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Season 10

How Supermergers Revolutionise the Future of Law with Ashurst Perkins Coie’s Ian Bagshaw – S10E35

“Always work on making people the best version of themselves and giving them the power to drive their own career.” – Ian Bagshaw On today’s episode, I’m delighted to have Ian Bagshaw from Ashurst Perkins Coie on the Legally Speaking Podcast. Ian Bagshaw is a commercially minded legal leader whose career has been shaped by adaptability, entrepreneurial instinct and a belief that judgment matters more than hierarchy. In this conversation, he reflects on moving quickly away from work that

September 7, 2026

Season 10

Menopause at Work: How Leaders Can Support Women & Build Better Workplaces – Dr Lucy Mather – S10E34

“The organisations that will thrive in 2027 will not be the ones with the most policies. They’ll be the ones that read them or act on them.” – Dr Lucy Mather On today’s episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr Lucy Mather. She is a GP, women’s health specialist, and menopause expert with more than 20 years of experience. She is the founder of Jaya Life, a women’s hormone health clinic, and brings deep clinical insight into

August 31, 2026

Season 10

From Hackney to High Court: How Equality by Design Builds a Diverse Future – Elaine Banton – S10E33

“If you can see me, you can be me.” – Elaine Banton What happens when a barrister who grew up on a Hackney council estate helps shape the future of equality, human rights, and AI? Elaine Banton from Doughty Street Chambers reveals why the law can no longer afford to be reactive and why fairness has to be built into systems from the start. Something that stood out most to me in this conversation was how strongly she

August 24, 2026

Season 10

Why Watson’s Daily Commercial Awareness Separates Great Lawyers from the Good: Peter Watson – S10E32

“They will be the ones who see the trends just before everyone else does.” – Peter Watson Commercial awareness is one of the most requested skills in law, finance and consulting. Yet too many people mistake it for simply reading the news. In this episode of the Legally Speaking Podcast sponsored by Clio, I am joined by Peter Watson, CEO of Watson’s Daily. Peter draws on 13 years in stockbroking, experience across financial markets and recruitment, and more

August 17, 2026

Season 10

From Tinder to Legal AI: How Ruben Miessen’s LEGALFLY Reinvents In-House Legal Teams – S10E31

On today’s Legally Speaking Podcast, I am delighted to be joined by Ruben Miessen. Ruben is the CEO and Co-Founder of LEGALFLY, a European enterprise legal AI company, building a secure, governed legal operating system for in-house teams in regulated industries. Before founding LEGALFLY, Ruben worked as a senior product manager at Tinder, where he led initiatives and built a team that would later become the founding team behind LEGALFLY. With his co-founders, Ruben identified how legal bottlenecks could

August 10, 2026

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Stop Asking If Legal AI Is Accurate. Start Asking If It’s Reproducible.

Run the same contract through the same AI system 20 times. Should a lawyer expect the same legal findings 20 times? In a reproducibility stress test from my research published at ICCS 2026, 15 documents were each analyzed 20 times. The pure large-language-model baseline produced an average of 18.3 distinct output sets per document across those 20 identical re-runs. The deterministic hybrid architecture produced one. That gap points to a question legal teams should be asking AI vendors far more

August 8, 2026

Season 10

How Olliers Solicitors Quadrupled Turnover by Rethinking Criminal Law – Matthew Claughton – S10E30

On today’s Legally Speaking Podcast, I am delighted to be joined by Matthew Claughton. Matthew is the Managing Director of Olliers Solicitors, one of the UK’s leading criminal defence firms. Since taking full control of the business in 2018, he has helped steer Olliers through a major period of growth, quadrupling turnover, strengthening its reputation in privately funded criminal defence, and building a firm widely recognised for its expertise in pre-charge engagement, serious crime, fraud, regulatory work and crisis

August 3, 2026

Season 10

Premier League to Legal Pioneer: How Neil Heaney Turned a Legal Disaster into a Global Goal – S10E29

On today’s Legally Speaking Podcast, I am delighted to be joined by Neil Heaney. Neil is the CEO and founder of Judicare Law International, a specialist UK law firm focused on international legal matters. He founded the business after being frustrated by the quality of legal advice he received when he himself purchased property abroad. Today, Judicare handles matters across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Before building Judicare, Neil was also a professional footballer, coming through Arsenal

July 27, 2026

Season 10

Skill Over Salary | Fighting Bullies: The Case for a Career in Plaintiffs’ Law – Bill Reid – S10E28

On today’s Legally Speaking Podcast, I am delighted to be joined by Bill Reid. Bill is the senior founding partner of Reid Collins, a former federal prosecutor, a two-time Benchmark Litigation U.S. Plaintiff Litigator of the Year, an adjunct professor atthe University of Texas School of Law, and the author of Fighting Bullies: The Case for a Career in Plaintiffs’ Law. Over the course of his career, he has prosecuted precedent-setting cases and recovered billions of dollars in complex

July 20, 2026

Season 10

Patrick McCann: Authentic Leadership, Social Mobility & Building the Law Firm of the Future – S10E27

On today’s Legally Speaking Podcast, I am delighted to be joined by Patrick McCann. Patrick is the Chief Executive of the City of London Law Society, representing more than 21,000 solicitors and some of the largest law firms in the world. With more than 30 years of experience across legal practice, learning, development and talent strategy, Patrick has become one of the most influential voices shaping the legal profession. Before joining the London Law Society, Patrick served as the

July 13, 2026