{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/633c1060ee21490012381e3f/69025160fc950e90d2c0cfb4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"E134 The Fifth Court - Austria’s Supreme Court President Georg Kodek - Why the Law Can’t Save the Planet","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/633c1060ee21490012381e3f/1761759465665-07c8d8a7-bef5-4be4-a19d-e997df6f6a7f.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>&nbsp;Courts, Climate &amp; Common Sense – Austria’s Supreme Court President Georg Kodek on Why the Law Can’t Save the Planet</p><p><br></p><p>In this compelling episode, <em>The Fifth Court</em> hosts <strong>Peter Leonard BL</strong> and <strong>Mark Tottenham BL</strong> sit down with <strong>Georg Kodek</strong>, President of the Austrian Supreme Court, during the European Law Institute Conference in Vienna.</p><p><br></p><p>He explains why courts can’t be expected to fix climate change – and why real solutions must come from politics and public conviction, not litigation.</p><p>From a Peruvian farmer’s lawsuit against German power plants to how TikTok might be used by the Austrian Supreme Court, Kodek discusses the limits of law in global challenges – and why judges must learn to speak to the public again.</p><p><br></p><p>But first, three fascinating <em>Decisis.ie</em> cases:</p><ul><li><strong>DPP v Clark</strong> – Repeat firearm offender sees sentence increased from 6 to 7½ years.</li><li><strong>DPP v BK</strong> – Conviction of a mother set aside after court finds statements in a safeguarding assessment unreliable.</li><li><strong>Harford v Commissioner of An Garda Síochána</strong> – Judicial review dismissed where a criminal trial was deemed an adequate remedy.</li></ul><p>Sponsored by <strong>Charltons Solicitors &amp; Collaborative Practitioners</strong>, specialising in Family Law, Civil Litigation, Property, Wills and Probate.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Peter Leonard BL Mark Tottenham BL"}