Unreliable Evidence
Series exploring and analysing the legal issues of the day
Unreliable Evidence - 07/04/2010
Clive Anderson and some of the country's top legal minds discuss legal issues of the day. The first programme explores the controversial interface between the law and religion.
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Unreliable Evidence - Above the Law
Clive Anderson presents the series analysing the legal issues of the day. He examines the groups of people who can claim immunity from the law.
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Unreliable Evidence - Appointing the Judges
Clive Anderson presents the series analysing the legal issues of the day. 4: Appointing the Judges. Is the new Judicial Appointments Commission having the desired effect?
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Unreliable Evidence - Appointing the Judges
Clive Anderson presents the series analysing the legal issues of the day. 4/4: Appointing the Judges. Is the new Judicial Appointments Commission having the desired effect?
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Unreliable Evidence - Asylum Seekers
Clive Anderson presents the series analysing the legal issues of the day. 1/4: Asylum Seekers. Do our courts offer enough protection to those fleeing oppression?
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Unreliable Evidence - Bail
Clive Anderson presents the series analysing the legal issues of the day. Many serious crimes are allegedly committed by suspects on bail. Is it granted too often?
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Unreliable Evidence - Banks and the Law
Is the public interest sufficiently protected by the current laws and regulations controlling the behaviour of banks and other financial institutions?
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Unreliable Evidence - European Law: After Lisbon
Will the coming into force of the Lisbon Treaty generate a legal tsunami which will overwhelm British sovereignty? Are we governed by our own laws or the law of Europe?
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Unreliable Evidence - Extradition
Clive Anderson presents the series analysing the legal issues of the day. 3/4: Lawyers involved in high-profile cases discuss extradition and apparent imbalances between countries.
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Unreliable Evidence - Family Courts
Clive Anderson presents the series analysing the legal issues of the day. Family Courts. Will opening the family courts to the media improve their transparency?
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Unreliable Evidence - Internet Law
Clive Anderson presents the series analysing legal issues. 2/6. Internet Law. The internet has enriched our lives in many ways, but it has also generated many ways to break the law.
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Unreliable Evidence - Internet Law
Clive Anderson presents the series analysing legal issues. 2: Internet Law. The internet has enriched our lives in many ways, but it has also generated many ways to break the law.
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Unreliable Evidence - Jury Trial
Clive Anderson and guests examine threats to the future of jury trials. Are they here to stay, or might they eventually be replaced by something else? And what might that be?
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Unreliable Evidence - Justice Denied in the Civil Courts?
Civil Court cases, from personal injury to unlawful detention, are increasingly being settled out of court. But can the system afford to give everyone their day in court?
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Unreliable Evidence - Law of the Sea
Clive Anderson and a panel of legal experts discuss how the law of the sea struggles to achieve justice across three quarters of the surface of the planet.
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Unreliable Evidence - Legal Aid
Clive Anderson presents the series analysing the legal issues of the day. 2/4: Legal Aid. Cutbacks in the Government's legal aid budget have led to warnings of injustices.
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Unreliable Evidence - Legal Aid
Clive Anderson and guests discuss how proposed Government cuts in the legal aid budget could affect our access to justice.
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Unreliable Evidence - Libel
Clive Anderson and guests discuss fears that Britain's libel laws are being used to stifle free speech.
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Unreliable Evidence - Litigants in Person
Clive Anderson presents the series analysing the legal issues of the day. 2/4: Litigants in Person. An expert panel discuss the pros and cons of representing oneself in court.
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Unreliable Evidence - Lord Bingham
Clive Anderson's guests pay tribute to the late Lord Bingham, the former senior Law Lord, and discuss the impact a brilliant judge can have on the law and society.
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Unreliable Evidence - Murder Law
Clive Anderson presents the series analysing the legal issues of the day. Proposed reforms to murder and manslaughter laws fall well short of the demands being made by some lawyers.
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Unreliable Evidence - Plea Bargaining
Clive Anderson presents the series analysing the legal issues of the day. What would we gain or lose by adopting a formal system of plea bargaining as is widely used in the US?
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Unreliable Evidence - Privacy
Clive Anderson presents the series analysing legal issues. In the light of Max Mosley's successful court action, how can the courts balance privacy and freedom of speech?
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Unreliable Evidence - Sentencing
Clive Anderson presents the series analysing the legal issues of the day. 1/4. Sentencing. A panel of senior judges, lawyers and academics debate the options open to the courts.
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Unreliable Evidence - Sentencing
Clive Anderson presents the series analysing the legal issues of the day. 1/4. Sentencing. A panel of senior judges, lawyers and academics debate the options open to the courts.
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Unreliable Evidence - The Attorney General
Clive Anderson presents the series analysing the legal issues of the day. 3/4: The Attorney General. Is the post of Attorney General compatible with that of a senior politician?
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Unreliable Evidence - The Attorney General
Clive Anderson presents the series analysing the legal issues of the day. 3/4: The Attorney General. Is the post of Attorney General compatible with that of a senior politician?
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Unreliable Evidence - The Law and Climate Change
Are our environmental laws robust enough to save the planet for humankind? Can the rules in The Climate Change Act 2008 be enforced?
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Unreliable Evidence - The Law and Death
Clive and his guests explore the ongoing legal arguments about assisted suicide, mercy killing and even the precise definition of death.
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Unreliable Evidence - The Law and Drugs
What are the shortcomings of the existing Misuse of Drugs Act, and how might drug use be regulated in a decriminalised future?
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Unreliable Evidence - The Law and Protest
Law and Protest: Clive Anderson explores legal limits of our right to express dissent. Is it acceptable for police to use powers under the Terrorism Act to prevent demonstrations?
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Unreliable Evidence - The Law and the Unborn
Clive Anderson discusses the new Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act and considers who decides what can be done to an embryo and when, in law, life begins.
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Unreliable Evidence - The Laws of War
Clive Anderson asks what legal standards should be applied to troops in the line of fire.
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Unreliable Evidence - Too Much Information
A study claims a quarter of government databases lead to vulnerable people being victimised. How much information about us is in circulation and what are our rights to access it?
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Unreliable Evidence - Trade Unions
Clive Anderson and some of the country's top lawyers discuss how the law controls the actions of trades unions and employers during industrial disputes.
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Unreliable Evidence - Youth Justice
Clive Anderson presents the series analysing the legal issues of the day. 4/4: Youth Justice. Key figures involved discuss concerns that the system for young offenders is in crisis.
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