Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Ann Francke OBE Ann Francke is the CEO of the Chartered Management Institute, the UK's leading professional body for management and leadership. In this interview, Ann talks about equality in the workplace and how all organisations, including law firms, can do more to promote women to leadership positions. Plus, A…

Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Joanna Hughes. Joanna is the creator of Joanna Hughes Solicitor Apprenticeships and Advisor to the City Century career creating collaboration of 50+ City of London law firms which identifies, attracts, recruits, onboards, educates, networks, develops and qualifies significant numbers of talented and committed sol…

Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with The Rt Hon Victoria Prentis. Victoria has served as Attorney General for England and Wales since 2022. She is also a Government Minister, and the MP for Banbury. Sally and Victoria discuss the day to day role of Attorney General and what that entails. Victoria also shares insights into how the crossover between l…

Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Lisa Abrahams & Emma Wilson. Lisa and Emma both work in insurance at ARAG, which provides legal insurance products on a global scale. Lisa and Emma both discuss how they came to their careers via alternative routes, and stress that it’s never too late to start. They also discuss the improvements they’ve seen in d…

Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Sarah Foster. Sarah is a Partner in Restructuring at Addleshaw Goddard, where she provides advice on all aspects of restructuring; including business support, turnaround and insolvency. Sarah shares her journey from studying history and history of art at university, through to taking a conversion course and train…

Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Susanna McGibbon Susanna McGibbon is His Majesty’s Procurator General, the Treasury Solicitor and the Permanent Secretary of the Government Legal Department, or GLD. She is the most senior civil servant who gives legal advice to the government of the day. Susanna and Sally discuss the important distinction that w…

Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Michael Mansfield KC Michael was called to the Bar in 1967. In 1984, he established Tooks Chambers and became Queen's Counsel in 1989. He has represented defendants in criminal trials, appeals and inquiries in some of the most controversial legal cases the country has seen, particularly where issues of Civil Libe…

Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Nicola Williams. Nicola is the author of the hit novels Without Prejudice and Until Proven Innocent. She’s also a part-time Crown Court Judge and one of the 100 most influential black people in the UK. Nicola shares with Sally her journey to the bar, and how the skills she learnt there took her to the Cayman Isla…

Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Nik White. Nik has been the Managing Partner of Brabners since 2018. With a background in commercial law, he has devoted his working career to the firm, having joined as a trainee solicitor in 1995. Brabners is a leading independent law firm which helps private, public and third-sector organisations, as well as p…

Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Lord Jonathan Sumption Lord Sumption is a former senior judge who sat on the Supreme Court of England and Wales. Sally and Lord Sumption reflect on his career, the cases he enacted on as a barrister, including the Abramovich case, and why Lord Sumption once said it will take 50 years to achieve true equality at t…

Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Dr Shaun Wallace and Tom Lyas Dr Shaun Wallace is a Barrister at Great James Street Chambers and is also well known to the public as a celebrity quizzer. He was the first black man to win Mastermind and is now a permanent staple on ITV’s The Chase. Dr Wallace tells Sally about how he’s been driven to be a lawyer …

Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Chad Doellinger. Chad is the Senior Vice President; Deputy General Counsel, and Chief Operations Officer for CBRE's global legal department. Chad balances his day job with a teaching position at Chicago Law School, alongside life with four children and four dogs. He tells Sally all about his career history and hi…

Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Lord David Pannick KC, a Barrister at Blackstone Chambers who specialises in public law and appellate advocacy. He is also a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford and a Crossbench Peer in the House of Lords. David talks over his 40 year career and some of his most memorable cases including the case for Gina Miller …

This week Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Erin Shoesmith, partner at Addleshaw Goddard where she leads the health and safety practice. She is regularly instructed by the firm's leading corporate clients and individuals facing prosecution or investigation by the Police, HSE, Local Fire & Rescue Service. Her practice also covers inquests and publ…

This week Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Christina Blacklaws, a former President of the Law Society of England and Wales who now runs her own consultancy business providing strategic advice particularly in the areas of transformational change, technological developments and diversity and inclusion. Hear Christina reflect on a fascinating portf…

This week Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Shelley McGivern, partner in the Corporate team at Addleshaw Goddard and co-head of the Firm's SciTech sector. Shelley has a wealth of experience advising both corporate and institutional clients across a number of sectors with a particular focus on acquisitions and disposals and joint ventures in the r…

This week Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Alice Stephenson, Founder & CEO of Stephenson Law. Hear how Alice struggled with progression in the law whilst being a young Mum, and became so disillusioned with the profession that she even decided to quit. Inspired by her entrepreneur husband, she then started her own law firm to see if she could car…

This week Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Jo Sidhu, a criminal barrister who is widely regarded as one of the leading criminal trial lawyers in the UK and has appeared in some of England’s most serious prosecutions. Jo served as the Chair of the Criminal Bar Association in 2021-22. Jo explains what motivated him to become a criminal barrister, …

This week Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Ayo Onatade who is a personal assistant to judges based at the Supreme Court. Ayo describes her many roles and responsibilities, and details what it’s like to work at the highest court in the United Kingdom. Ayo is also a freelance commentator on crime fiction, writing articles and featuring on panels a…

This week Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Iain Simkin. Iain Simkin is renowned for his expertise across the range of regulatory cases and he also specialises in serious crime. Iain recalls the extreme determination it took to begin his career and reflects on some of the most memorable cases of his career, including his work as prosecuting couns…

This week Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Dinah Rose KC, who is a barrister and member of Blackstone Chambers. Dinah was also appointed President of Magdalen College, Oxford in September 2020. She is the 43rd President of the College since its foundation in 1458, and the first woman to hold the post. Dinah describes how she juggled her career a…

This week Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Margaret Casely-Hayford. Margaret was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Honours list in 2018, for services to charity and for promoting diversity upon ending her term as trustee and Chair of international development Charity ActionAid UK. She was Director of Legal Services and Company Secretary for the John …

Welcome to a brand new season of Talking Law with Sally Penni MBE! This week Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Banke A. Odunaike, Head of Legal in EMEA at CBRE. CBRE is a real estate firm that offers a range of services to help companies with all their property needs. With over 100k employees across 100 different countries, they are the largest c…

This week Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Alison Fagan. Ali is a Construction Disputes Partner and the Head of the Infrastructure Funds Sector Group at DLA Piper UK LLP. Ali provides risk management advice on distressed, high value or strategically critical infrastructure projects for a wide ranging pool of clients, from private sector partners…

In this episode, Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Leroy Logan. Leroy was a highly-decorated Superintendent with the Metropolitan Police – a career that culminated with his work on the Olympic Security Team overseeing the London 2012 games. He was a member of the Black Police Association for over 30 years and was 1st National Chair 1998-99 and Lo…

This week Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Daniel Winterfeldt. Daniel is a Managing Director and the General Counsel for EMEA and Asia at Jefferies. He is a senior corporate and securities lawyer with over 22 years of experience in London and New York. Daniel reveals what it was like arriving in London as an openly gay man at a time when sexuali…

This week Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with John Croft. John is president and Co-Founder at Elevate, a legal services company which provides legal expertise to clients all over the world. In today’s episode hear how John champions diversity and inclusion at Elevate as well as how he manages work-life balance, particularly amongst colleagues who a…

This week Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Paul McFarlane. Paul is a partner at Capsticks and manages a team of lawyers providing the full range of employment law advice to health, police and emergency services clients. In this episode Paul reveals why he was always fascinated by employment law and shares his motivations for being a Board Direct…

This week Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Sandie Okoro. Sandie was born and raised in London, but currently lives and works in Washington DC. She qualified both as a barrister and a solicitor and is currently the senior vice president and general counsel at the World Bank Group. Among her many awards and accolades she has received a Lifetime Ac…

This week Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Martin Shaw. Martin is an English actor famous for many roles, including that of Judge John Deed in the BBC legal drama. Martin talks passionately about his role and why he’s so proud to be a patron of the Kalisher Trust, an organisation which works to inspire and inform the next generation of legal pro…

This week Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Max Hardy. Max is a barrister practicing from 9 Bedford Row. Called in 2004, Max has worked on everything from murder trials at the Old Bailey to speeding cases at Romford Magistrates' Court! Max reveals his motivation for joining the Bar Council and The Kalisher Trust, which works to inspire advocacy a…

This week Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Donna Scully. Donna is an exceptionally experienced lawyer having won several awards and has been active in shaping both legislation and best-practice across the personal injury and insurance sectors for nearly 25 years. Donna talks about her unusual route into the law, and why gender diversity has been…

This week Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Bernard Richmond KC. Called in 1988, Bernard is now head of Chambers at Lamb Building and is an active member of Middle Temple where he has been a bencher since 2005. He has also been Honorary Professor of Law at University of Kent since 2020. Bernard discusses some of the most memorable cases he’s work…

This week Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Joeli Brearley. Joeli is the Founder and CEO of Pregnant Then Screwed, a campaigning charity that strives to improve equality, fairness and representation for pregnant women and mothers. In this episode Joeli reveals her own experience of pregnancy discrimination prior to starting the organisation, and …

This week Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Jason Pitter KC. Called to the bar in 1994, Jason took Silk in 2014 and is a member of New Park Court in Leeds, where he practices with a focus on serious and complex criminal litigation, professional misconduct and regulatory law. He is also a Bencher of Gray’s Inn and a Crown Court Recorder. Jason dis…

This week Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with Chris Kehoe. Chris Kehoe is an in-house lawyer with a police force by day and an award winning stand-up comedian by night. He is unashamedly Northern and working class. Chris shares some insights into what it’s like day-to-day working on the legal team for a police force, and talks about his podcast Mon…

This week Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with KC Jolyon Maugham. Jolyon is an Honorary Professor at Durham Law School as well as founder of the Good Law Project, which brought a number of legal challenges to the Brexit process to court. In this episode Jolyon shares highlights from his hugely varied career, as well as how the Good Law Project came …

In this episode of Talking Law Sally Penni MBE interviews MP and Door Tenant at Doughty Street Chambers, David Lammy. David trained at Harvard Law School and has worked as a lawyer and a barrister. He reflects on his career in law and reveals why he ultimately made the switch into politics. He also shares his take on the Black Lives Matter movement…

In this episode of Talking Law Sally Penni is interviewing actor Maxine Peake, famous for many roles including that of Martha Costello in BBC drama ‘Silk’. Maxine looks back over her career, including highlights such as working with Victoria Wood on sitcom Dinnerladies, as well as how she prepared for roles in legal procedural dramas. She also shar…

In this episode of Talking Law, Sally Penni is joined multi-award-winning business lawyer and Managing Partner Tamara Box. An American citizen, Tamara is dual-qualified to practice law in both the US and the UK and is an internationally recognised expert in strategic financial advice, management and team building. Tamara recalls how her career has …

Today Sally Penni is Talking Law with human rights barrister Adam Wagner. Adam practices at Doughty Street Chambers, is a visiting professor at Goldsmiths University of London and founded a multi-award winning charity, EachOther which aims to increase public support for human rights. Adam has developed a loyal following on social media, and shares …

Today Sally Penni is Talking Law with Amanda Pinto KC. Amanda was called to the Bar in 1983 and practices at 33 Chancery Lane, London. She specialises in business wrongdoing, international fraud, corporate crime, bribery and money laundering. In this episode you can hear Amanda discuss her passionate love for Advocacy, her role as Chair of the Bar …

This week Sally Penni is Talking Law with Frances Swaine. Fran became a Partner at Leigh Day in 1996 and Managing Partner in 2011. She was also the founding partner of the Human Rights Department. Fran is a role model for women both in and outside of the profession. She has been dismantling barriers and overcoming adversity throughout her career. S…

Gerard McDermott is an international barrister, working extensively in the USA and specialises in the most complex personal injury cases. Amongst his most high profile cases Gerard was Lead Counsel for the Health Authority in the Shipman Inquiry and is presently instructed to jointly lead the claims for compensation for over 800 victims of the Gren…

Mary Bonsor is the CEO and co-founder of Flex Legal and is passionate about making the law more inclusive and more agile. Mary talks us through her legal career, and explains why she believes all legal professionals should pursue other interests or hobbies alongside their work. Mary also shares details of her ‘Hello Stranger’ project to combat lone…

In this episode, Sally Penni is Talking Law with Oluwapelumi Amanda Adeola, a Solicitor and partner from BHP Law. She works extensively in private law matters such as divorce, finance, separation, pre and post nuptial agreements and private law children matters. Oluwapelumi Amanda is a keen advocate and represents clients at court in most proceedin…

Baroness Hale of Richmond’s illustrious career includes becoming Britain’s first female Law Lord, the first woman to serve on the UK Supreme Court and its first woman President. In this episode of Talking Law Lady Hale discusses the very high-profile case of the Proroguing of Parliament in 2019, how it feels to be an icon, and even her trademark sp…

Sally is Talking Law with Helena Samaha; the President & CEO of Lex Mundi, the world’s leading network of top-tier independent law firms in 160 jurisdictions, working together seamlessly to deliver consistent, high quality, advice to clients for solving cross-border legal challenges. Helena shares her global perspective on the legal profession, fro…

This week Sally is joined by Dr Tunde Okewale MBE; a hugely successful Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers. Tunde is the founder of ‘Urban Lawyers’, a charity that aims to educate, engage and stimulate discussion amongst young people about their attitudes towards criminal law, policing and personal responsibility. Tunde shares the story of his suc…

Sally is Talking Law with Consultant, Motivational Speaker and Author Simon McCrum. Having run the UK's fastest-growing law firm, he now helps law firms and teams to become The Perfect Legal Business. Simon shares some fascinating insights into how to run a successful law firm – providing a great service for clients, whilst at the same time being f…