Advocates The Podcast

The Rt Hon. the Lord Mance is a former Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

In this episode of *Advocates The Podcast*, he reflects on his career as an advocate, commercial judge, Law Lord and Supreme Court Justice, and on the questions that arise when courts are asked to resolve complex disputes and develop legal principle.

The conversation explores judging, advocacy, commercial law, international law and the responsibilities of serving at the highest levels of the legal system.

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Tan Sri Nallini Pathmanathan is a recently retired judge of the Federal Court of Malaysia, and was recently appointed a judge of the Qatar International Court and Dispute Resolution Centre.

In this episode of *Advocates The Podcast*, Tan Sri Nallini reflects on a life in the law that began after an unexpected change in direction from medicine. She speaks about her childhood in Malaysia, her education in England, her early years at Skrine, and the work that shaped her as an advocate before she joined the Bench.

The conversation explores advocacy, industrial and commercial practice, the challenges faced by women in litigation, judging criminal trials, empathy on the Bench, dissenting judgments, written and oral advocacy, and the qualities that make advocates genuinely useful to a court.

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Karim Khan KC is an international criminal lawyer and the former ~~Chief~~ Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.

In this episode of *Advocates The Podcast*, Karim reflects on a career spanning prosecution, defence, victim representation and international investigations. He speaks about his early years in Yorkshire, his path to the English Bar, his work with the UN tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, and his later work on international criminal cases and Daesh/ISIL accountability.

The conversation explores advocacy, preparation, prosecutorial fairness, defending unpopular clients, representing survivors, building cases on reliable evidence, and how international justice can give those affected by serious crimes a voice in the process.

Karim also discusses his time at the ICC, the “speed of relevance”, institutional independence, and the challenge of keeping the law connected to the people it is meant to protect.

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Alex Taylor is Senior Clerk at Fountain Court Chambers in London, where he has led the clerking team since 2008.

In this episode of *Advocates The Podcast*, Alex reflects on a career in clerking that began at 16, from his early years at Fountain Court to 11KBW, Old Square, and his return to Fountain Court as Senior Clerk. He explains what clerks do, how they support barristers and chambers, and why relationships, reputation, honesty and integrity sit at the heart of the role.

The conversation also explores what junior barristers should know about building a practice, what solicitors look for in counsel, and how the best barristers work with their clerking teams.

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Thio Shen Yi SC is a Senior Counsel of the Singapore Bar and a leading disputes practitioner. A former debater and junior tennis player, he read law at St. John’s College, Cambridge before beginning his career in Singapore, where he trained under Devinder Singh and later worked with VK Rajah and Sundaresh Menon.

In this episode of *Advocates The Podcast*, Shen Yi reflects on his path into the law, the experience of taking silk in Singapore, the lessons he learned from some of the profession’s leading advocates, and the craft of persuasion in trials, appeals, witness preparation and cross-examination.

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