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 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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
CILEX to New York Bar: How InHouseW’s Madeleine Weber is Helping Law Students Pass the SQE – S10E26
On today’s Legally Speaking Podcast, I am delighted to be joined by Madeleine Weber. Madeleine is Senior Counsel, EMEA at Sitetracker. She has had an unconventional route into the legal profession, studying-CILEx, New York Bar, QLTS and SQE2. Madeleine also runs inhousew, an education platform helping aspiring solicitors prepare for SQE2 through different resources. […]
Winning Cases with Wexler AI: Gregory Mostyn on Why The Future of Litigation Starts Here – S10E25
On today’s Legally Speaking Podcast, I am delighted to be joined by Gregory Mostyn. Gregory is the Co-Founder and CEO of Wexler. Wexler offers advanced AI-driven solutions for eDiscovery, document review and litigation services. With clients including Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer and Burges Salmon, Wexler is ‘on a mission to solve the […]