and collective care, which comes highly recommended to anyone dealing with trauma in their work. 

Baroness Helena Kennedy QC has described the book as “a wake-up call about what is happening to law and access to justice – but it is also a clarion as to what is happening to lawyers.” 

The book is published by Legal Action Group and is available to buy here (from Lag) and here (from Waterstones). 

If you are interested in bulk buys of the book, please contact Esther Pilger at EPilger@lag.org.uk  

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