Bindmans LLP
37 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago -We are an award-winning multidisciplinary law firm with an exceptional track record offering a wide range of specialist legal services to our clients, from medium-sized businesses and NGOs to public figures and private individuals.
Ranked as a top-tier firm by the legal directories, we pride ourselves on being the opposite of the ‘factory firm’. Smaller but mightier than city-based alternatives, we bring deep insight, intelligence and courage to apply, test and develop the law. We enjoy our reputation for being fearless and we are proud of our outstanding track record for success.
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Let's have a conversation about...sickness absence
May 17, 2023 10:36 - 4 minutes - 3.74 MBIn this episode of Let's have a conversation about... Krishna Santra, partner in our Employment team, discusses key considerations for employers when it comes to employees taking long term sickness absences. Music by joystock.org - www.joystock.org
Family Law webinar - The 99%ers: What do Real Net Worth clients need? | Part one
March 29, 2023 14:29 - 52 minutes - 2.78 GBIn part one of our Family Law webinar series, Melissa Arnold and Maeve Lucey of the Bindmans LLP Family and Matrimonial team and Jo O'Sullivan of O'Sullivan Family Law are joined by guest speaker Nasstassia Hylton of 1GC Family Law to discuss the following topics: - The cost of living crisis and what it means for clients - Legal fees and transparency - What's going on with the court? - Good to know law and recent cases For more information about our Family and Matrimonial services, visit ou...
Let's have a conversation about... Sexual Harassment
February 08, 2023 10:43 - 4 minutes - 4.37 MBJoin Krishna Santra, partner in our Employment team, as she discusses some key considerations for employers when dealing with sexual harassment claims. Music by Joystock - www.joystock.org
Let's have a conversation about... sexual harassment
February 08, 2023 10:43 - 4 minutes - 4.37 MBJoin Krishna Santra, partner in our Employment team, as she discusses some key considerations for employers when dealing with sexual harassment claims. Music by Joystock - www.joystock.org
Good Divorce Week 2022 | Financial arrangements to consider alongside a divorce
December 02, 2022 09:59 - 4 minutes - 4.39 MBIn the third and final podcast of their Good Divorce Week 2022 series, Melissa Arnold and Maeve Lucey from the Bindmans Family and Matrimonial team discuss financial arrangements that might need to be made alongside a divorce. For more information about the Family and Matrimonial team and the services they offer, visit our website: https://www.bindmans.com/legal-services/individual/family-and-matrimonial/
Good Divorce Week 2022 | FAQs around divorce procedure
November 30, 2022 11:50 - 5 minutes - 4.59 MBJoin Melissa Arnold and Maeve Lucey from the Bindmans Family and Matrimonial team for the next instalment of their Good Divorce Week 2022 series, as they discuss some frequently asked questions regarding divorce procedure. For more information about the Family and Matrimonial team and the services they offer, visit our website: www.bindmans.com/legal-services/i…and-matrimonial/
Good Divorce Week 2022 | Good Divorce Week and ADR
November 28, 2022 10:34 - 6 minutes - 5.5 MBJoin Melissa Arnold and Maeve Lucey from the Bindmans Family and Matrimonial team for part one of their Good Divorce Week 2022 series. In this episode, Melissa and Maeve discuss what Good Divorce Week is, and why this annual campaign spearheaded by Resolution is so important, as well as providing an introduction to Alternative Dispute Resolution. For more information about the Family and Matrimonial team and the services they offer, visit our website: https://www.bindmans.com/legal-services...
Let's have a conversation about... redundancy
September 28, 2022 08:00 - 6 minutes - 6.09 MBUnfortunately, redundancies are a fact of commercial life. Join Krishna Santra, partner in our Employment team, as she discusses what employers should keep in mind when making staff redundant. Music by Joystock - www.joystock.org
Let's have a conversation about... menopause
July 20, 2022 08:00 - 5 minutes - 4.61 MBJoin Krishna Santra, partner in our Employment team, as she discusses how employers should handle menopause in the workplace to ensure the retention of staff. Music by Joystock - www.joystock.org
Let's have a conversation about... disciplinary and grievances
June 22, 2022 11:00 - 4 minutes - 4.04 MBJoin Krishna Santra, partner in our Employment team, as she outlines how an employer should handle the disciplinary and grievances process. Music by Joystock - www.joystock.org
The Bindmans Archives | Theodora Middleton - Reclaim These Streets 2022
June 15, 2022 09:04 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBTheodora Middleton joins us to discuss the judicial review challenge brought by Reclaim These Streets over the Metropolitan Police’s handling of a proposed vigil in memory of Sarah Everard, and in opposition of violence against women. Theodora discusses the details of this case and the impact she expects it to have in the future. Since this podcast was recorded, the Metropolitan Police's application to appeal has been refused. Music by Joystock - www.joystock.org
The Bindmans Archives | Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC (Hon) - The Fragrant Archers 1987
May 18, 2022 08:00 - 3 minutes - 3.56 MBTory MP Jeffrey Archer was famously jailed for perverting justice and perjury after he was accused of lying and creating false diary entries in order to win damages in the 1987 libel case against the Daily Star, centred around allegations he had sex with a prostitute. Geoffrey Bindman joins Jon Crocker to discuss the case and his involvement. Music by Joystock - www.joystock.org
The Bindmans Archives | Sir Geoffrey Bindman QC (Hon) - The Fragrant Archers 1987
May 18, 2022 08:00 - 3 minutes - 3.56 MBTory MP Jeffrey Archer was famously jailed for perverting justice and perjury after he was accused of lying and creating false diary entries in order to win damages in the 1987 libel case against the Daily Star, centred around allegations he had sex with a prostitute. Geoffrey Bindman joins Jon Crocker to discuss the case and his involvement. Music by Joystock - www.joystock.org
The Bindmans Archives | Stephen Grosz QC (Hon) - Witham 1997
April 20, 2022 09:24 - 4 minutes - 4.47 MBIn 1997, Mr Witham wanted to bring an action for defamation. However, legal aid wasn’t available for defamation claims and we was unable to afford the court fees due, the Lord Chancellor having withdrawn an exemption from fees for people on income support. In this episode we look at how Bindmans successfully claimed that this violated Mr. Witham’s common law constitutional right to access to the courts in one of the first cases that propounded the principle of fundamental constitutional right...
The Bindmans Archives | Stephen Grosz KC(Hon) - Witham 1997
April 20, 2022 09:24 - 4 minutes - 4.47 MBIn 1997, Mr Witham wanted to bring an action for defamation. However, legal aid wasn’t available for defamation claims and we was unable to afford the court fees due, the Lord Chancellor having withdrawn an exemption from fees for people on income support. In this episode we look at how Bindmans successfully claimed that this violated Mr. Witham’s common law constitutional right to access to the courts in one of the first cases that propounded the principle of fundamental constitutional right...
The Bindmans Archives | Stephen Grosz KC(Hon) - Mandla 1983
March 09, 2022 09:42 - 5 minutes - 5.03 MBStephen Grosz KC (Hon) discusses the significance of the case of Mandla v Dowell-Lee. A Sikh man brought a claim under the Race Relations Act after his 12-year-old was banned from wearing his turban at school. The Birmingham County Court and the Court of Appeal dismissed the claim, ruling that Sikhs were not an ethnic group. Represented by Bindmans, Mr Mandla took the case to the House of Lords, which reversed the lower court rulings and found that Sikhs were protected by the Act. Music by J...
The Bindmans Archives | Stephen Grosz - Mandla 1983
March 09, 2022 09:42 - 5 minutes - 5.03 MBStephen Grosz discusses the significance of the case of Mandla v Dowell-Lee. A Sikh man brought a claim under the Race Relations Act after his 12-year-old was banned from wearing his turban at school. The Birmingham County Court and the Court of Appeal dismissed the claim, ruling that Sikhs were not an ethnic group. Represented by Bindmans, Mr Mandla took the case to the House of Lords, which reversed the lower court rulings and found that Sikhs were protected by the Act. Music by Joystock -...
The Bindmans Archives | Stephen Grosz QC (Hon) - Mandla 1983
March 09, 2022 09:42 - 5 minutes - 5.03 MBStephen Grosz QC (Hon) discusses the significance of the case of Mandla v Dowell-Lee. A Sikh man brought a claim under the Race Relations Act after his 12-year-old was banned from wearing his turban at school. The Birmingham County Court and the Court of Appeal dismissed the claim, ruling that Sikhs were not an ethnic group. Represented by Bindmans, Mr Mandla took the case to the House of Lords, which reversed the lower court rulings and found that Sikhs were protected by the Act. Music by J...
The Bindmans Archives | Stephen Grosz KC(Hon) - Marshall 1986/1993
February 23, 2022 09:00 - 7 minutes - 6.68 MBHelen Marshall, a dietician working for Southampton and Southwest Hampshire area health authority instructed Bindmans after she was dismissed from her role despite wanting to continue working past her employer’s retirement age for women. In this episode discover how Bindmans represented Miss Marshall as she went to the European court and changed the law, not once, but twice: establishing first that differential retirement ages amounted to unlawful sex discrimination; and secondly that a limit...
The Bindmans Archives | Stephen Grosz QC (Hon) - Marshall 1986/1993
February 23, 2022 09:00 - 7 minutes - 6.68 MBHelen Marshall, a dietician working for Southampton and Southwest Hampshire area health authority instructed Bindmans after she was dismissed from her role despite wanting to continue working past her employer’s retirement age for women. In this episode discover how Bindmans represented Miss Marshall as she went to the European court and changed the law, not once, but twice: establishing first that differential retirement ages amounted to unlawful sex discrimination; and secondly that a limit...
The Bindmans Archives | Stephen Grosz - Marshall 1986/1993
February 23, 2022 09:00 - 7 minutes - 6.68 MBHelen Marshall, a dietician working for Southampton and Southwest Hampshire area health authority instructed Bindmans after she was dismissed from her role despite wanting to continue working past her employer’s retirement age for women. In this episode discover how Bindmans represented Miss Marshall as she went to the European court and changed the law, not once, but twice: establishing first that differential retirement ages amounted to unlawful sex discrimination; and secondly that a limit...
The Bindmans Archives | Tamsin Allen - Cambridge Analytica 2018
February 09, 2022 09:00 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBIn a headline case that gained interest globally, Tamsin Allen acted for Chris Wylie, who blew the whistle on Cambridge Analytica, a consultancy working for the Trump Campaign, who had illegally obtained the Facebook information of 87 million people and used it to build psychological profiles of voters. Tamsin joins Jon Crocker to discuss the details of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, its wider impact on society, and how she sees it influencing the future of social media and the regulation...
The Bindmans Archives | Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC(Hon) - Goldsmith 1976
January 26, 2022 09:00 - 8 minutes - 7.62 MBSir Geoffrey Bindman KC(Hon) covers the case of Sir James Goldsmith, a billionaire businessman who launched a number of libel cases against Private Eye following them publishing a series of stories and jokes that involved or were about him. Alongside the libel cases against the editors and publishers of Private Eye, he also did something which no one had ever done before, he issued a whole lot of claims against distributors and shops who sold Private Eye. Find out more about the case and Bind...
The Bindmans Archives | Sir Geoffrey Bindman QC (Hon) - Goldsmith 1976
January 26, 2022 09:00 - 8 minutes - 7.62 MBSir Geoffrey Bindman QC (Hon) covers the case of Sir James Goldsmith, a billionaire businessman who launched a number of libel cases against Private Eye following them publishing a series of stories and jokes that involved or were about him. Alongside the libel cases against the editors and publishers of Private Eye, he also did something which no one had ever done before, he issued a whole lot of claims against distributors and shops who sold Private Eye. Find out more about the case and Bin...
The Bindmans Archives | Stephen Grosz - Mendoza 2004
January 12, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.91 MBStephen Grosz joins us to talk about the case of Ghaidan v. Godin-Mendoza, a case that marked an increase of recognition of the importance of gay rights and same sex relationships. Mr Mendoza was in a same-sex relationship when his partner of 30 years died, and their landlord disputed his entitlement to succeed to the assured tenancy of their flat. At a time when the Human Rights Act was being developed, the case showed how useful the act would be in interpreting legislative provisions so tha...
The Bindmans Archives | Stephen Grosz KC(Hon) - Mendoza 2004
January 12, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.91 MBStephen Grosz KC(Hon) joins us to talk about the case of Ghaidan v. Godin-Mendoza, a case that marked an increase of recognition of the importance of gay rights and same sex relationships. Mr Mendoza was in a same-sex relationship when his partner of 30 years died, and their landlord disputed his entitlement to succeed to the assured tenancy of their flat. At a time when the Human Rights Act was being developed, the case showed how useful the act would be in interpreting legislative provision...
The Bindmans Archives | Stephen Grosz QC (Hon) - Mendoza 2004
January 12, 2022 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.91 MBStephen Grosz QC (Hon) joins us to talk about the case of Ghaidan v. Godin-Mendoza, a case that marked an increase of recognition of the importance of gay rights and same sex relationships. Mr Mendoza was in a same-sex relationship when his partner of 30 years died, and their landlord disputed his entitlement to succeed to the assured tenancy of their flat. At a time when the Human Rights Act was being developed, the case showed how useful the act would be in interpreting legislative provisio...
The Bindmans Archives | Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC(Hon) - James Hanratty 1961
December 08, 2021 09:00 - 7 minutes - 6.82 MBDespite little evidence against him and denying any involvement, James Hanratty was convicted of the ‘A6 Murder’ and in 1962 became one of the last people in the UK to be executed before capital punishment was abolished. Hanratty denied it was him up until his death, and his family have fought to prove his innocence since. In this episode, Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC(Hon) discusses one of the most talked-about murder cases in British legal history and his involvement in the case. Music by Joysto...
The Bindmans Archives | Sir Geoffrey Bindman QC (Hon) - James Hanratty 1961
December 08, 2021 09:00 - 7 minutes - 6.82 MBDespite little evidence against him and denying any involvement, James Hanratty was convicted of the ‘A6 Murder’ and in 1962 became one of the last people in the UK to be executed before capital punishment was abolished. Hanratty denied it was him up until his death, and his family have fought to prove his innocence since. In this episode, Sir Geoffrey Bindman QC (Hon) discusses one of the most talked-about murder cases in British legal history and his involvement in the case. Music by Joyst...
The Bindmans Archives | Tamsin Allen - Phone Hacking Scandal 2011
November 24, 2021 09:00 - 7 minutes - 6.94 MBTamsin Allen joins us to discuss the well-known phone hacking scandal which led to the eventual collapse of the News of The World. Bindmans LLP set up a claimant group formed of many of those targeted, or who had been informed they were targeted by the scandal. In this episode, Tamsin covers her involvement in the case and the wider effects it had on society. Music by Joystock - www.joystock.org
The Bindmans Archives | Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC (Hon) - Ponting 1985
November 10, 2021 09:00 - 6 minutes - 5.59 MBBindmans represented Clive Ponting, a senior British civil servant in the Ministry of Defence, after leaked documents about the needless sinking of a ship in the Falklands War, saw him arrested and charged with breaching the Official Secrets Act. Despite the judge directing the jury that they should convict him, Ponting was acquitted. In this episode we discuss this Bindmans’ involvement in the case and how it’s set a precedent with regards to the official secrets and the issue of freedom of ...
The Bindmans Archives | Sir Geoffrey Bindman QC (Hon) - Ponting 1985
November 10, 2021 09:00 - 6 minutes - 5.59 MBBindmans represented Clive Ponting, a senior British civil servant in the Ministry of Defence, after leaked documents about the needless sinking of a ship in the Falklands War, which saw him arrested and charged with breaching the Official Secrets Act. Despite the judge directing the jury that they should convict him, Ponting was acquitted. In this episode we discuss this Bindmans’ involvement in the case and how it’s set a precedent with regards to the official secrets and the issue of freed...
The Bindmans Archives | Stephen Grosz KC(Hon) - Sutherland 1997
October 27, 2021 08:00 - 4 minutes - 4.31 MBBindmans represented a 17-year-old gay man, bringing an application to the European commission of human rights in 1994 on his behalf in the case of Sutherland v UK. The application argued that discrimination between gay men and gay women with regard to the age of consent was unjustified. In this episode, Stephen Grosz KC (Hon) discusses the case, how it led to the law being changed and his thoughts now that time has passed.
The Bindmans Archives | Stephen Grosz QC (Hon) - Sutherland 1997
October 27, 2021 08:00 - 4 minutes - 4.31 MBBindmans represented a 17-year-old gay man, bringing an application to the European commission of human rights in 1994 on his behalf in the case of Sutherland v UK. The application argued that discrimination between gay men and gay women with regard to the age of consent was unjustified. In this episode, Stephen Grosz QC (Hon) discusses the case, how it led to the law being changed and his thoughts now that time has passed.
The Bindmans Archives | Stephen Grosz - Sutherland 1997
October 27, 2021 08:00 - 4 minutes - 4.31 MBBindmans represented a 17-year-old gay man, bringing an application to the European commission of human rights in 1994 on his behalf in the case of Sutherland v UK. The application argued that discrimination between gay men and gay women with regard to the age of consent was unjustified. In this episode, Stephen Grosz discusses the case, how it led to the law being changed and his thoughts now that time has passed.
The Bindmans Archives | Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC (Hon) - Pinochet 1999
October 13, 2021 08:12 - 10 minutes - 26.3 MBSir Geoffrey Bindman KC (Hon) joins us to discuss the case of the infamous dictator of Chile, General Pinochet, who was the first head of state to be prosecuted for crimes against humanity. Geoffrey discusses his involvement in the efforts to waive Pinochet’s immunity and have an extradition order granted, in what is regarded by many as the most important international law case. Music by Joystock - https://www.joystock.org
The Bindmans Archives | Sir Geoffrey Bindman QC (Hon) - Pinochet 1999
October 13, 2021 08:12 - 10 minutes - 26.3 MBSir Geoffrey Bindman QC (Hon) joins us to discuss the case of the infamous dictator of Chile, General Pinochet, who was the first head of state to be prosecuted for crimes against humanity. Geoffrey discusses his involvement in the efforts to waive Pinochet’s immunity and have an extradition order granted, in what is regarded by many as the most important international law case. Music by Joystock - https://www.joystock.org