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Read more at: Prof. Jeff Skopek presents his work-in-progress “Created to be Killed” in Taboo Trades podcast

Prof. Jeff Skopek presents his work-in-progress “Created to be Killed” in Taboo Trades podcast

14 November 2025

This November, LML Deputy Director Prof Jeff Skopek was invited by Prof Kimberly Krawiec to discuss his work in progress, “Created to be Killed” on her Taboo Trades podcast. The conversation explored a challenging ethical question about the practice of raising and killing animals for food (or for medical research, etc.)...


Read more at: LML hosts Professor Andrew Christie as a Visiting Research Scholar

LML hosts Professor Andrew Christie as a Visiting Research Scholar

11 November 2025

This October, LML welcomed Professor Andrew Christie, the foundation Chair of Intellectual Property at Melbourne Law School as Visiting Scholar. During his visit, Prof. Christie has been examining the UK's patent term extension (PTE) framework, including divergent case law and proposed reforms. This analysis is expected to...


Read more at: LML and CUMLS welcome Professor Emily Jackson for a talk on global shifts in reproductive rights

LML and CUMLS welcome Professor Emily Jackson for a talk on global shifts in reproductive rights

11 November 2025

LML was delighted to welcome Professor Emily Jackson for a talk organised by the student-led Cambridge University Medical Law Society (CUMLS) on “Global Shifts in Reproductive Rights.” The lecture explored recent developments in the United States and the United Kingdom, including the evolving legal landscape surrounding...


Read more at: Matt Jordan Shares PhD Research at AHRC International Conference 
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Matt Jordan Shares PhD Research at AHRC International Conference 

31 October 2025

This September, Matt Jordan, a PhD student and member of LML delivered a talk on Legal Boundedness, Lived Experiences and the Liminal Self during the 2025 AHRC International Conference at Queen’s College, University of Oxford. Speaking on the Perspectives of Methodology panel, Matt drew upon his PhD research on the...


Read more at: Dr Ira Chadha-Sridhar’s monograph "Care and the Mandate of Medical Law" to be published by Oxford University Press
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Dr Ira Chadha-Sridhar’s monograph "Care and the Mandate of Medical Law" to be published by Oxford University Press

27 October 2025

We are pleased to announce that Dr Ira Chadha-Sridhar, our Hatton-WYNG Junior Research Fellow, will publish her forthcoming book Care and the Mandate of Medical Law with Oxford University Press as part of its Oxford Legal Philosophy series. Medical professionals are bound by the expectation that they will exercise a...


Read more at: LML welcomes Professor Michael Hopkins
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LML welcomes Professor Michael Hopkins

8 October 2025

This October, LML was delighted to welcome Professor Michael Hopkins as a new member of the team. Professor Hopkins joins LML as a part-time Senior Research Associate within the International Collaborative Bioscience Innovation & Law (Inter-CeBIL) Programme. He will work closely with Professor Kathy Liddell (LML...


Read more at: Tia Whitmore joins LML community as CUMLS Law Ambassador

Tia Whitmore joins LML community as CUMLS Law Ambassador

12 September 2025

On 5 September, we were delighted to welcome Ms Tia Whitmore to the LML community as the Cambridge University Medical Law Society (CUMLS) Law Ambassador. Tia is a second-year law student at St Catherine’s College passionately interested in medical law, especially medical negligence. Since its founding in 2021, CUMLS has...


Read more at: LML welcomes Professor Erik Hahn as a Visiting Research Scholar
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LML welcomes Professor Erik Hahn as a Visiting Research Scholar

12 September 2025

LML is delighted to host Professor Erik Hahn as a Visiting Research Scholar. Professor Hahn, Professor of Health at the University of Applied Sciences in Zittau/Görlitz & the Technical University of Dresden, will use his time at LML to conduct a comparative study on telemedicine regulation in Germany and the UK. His...


Read more at: Dr John Liddicoat is promoted to Reader at King's College London
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Dr John Liddicoat is promoted to Reader at King's College London

10 September 2025

We are delighted to announce that Dr John Liddicoat has been promoted to Reader at King’s College London. Dr Liddicoat joined King’s in 2022 as a Senior Lecturer, after nearly seven years at LML where he authored numerous papers particularly in collaboration with Professors Liddell and Aboy. Since leaving LML, he has...


Read more at: Marno Swart delivers module on Medical Ethics and Law in Downing College
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Marno Swart delivers module on Medical Ethics and Law in Downing College

10 September 2025

This summer, Marno Swart, a PhD student and member of LML taught the module Controversies in Medical Ethics and Law as part of the Downing College International Programme’s Law and HSPS stream , welcoming students aged 15–18 from around the world. Over six weeks, Marno guided three cohorts of students through some of the...