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Read more at: LML Expands Consulting & Contract Services

LML Expands Consulting & Contract Services

22 October 2017

The LML is pleased to announce that the Centre is expanding the range of consulting and contract services it is able to provide. Complementary to our ' Evidence-based IP ' research area (led by Dr Mateo Aboy and Dr Kathy Liddell), examples of new services include patent searches and landscapes, and empirical IP legal...


Read more at: Colm McGrath debates whether THBT brain activity should be regarded as the indicator of human life

Colm McGrath debates whether THBT brain activity should be regarded as the indicator of human life

12 October 2017

LML member Colm McGrath has been invited to participate in a public debate at University College London (UCL) on Monday 16th October. He will be opposing the motion ‘THBT brain activity is the measure of human life’. More information about the public debates held by the UCL Debating Society can be found here .


Read more at: Dr Liddell featured in University of Cambridge film: The Future of Medicine

Dr Liddell featured in University of Cambridge film: The Future of Medicine

11 October 2017

The University of Cambridge has produced a short film, 'The Future of Medicine', documenting some of the research being undertaken at the university which is helping to guide and shape developments in this field. Dr. Kathy Liddell (Director of the LML) features in this production. She speaks about the importance of...


Read more at: Dr Palmer discusses recent Supreme Court decision on abortion funding

Dr Palmer discusses recent Supreme Court decision on abortion funding

18 September 2017

Dr Stephanie Palmer has written a blog post for the International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL/AIDC) on the question of whether women from Northern Ireland should have access to free National Health Service-funded abortions in England. This issue addressed in the Supreme Court decision of R (on the application...


Read more at: Nature Biotechnology publishes another article from LML Research Group

Nature Biotechnology publishes another article from LML Research Group

21 July 2017

The LML is delighted to announce that Nature Biotechnology has accepted for publication a second article from an LML Research Group concerning the impacts of the US Supreme Court's decision in Association for Molecular Pathology v Myriad Genetics on patent practice. The article, co-authored by Prof Mateo Aboy, Dr Jonathon...


Read more at: David Erdos contributes to safeguarding academic research in new Data Protection framework
David Erdos contributes to safeguarding academic research in new Data Protection framework

David Erdos contributes to safeguarding academic research in new Data Protection framework

20 July 2017

David Erdos , a member of LML and incoming Deputy Director of CIPIL , has been engaged in a variety of activities during 2016-17 which have been aimed at ensuring that all types of academic research are effectively safeguarded when the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force in May 2018. Much of this...


Read more at: Dr Fenton-Glynn consulted by the media in relation to the Charlie Gard case

Dr Fenton-Glynn consulted by the media in relation to the Charlie Gard case

7 July 2017

Over the last week, LML Member Dr Claire Fenton-Glynn has been quoted in a variety of media sources and conducted a radio interview on the case of Charlie Gard. Gard is an eleven month old infant born with a genetic disorder which leaves him unable to breathe unaided and with severe brain damage. The London hospital...


Read more at: Dr Scherpe delivers plenary lecture at the Academy of European Law on the legal status of transexual, transgender and intersex persons

Dr Scherpe delivers plenary lecture at the Academy of European Law on the legal status of transexual, transgender and intersex persons

7 July 2017

On May 29th and 30th 2017, a seminar for university professors and law lecturers took place at the Academy of European Law in Trier, Germany. The general topic of the seminar was ‘Current Reflections on EU Anti-Discrimination Law’, and Dr Scherpe delivered a lecture on ‘The Legal Status of Transsexual and Transgender...


Read more at: Dr Liddicoat presents at Oxford Precision Medicine Conference

Dr Liddicoat presents at Oxford Precision Medicine Conference

7 July 2017

On June 13th, Dr Liddicoat presented at the conference Intellectual Property, Ethics and the Market in the Era of Personalised Medicine , held at St Anne’s College, Oxford. His talk was titled ‘The Phantom Menace of Gene Patents Arises?’, and the abstract can be found below. Dr Liddicoat and colleagues are now in the midst...


Read more at: Colm McGrath appointed to a Lectureship at King's College London

Colm McGrath appointed to a Lectureship at King's College London

12 June 2017

LML is happy to announce that Colm McGrath has been appointed to a Lectureship at the King's College London Dickson Poon School of Law. He will take up the position in January 2018. At KCL, he looks forward to contributing to the School’s teaching in tort law and medical law and to continuing his research into the modern...