Matrix Podcasts

Mar 05 2025 46 ep. 44 mins 49
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Matrix currently has two podcast series, the episodes of each series will be shared on this account.

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The CSDDD: an Omnibust?

Mar 05 2025 31 mins  
In this episode, Florence Iveson discusses the Omnibus Proposal issued by the European Commission on 26 February 2025 with business and human rights experts Olivia Windham Stewart and Daniel Schonfelder. The episode provides first takes on 5 of the major changes to the CSDDD that have been proposed by the Commission and on the next stages to any amendment process.

Global comparisons: the US and the UK

Feb 24 2025 49 mins  
In this week's episode Helen Mountfield KC discusses recent legal developments in the US and the UK with Professor Jonathan Marks and David Wolfe KC. Discussion ranges from US cases on the right to a clean and healthy environment, to the legal implications of a new Executive Order on Unleashing American Energy. Across the Atlantic, we hear about recent judicial reviews scrutinising

Tipping Points, Cascades and the Law

Feb 10 2025 58 mins  
In A Common Concern, the Climate Justice Podcast we will be looking at the ways in which the law can, or might, address the urgent threat posed by climate change. We will look at the protection of the rights of those most impacted, including displaced people, workers and those most vulnerable due to current levels of poverty. We will also consider legal developments in other jurisd

ESG: Global - Is the ASA’s approach to greenwashing sustainable?

Oct 15 2024 41 mins  
In this episode, Jamas Hodivala KC discusses with Giles Crown, Partner at Taylor Wessing, greenwashing in marketing claims and current consumer protection legislation applying to such claims. They examine the recent Advertising Standards Authority's decision in Virgin Atlantic Ltd. and discuss key takeaways for businesses looking to advertise their green credentials, before looking

ESG: Global - Hide and Seek

Jul 10 2024 31 mins  
In this episode, Jamas Hodivala KC discusses with Laura Middleton the results of PWC’s first survey into where businesses see their ESG fraud and misconduct risks, and where this overlaps with its annual Economic Crime Survey. They also consider PWC’s ESG Fraud taxonomy and whether the survey results evidence that companies are currently identifying the relevant risks.

ESG: Global - What’s Your Beef?

Feb 26 2024 42 mins  
In this podcast, Jamas Hodivala KC discusses with his guests Théa Bounfour and Jean-Philippe Fogle a money laundering complaint filed with prosecutors by the French NGO, Sherpa, alleging that banks are laundering the proceeds of environmental crimes committed by large Brazilian cattle companies.

The Rwanda Bill – even worse than you thought

Jan 15 2024 36 mins  
As the Safety of Rwanda Bill returns to Parliament, Helen Mountfield, Murray Hunt and Richard Hermer discuss the myriad ways it breaches international law and undermines the rule of law.

Israel Gaza – a basic guide to the Laws of War

Oct 15 2023 22 mins  
How do we begin to understand the events in both Israel and Gaza from a legal perspective? In this short podcast Richard Hermer KC talks to Professor Andrew Clapham about the relevant international law framework

Existential Threats – AI, law and humanity

Jul 02 2023 42 mins  
In Season 2 Episode 4 of the Matrix Pod: The Rule of Law, Richard Hermer KC, Zoe McCallum and Dr Tim Lillicrap (Research Director at Google DeepMind) discuss Artificial Intelligence and the future of law and humanity. This episode examines fast-moving developments in Artificial Intelligence technology, “the existential threat” that AI is said to generate and its implications fo

Protest: The Public Order Act 2023

May 15 2023 28 mins  
Richard Hermer KC, Jessica Jones and Martha Spurrier (Director at Liberty) discuss the new Public Order Act 2023. The episode analyses the legislation including its connection to the recent Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 and what the new Act means for trust in policing - seen within the context of the current problems faced by the Met Police.