Legal eagle takes to the airwaves

Law On Lydiard’s principal, Paul Cott, launches podcast aimed at creating better understanding of the aspects of the law.

A NEW podcast featuring Ballarat lawyer Paul Cott isn’t about helping you to argue your case in front of QCs and High Court justices.

Rather the point of the podcast, Lydiard Law, is simple. It’s about educating people who might not have a lot of understating about laws in specific areas, so they make better decisions.

That approach reflected in the style of the podcast.

“We come up with questions and then it’s in an interview style, question and answer,” Mr Cott said. “Each answer goes for two or three minutes and each episode is about 20 minutes.

“The questions aren’t pitched at lawyers, they are for the person in the street and about giving them the basics on the areas of law that we talk about.”

Practicing out of the Lynn’s Chambers on Lydiard Street South, Mr Cott has decades of experience in employment law and a strong interest in other areas like commercial and building disputes, as well as teaching at the College of Law.

The topics covered on the podcast are as varied as Mr Cott’s areas of practice.

“We’ve done employment law, domestic building contracts, and wills,” he said.

The Lydiard Law is produced by Chris Ashmore who has previously made podcasts for Officeworks, the Melbourne Food and Wine festival and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.

A fan of podcasts himself, Mr Cott got the idea for Lydiard Law after looking around for Australian legal productions and not being able to find many.

“I’m almost 100 per cent sure that no lawyer in Ballarat has done a podcast before,” he said. “In fact there aren’t many lawyers in Victoria who do them.

“It’s just something a bit unique, something different and something that stands out.”

Released fortnightly, Lydiard Law is available for download and streaming via Apple Podcasts, Spotify or at whooshkaa.com/shows/lydiard-law.