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The Law Show is your guide to the law and the legal decisions that have a bearing on everyone in the UK.

Weekly conversation that will give you an in-depth understanding of the law stories making news and the legal decisions that could have a bearing on everyone in the UK. Whether it's unpicking a landmark legal ruling, explaining how laws are made or seeking clarity for you on a legal issue, The Law Show will be your guide.

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The Law Show: The Neuberger Experiment

The Neuberger Experiment

18/06/2013

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Do women judge differently from men? Legal magazine with Joshua Rozenberg.

Do women judge differently from men? And what have been the practical consequences of last April's changes to civil legal aid? Legal magazine with Joshua Rozenberg.

There are 12 judges in the Supreme Court and only one, Lady Hale, is a woman. Last March on Law in Action, Lord Neuberger - the president of the court - told us it was unfair that there are so few women in the senior judiciary. But, he wondered, do women judge differently from men? 

Lord Neuberger wasn't sure - and he set us a little challenge, one we have called the 'Neuberger Experiment'. With the help of law students at Durham University, we attempt to discover whether male and female judges really do judge differently. Then we put our findings to Lady Hale. 

Also in the programme: the curious case of the gruesome New Zealand murder appeal being heard in London. And what have been the practical consequences of last April's changes to civil legal aid?

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