ELR x LSELR: The Tort of Disease Transmission and COVID-19

ELR x LSELR: The Tort of Disease Transmission and COVID-19

This podcast is the ELR's first collaboration with the London School of Economics Law Review. Join Fizaa Ahmed and Selin Uyguç, who interview Julius Ma on his models of costs and wrongs with regards to duty of care — further discussing his paper, "Unintentional Transmission of Disease revisited", which provides a tort law perspective on COVID-19.  Warning: Parts of the podcast have low voice quality.

Miscarriages of Justice in the UK

In this episode, Managing Editor Selin Uyguç is in conversation with Senior Lecturer and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow Dr Rebecca Helm.   They discuss miscarriages of justice in the UK, the Exeter University pro bono project led by Dr. Helm and her experience working with Clive Stafford Smith — the founder of Reprieve — as well as the impact of COVID-19 on the operations of the criminal justice field.

Consumer Vulnerability within the Energy Market

Rida Ahmed and Harinee Shanmugam are joined by Dr Tim Dodsworth to discuss his work around consumer vulnerability within the energy market. This topic has become increasingly relevant to a wide demographic of people and has been highlighted due to the pandemic.

Assisted Suicide: Comparing the Approaches in Switzerland and the UK

Fizaa Ahmed, Frances Hand and Shania Essah Aurelio are joined by Dr Adam McCann to discuss his PhD work which focuses on the legal framework surrounding end-of-life medical decisions. Within this podcast the approaches to assisted suicide in Switzerland and the UK  will be compared. TRIGGER WARNING: This Podcast discusses sensitive subjects that could cause alarm or distress.

Has COVID-19 inhibited or promoted Access to Justice?

Has the COVID-19 pandemic inhibited or promoted access to Justice? Frances Hand and Rida Ahmed are joined by former judge David Tyzack to discuss David's views on what impact COVID-19 has had on the access to justice.