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Today, I’m talking to Radio Journalist Mathew Hulbert, who works for a commercial radio station – Touch Radio – in the Midlands. Mathew covers an area including Donington Park, Tamworth and Staffordshire – one of the Counties where Labour was devastated at the 2009 Local Election , falling from a leading position with 30 seats to being the 4th party with just 3.

We talk about local politics, the prospects of UKIP as a force in local politics, and the future for local media in competition with the BBC, citizen commentators and online radio.

Mathew Hulbert writes the blog The Time for Justice is Now, and contributes to the Wardman Wire,

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(*) Note: There a couple of technical issues in the podcast here, as I’m trying out new recording setup.

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We have teamed up with Charon QC to do a series of political podcasts. this one is looking at the importance of Jury trials (Charon Lawcast 143).

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Four men accused of being part of a gang that stole £1.75 million in a raid at Heathrow face the first criminal trial without a jury in England and Wales for 400 years after an historic Court of Appeal decision on Thursday

The Times reported “ The ruling means that the new trial, which would normally be tried by a jury, will be the first of its kind in England and Wales under legislation that took effect in 2003 to prevent jury nobbling. The only other judge-only trials for serious cases, known as Diplock trials, have been in Northern Ireland.”

Today I am talking to Tim Kevan, a barrister, author of the babybarista blog and forthcoming BabyBarista book and co-founder of the legal training company CPD Webinars”.

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We have teamed up with Charon QC to do a series of podcasts. This is an interview with Carl Gardner, ex government lawyer and author of the Head of Legal blog about the House of Lords judgment those subject to Control Orders must now be informed of the case against them.

Lawcast 141: The House of Lords judgment on control orders

Today I am talking to Carl Gardner, ex government lawyer and author of the Head of Legal blog about the House of Lords judgment in Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) v AF (Appellant) (FC) and another (Appellant) and one other action

Lord Pannick, QC represented the lead appellant, AF “Since the Home Secretary can no longer impose control orders without telling the controlees the substance of the case they have to meet, the right decision — legally and politically — would be to abandon the discredited control order regime and concentrate on prosecuting in the criminal courts those against whom there is evidence of wrongdoing.”

We also cover Diane Abbot MP’s campaign about secret evidence

(Note: this podcast should appear in a player a the bottom of this post, but I am using a new Wordpress plugin so it may play a trick on me. Here is a download link in case of any problems,)

Carl Gardner comments:

Charon interviewed me this morning about Wednesday’s House of Lords judgment in Home Secretary v AF, in which they ruled, applying the European Court of Human Rights judgment in A v UK, that there is a breach of the article 6 Convention right in proceedings under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 if a control order is imposed and, on appeal to the Special Immigration Appeals Commission a “controlee” is unable to effectively to challenge the order because the essence of the case against him is kept secret for reasons of national security.

I’d appreciate comments on the use of what are essentially legal conversations with political implications on a political site. They are an attempt to bring solid and careful reflection on legal questions into the political niche. Do you think that it is a worthwhile exercise?

You can access our new “Politalks” podcast feed at feeds.feedburner.com/politalks.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

We have teamed up with Charon QC to do a series of political podcasts. this one is looking at the importance of Jury trials (Charon Lawcast 143).

Direct link to podcast.

Four men accused of being part of a gang that stole £1.75 million in a raid at Heathrow face the first criminal trial without a jury in England and Wales for 400 years after an historic Court of Appeal decision on Thursday

The Times reported “ The ruling means that the new trial, which would normally be tried by a jury, will be the first of its kind in England and Wales under legislation that took effect in 2003 to prevent jury nobbling. The only other judge-only trials for serious cases, known as Diplock trials, have been in Northern Ireland.”

Today I am talking to Tim Kevan, a barrister, author of the babybarista blog and forthcoming BabyBarista book and co-founder of the legal training company CPD Webinars”.