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Read more at: LML 'Down Under'

LML 'Down Under'

25 October 2016

In November 2016, two members of the Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences will be undertaking research visits in Australia. From 3 - 8 November, Dr Kathy Liddell will be working with the Law Faculty at the University of Melbourne as a Visiting Scholar. Dr Liddell will be taking part in strategic discussions for...


Read more at: Research Associate position

Research Associate position

6 October 2016

Applications are invited for the position of an Information Governance Research Associate in the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, to work on a research project entitled Human Rights, Big Data and Technology (HRBDT) funded by ESRC and principally based at the University of Essex. Under the guidance of Dr David Erdos...


Read more at: Full funding for PhD student commencing 2016/17

Full funding for PhD student commencing 2016/17

6 October 2016

The Faculty of Law is offering a studentship for a new PhD student commencing full-time doctoral research in 2017/18. The studentship is available to Home UK/EU and overseas students, and it is renewable for a further 2 years subject to satisfactory academic progress. The value of the studentship will be the full annual...


Read more at: Dr Okeoghene Odudu speaks about the interaction between public procurement and competition rules in relation to potential conflicts of interest in NHS commissioning

Dr Okeoghene Odudu speaks about the interaction between public procurement and competition rules in relation to potential conflicts of interest in NHS commissioning

18 August 2016

Dr Okeoghene Odudu speaks at ' Taking stock of NHS governance after the 2013 reforms: public procurement, competition and conflict'. The event, hosted by the University of Bristol Law School on 23 June 2016, brought together CCGs, NHS trusts, legal practitioners and academics, so that they could collectively take stock of...


Read more at: LML welcomes Professor Bartha Knoppers

LML welcomes Professor Bartha Knoppers

8 July 2016

The LML is delighted to be hosting Professor Bartha Knoppers , Director of the Centre of Genomics and Policy at McGill University, between 4 and 7 July. In addition to meeting with LML and PHG Foundation members, Professor Knoppers will be presenting a seminar at Hughes Hall entitled "The measured man? Is the time right...


Read more at: Dr Scherpe cited by Lord Wilson in Supreme Court oral proceedings

Dr Scherpe cited by Lord Wilson in Supreme Court oral proceedings

8 July 2016

Following on from the 2013 International Conference on the Legal Status of Transsexual and Transgender Persons, and the recent publication by Intersentia of The Legal Status of Transsexual and Transgender Persons (edited by Dr Jens Scherpe) – which was referred to by Lord Wilson in recent proceedings before the UK Supreme...


Read more at: LML welcomes visitors from CMEL

LML welcomes visitors from CMEL

14 June 2016

Dr Terry Kaan, Co-Director of Hong Kong University's Centre for Medical Ethics and Law (CMEL), and Assistant Professor Ms Daisy Cheung will be visiting the University of Cambridge between 16 - 21 June. Dr Kaan and Ms Cheung will be meeting with various members of the LML and the PHG Foundation during their visit. CMEL and...


Read more at: Justice Green delivers judgment in tobacco regulation case; finds against tobacco companies

Justice Green delivers judgment in tobacco regulation case; finds against tobacco companies

19 May 2016

Justice Green has today (19 May 2016) delivered judgment in British American Tobacco & others v Department of Health rejecting applications by the tobacco companies for judicial review. The judgment and a summary thereof are available here and here .


Read more at: An Insight into the Patentability and Enforcement of Second Medical Use Patents in the EPO and English Courts Seminar

An Insight into the Patentability and Enforcement of Second Medical Use Patents in the EPO and English Courts Seminar

19 May 2016

An Insight into the Patentability and Enforcement of Second Medical Use Patents in the EPO and English Courts Seminar Marks & Clerk LLP, 62-68 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 1LA 2 June 2016 2pm-5pm Jonathon Stafford , Marks & Clerk LLP and Trevor Crosse , Marks & Clerk Solicitors, will be presenting a talk on the...


Read more at: Dr Skopek to present "Privacy in Numbers? Biological Bodies of Data, Big Data's Epistemology, and the Legal and Ethical Status of Health Inferences”

Dr Skopek to present "Privacy in Numbers? Biological Bodies of Data, Big Data's Epistemology, and the Legal and Ethical Status of Health Inferences”

10 May 2016

Dr Jeffery Skopek will deliver a presentation on "Privacy in Numbers? Biological Bodies of Data, Big Data's Epistemology, and the Legal and Ethical Status of Health Inferences" at a workshop on the Legal Dimensions of Big Data in the Health and Life Sciences , at the University of Copenhagen on 20 May 2016.