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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: E-scooting through the law

E-scooting through the law

BBC Radio 4 - The Law Show, E-scooting through the law

What's legal for e-scooters; space law; university freedom of speech and a DJ barrister.

The legal minefield of private and public e-scooters; space law for rockets and satellites; new regulations for coal tips in Wales and a DJ barrister with no GCSEs.

It’s illegal to ride a private e-scooter on public roads or pavements – but the rules for the new, council approved e-scooter rental schemes are different.  We navigate the maze of laws and regulations to ask what’s allowed, required or illegal. 

Billionaires are about to fly into space, but what is the legal framework for this? What if your rocket hits my satellite? We boldly go into space law. 

Why coal tip laws brought in following the Aberfan disaster do not protect the public and need to be reformed.

And the changing face of the legal profession – criminal barrister Mark Robinson shows that lawyers come from a greater range of backgrounds now – he didn’t have any GCSEs, but a career as a DJ. 

Presenter: Joshua Rozenberg
Producers:  Diane Richardson and Arlene Gregorius

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