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Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 11^th Nov 2009, 20:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 15^th Apr 2010, 23:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

The curious saga of the Carbolic Smoke Ball, a bizarre Victorian quack medicine, a case which established important principles about truth in advertising. Show more

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The Cases That Changed Our World

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 4^th Nov 2009, 20:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sun 8^th Nov 2009, 05:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

The dramatic 1670 trial of two Quakers which established the principle that judges cannot intimidate juries, no matter how furious the bench may be. Show more

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The Cases That Changed Our World

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 25^th Nov 2009, 20:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sun 29^th Nov 2009, 05:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Clive Coleman revisits Donohue vs Stevenson, better known as The Case of the Paisley Snail, which in 1932 produced the first comprehensive definition of neglect in tort law. Show more

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The Cases That Changed Our World

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 18^th Nov 2009, 20:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sun 22^nd Nov 2009, 05:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

The case of Reginald Woolmington, a young farm labourer who shot his wife dead with a sawn-off gun in 1934. But had he intended to kill, and thus was it murder? Show more

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