Law and Disorder: News, politics and more, from a legal perspective

Sir Nicholas Mostyn, Baroness Helena Kennedy, Charlie Falconer

Booking Overview

This is a weekly legal-affairs interview show examining major news and public-policy issues through UK law, typically featuring senior barristers, legal academics, reform advocates, and specialist practitioners. Credible pitches include authoritative lawyers, judges, legal scholars, human-rights advocates, public-policy leaders, and experts on criminal justice or family law; booking difficulty is medium because guests generally need substantial professional expertise and topical authority.

Metrics

Episodes: 116

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: United Kingdom

Instagram: 189 followers

Contact Information

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Host

Sir Nicholas Mostyn - Recently retired High Court judge with extensive experience in the UK legal system.

Baroness Helena Kennedy - Barrister and prominent human-rights campaigner.

Charlie Falconer - Labour peer, barrister, and former Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Senior barristers, judges, legal academics, human-rights advocates, leaders of legal-reform organizations, and specialist practitioners with authoritative knowledge of a current legal or public-policy issue.

Required Achievements:

Leadership of legal, human-rights, or penal-reform organizations, Senior judicial or barristerial careers, Academic appointments at established universities, Authorship of specialist legal books or guides, Leadership of focused legal-reform initiatives

Recent Guest Discussions

Andrea Coomber KC - Prison Overcrowding, Rehabilitation, Reoffending, And Criminal-court Backlogs.

Celia Kitzinger - Living Wills, Advance Decisions To Refuse Treatment, Powers Of Attorney, And Medical Decision-making.

Sarah Lucy Cooper - The Treatment Of Pets In Divorce And Separation Proceedings And The Need For Family-law Reform.

Estella Newbold-Brown - Pet Custody And Family-law Issues Involving Animals During Divorce And Separation.

Sadie Glover - Pet Custody And Legal Issues Involving Animals During Divorce And Separation.

Recent Topics

Law, Human Rights, Legal Reform, Criminal Justice, Politics

Episodes

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Law and Disorder: News, politics and more, from a legal perspective

Will the Lindsay Clancy case get closure?

September 15, 2026

The Lindsay Clancy murder trial has received international public interest both for the questions it raises around postnatal wellbeing and support, as well as the recent declaration of a mistrial after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict. In January 2023, Clancy, a former neonatal and delivery nurse, had been accused of strangling her three children, all five-and-under. Earlier this month, the murder trial saw a split jury, 11-1, which has meant the case is yet to see closure. Now, w...

Farage's Foreign Donation Fracas: Has he broken the law?

September 08, 2026

A recently released Channel 4 documentary exposed footage of Nigel Farage and other Reform UK party members celebrating secret new foreign donations, thanks to undercover filming by investigative journalism group Verbatim. Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office in the House of Lords, Baroness Simone Finn joined us at short notice to discuss the possible legal ramifications of these funding arrangements and express our dismay at the erosion of 'honorable' party politics.Law and Disorder is a P...

Andy Burnham's Early Release Scheme Conundrum

August 14, 2026

From October, new laws will see the early release of 5000 prisoners. The laws, introduced by the previous prime minister, Keir Starmer, aim to address overcrowding in the prisons. However, Burnham has faced intense pressure to intervene - particularly in the case of Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers. Sentenced to thirteen years in 2020 for the murder of PC Andrew Harper, the men are eligible to be released immediately under the new laws. So how must Burnham navigate this dilemma? And how do we fi...

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