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Read more at: Matthew Leitch Awarded the Prestigious Hempsons Prize for Law, Medicine, and Life Sciences

Matthew Leitch Awarded the Prestigious Hempsons Prize for Law, Medicine, and Life Sciences

25 July 2023

Matthew Leitch, a final year Cambridge undergraduate student, has been awarded the 'Hempsons Prize for Law, Medicine, and Life Sciences.' The award recognises the student who achieves the best first-class result in either LLM Paper 1 (Law, Medicine and Life Sciences) or the Tripos Law Seminar 50E (Law and Ethics of...


Read more at: A project to develop the first UK governance framework for research involving stem cell-based human embryo models has been launched by the University of Cambridge

A project to develop the first UK governance framework for research involving stem cell-based human embryo models has been launched by the University of Cambridge

17 July 2023

LML’s Professor Kathy Liddell is actively involved in the Governance of Stem Cell-Based Embryo Models (G-SCBEM) Working Group, a pioneering project initiated by the University of Cambridge. This ground-breaking initiative aims to develop the first governance framework for research involving stem cell-based human embryo...


Read more at: Sustainable Health Innovation, Grand Challenges & the Law (14-15 June 2023)

Sustainable Health Innovation, Grand Challenges & the Law (14-15 June 2023)

15 June 2023

From 14-15 June 2023, a group of LML members attended Sustainable Health Innovation, Grand Challenges & the Law , a symposium hosted by the University of Copenhagen. This event marked the conclusion of the Collaborative Innovation Program In Biomedical Innovation Law (CeBIL). International experts discussed the legal...


Read more at: The legal implications of medical diagnosis errors – challenging the use of a single standard

The legal implications of medical diagnosis errors – challenging the use of a single standard

13 June 2023

LML is pleased to announce the publication of "The Frontiers of Medical Negligence and Diagnosis: An Interview-Based Analysis", co-authored by LML’s Professor Kathy Liddell and Associate-Professor Jeffrey Skopek with Isabelle Le Gallez and Dr Zoë Fritz. The article delves into the critical issue of medical diagnosis errors...


Read more at: LML's Rebecca Brown Wins Prestigious Prize in International Law

LML's Rebecca Brown Wins Prestigious Prize in International Law

21 May 2023

Rebecca Brown, a PhD candidate and member of the Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences (LML), has been awarded the 2023 Australian Yearbook of International Law (AYBIL) and Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law (ANZSIL) Student Paper Prize for her paper "Quarantine Island: Australia's Health Policy...


Read more at: Registration open for CeBIL Symposium 2023 - Intellectual Property & Biologics: Policy Challenges and Responses

Registration open for CeBIL Symposium 2023 - Intellectual Property & Biologics: Policy Challenges and Responses

14 April 2023

Registration is now open for the CeBIL Annual Symposium 2023 - Intellectual Property & Biologics: Policy Challenges and Responses. Biologics include some of the most innovative and expensive drugs today. They also raise some of the more complex intellectual property (IP) strategies. Patents provide exclusivity in...


Read more at: Commemorating Professor Bill Cornish at the CIPIL Spring Conference 2023

Commemorating Professor Bill Cornish at the CIPIL Spring Conference 2023

21 March 2023

The Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law (CIPIL) hosted its Annual Spring Conference on March 17, 2023, with the theme "Intellectual Property Rights as Allied Rights: Bill Cornish and the Making of Today’s Intellectual Property System" and LML’s Professor Kathy Liddell gave a talk entitled ‘The IP Family...


Read more at: Baron de Lancey 2023

Baron de Lancey 2023

20 March 2023

On 16 th March 2023, the Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences hosted the annual Baron de Lancey public lecture. This year’s speaker was Professor Emily Jackson, a Professor of Law at the London School of Economics. Professor Jackson delivered a talk entitled ‘Assisted Dying: Slippery Slopes and Unintended...


Read more at: LML says farewell to Jacquelyn Veraldi

LML says farewell to Jacquelyn Veraldi

23 February 2023

The Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences (LML) is sad to say goodbye to Jacquelyn Veraldi who has been working as a Research Associate for LML in partnership with the Centre for Advanced Studies in Biomedical Innovation Law (CeBIL). Jacquelyn has contributed to research relating to competition law and the...


Read more at: LML welcomes Georgia Michell and Ashleigh Hamidzadeh

LML welcomes Georgia Michell and Ashleigh Hamidzadeh

23 January 2023

Ms Georgia Michell has joined the Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences (LML) as a Project Coordinator to assist the Director and Deputy Director of LML, Professor Kathy Liddell and Dr Jeffrey Skopek, in achieving the objectives of the Centre. Georgia has a Bachelor of Social Science and a Bachelor of Laws from the...