In this special episode of the Litigation Podcast we hear from Abass Dodoo, master Ghanaian drummer and founder of One-Drum Foundation, in conversation with Ajay Ratan, Blackstone barrister and saxophonist in Abass’ band.

Their wide-ranging discussion covers the creative process behind our new podcast music, the fascinating oral tradition by which Abass learned the drums growing up in Ghana, his pioneering work with One-Drum Foundation, and the many benefits of playing the drums (including Ajay’s experience of its peculiar benefits for lawyers!). You can see Abass and Ajay performing live on stage together in a recent video here.

One-Drum Foundation is a UK-registered charity made up of a collective of London-based African master drummers, dancers, musicians and performers emanating from the diversity of Africa’s rich traditions. Its charitable purpose is to advance the education of the public in the arts, history and culture of African music, in particular, but not exclusively, through the provision of educational workshops and performances.

For more information on the work of the One Drum Foundation, and links to donate, please see here.

Today also marks the band’s release of ‘Kpanlogo’, recorded on board a floating studio on the Thames in the circumstances Abass and Ajay describe on the podcast. You can see the newly-released video for that here.

Tune in to the most recent episode of The Litigation Podcast, in which Ivan Hare KC

presents recorded highlights from the 2024 Public Law Conference. The panel

discussions address the latest developments in recent public law cases.

Ivan Hare KC explores proportionality under the HRA: is it in the Act or on the facts?

Stephanie Palmer discusses the recent climate change cases in the European Court of

Human Rights.

Isabel Buchanan gives a brief reflection on the European Convention as it nears its 75th birthday.

If you haven’t already, listen to Part 1 with Tom Hickman KC, James Segan KC and Hanif Mussa KC and Part 2 with Sir Jeffrey Jowell KC, Tom Leary, George Molyneaux and Warren Fitt!

Tune in to the most recent episode of The Litigation Podcast, in which Ivan Hare KC presents recorded highlights from the 2024 Public Law Conference. The panel discussions address the latest developments in recent public law cases.

Tom Leary explores interim remedies in Judicial Review.

George Molyneaux examines the duty of candour, with particular focus on recent cases.

Sir Jeffrey Jowell KC and Warren Fitt discuss the UK’s relationship with the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.

Stay tuned for the third and final instalment in this series, with Ivan Hare KC, Stephanie

Palmer & Isabel Buchanan! If you haven’t already, listen to Part 1 with Tom Hickman KC, James

Segan KC and Hanif Mussa KC.