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Julius Komorowski, Advocate, discusses the recent judgment of Mr Justice Mann awarding Cliff Richard £210,000 in damages against the BBC, for their publicity of a criminal investigation concerning him, in respect of which he was later exonerated. Julius discusses whether the judgment has any implications for publicising criminal investigations in circumstances where this might lead to other potential victims coming forward to the police. The judgment can be found here: http://bit.ly/2uKrMXI. The passages referred to in the podcast are at paras. 230, 237, 248, 251, 252, 260, 280, 316 and 317. The BBC's comment on the decision is here: https://bbc.in/2LnfVJd The comment of Alan Rusbridger on the Guardian website is here: http://bit.ly/2Oeic7t You can find out more about Julius Komorowski here: tinyurl.com/JuliusKo The music on the podcast is by Lee Rosevere, available here (bit.ly/2tChHui) and is subject to a Creative Commons licence (bit.ly/1rMF155).

Lindsey Reynolds and Julius Komorowski discuss the decision of Lord Tyre in AA v Secretary of State for BEIS (bit.ly/2tqSV18). On 1 June 2018, he ruled that Employment Tribunal claimants can raise parallel proceedings for diligence on the dependence. We address the implications for claimants, and their representatives, who fear their current or former employer will try to evade payment of any eventual award by the Tribunal. Julius Komorowski, Advocate, (tinyurl.com/JuliusKo), was junior counsel for HM Government. Lindsey Reynolds, (tinyurl.com/LindseyReynolds), Senior Solicitor at the Equality and Human Rights Commission (tinyurl.com/EHRComm), instructed counsel presenting the Commission's intervention. The relevant legislation (Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 (as amended)) can be found here (bit.ly/2MRNhx0). The EHRC's briefing on this case can be found here (https://bit.ly/EHRC_AAvBEIS). The music on the podcast is by Lee Rosevere, available here (https://bit.ly/2tChHui) and is subject to a Creative Comm

This is a special edition of Pod's law for the 2015 General Election, concerning the law and conventions concerning who governs the country in the event of a hung parliament. If you wish to read more about what we discuss during the show, you might like to look at the following links: Carl Gardner's Blog: "Ed can enter No. 10 without Nicola’s keys": www.headoflegal.com/2015/04/19/ed-can-enter-no-10-without-nicolas-keys/ The Guardian, "Alex Salmond threatens to call election after Scottish parliament rejects SNP's budget": www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/jan/28/scotland-snp Fixed Term Parliaments Act 2011: www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/14/contents/enacted House of Commons Library, "Hung Parliaments": http://tinyurl.com/HCL-hung-parliament Election Forecast website: www.electionforecast.co.uk =ABOUT CARL GARDNER= My guest is Carl Gardner, previously a practicing barrister and government lawyer, presently lecturer at the Open University and legal blogger at www.headoflegal.com. Carl tweets at www.