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Law and Order: How to Fix Britain's Courts (Lady Hale)

A former top Supreme Court judge on divorce, democracy and assisted dying.

Is there a better way to handle divorce and family separation in the courts? Lady Hale thinks there is.

The former president of the UK’s Supreme Court explains why there needs to be a more streamlined approach and how cuts to legal aid have impacted the family justice system (14:37).

She also talks to Amol about the rise of authoritarianism (27:42), assisted dying (31:39) and whether lawyers should still wear wigs (42:47).

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Amol Rajan is a presenter of the Today programme on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4. He is also the host of University Challenge on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One. Before that, Amol was media editor at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ and editor at The Independent.

Radical with Amol Rajan is a Today Podcast. It was made by Lewis Vickers with Izzy Rowley. Digital production was by Gabriel Purcell-Davis. The editor is Sam Bonham. The executive producer is Owenna Griffiths.

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