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Michael Bowsher KC and Jenn Lawrence have featured in an episode of The Legal 500 Podcast, hosted by Marie Johansen Nordland, on the topic of space law.
The episode commences with a general introduction to space law, focusing on the interplay of legal regimes and the current state of affairs. Michael and Jenn then move on to discuss a number of topical issues: the problems posed by increasing amounts of space debris in orbit, the ramifications of dual-purpose infrastructure in space participating in armed conflict on earth, concerns surrounding the lack of a coherent and proscriptive international legal regime and the potential to look to other existing international legal regimes as the starting point for a framework to regulate certain aspects of space law. The episode ends with reflections on why space law is becoming increasingly relevant for lawyers today, including from a competition law standpoint.
The episode can be found here.