Warrant to Search President Trump's Lawyer's Home and Office

NPR's Morning Edition has an interview with a former federal prosecutor about the significance of the issuance of the warrant to search President Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen's home and office. 3 min 53 sec, transcript available.
More about the attorney-client privilege can be found here. 3 min 38 sec, transcript available.

Law in Action is Back

The BBC 4 radio programme, Law in Action, is back for another series. The first is about evidence withheld by the prosecution from the defense in criminal cases. Next week the journalist, Joshua Rosenberg, will examine sex discrimination law. There will probably be two more in this series. 30 min, no transcript.

Summaries of Recent UK Supreme Court Judgments Available on YouTube

The UK Supreme Court records the short presentations made by its justices explaining the court's decisions. These are usually 5 to 7 minutes long, with no transcript, but very clear, with more information available if you click on "show more". Recent cases have involved

• human rights - whether the living arrangements made for a mentally incapacitated person amount to a deprivation of liberty
• private international law/Rome II Treaty - how English courts should deal with the assessment of damages in claims arising out of fatal accidents abroad
• workers'  rights - whether a solicitor who is a partner in an LLP (limited liability partnership) can be considered to be a "worker" and so protected as a whistle-blower
• property - whether the use of a recreational ground was "by right" or "as of right"
• evidence - the proper use of linguistic experts in asylum claims
• international family law - grandparents' rights of custody and the The Hague Convention on International Child Abduction.

A Texas Prosecutor Fights False Convictions

NPR's All Things Considered of February 5 had a story about Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins who established the nation's first Conviction Integrity Unit in Dallas in 2007.  In the interview with Watkins, he says "as an African-American, I have issues with law enforcement". 5 min. 49 sec. transcript available. Be careful - there is a serious error in the transcript which says "We've learned that of the exonerations that we've had here, 90 percent of the individuals were identified correctly." Watkins actually said  "identified incorrectly.

The Common Law

Speaking in Australia in September on the topic “Developing common law – how far is too far?” Lord Walker of the U.K. Supreme Court provided an international look at the role of judges in the development of the common law. 1 hour, speech notes available