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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 reasonable duty of care when trea…

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 Director) and other LML colleagues o…

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 offered students the chance …

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 research will explore how the co…

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 remained an affiliate, continuin…

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 most pressing debates in med…

On 5 September, we said a heartfelt farewell to Jake Widjaya, who has been central to LML’s work as Research Projects Coordinator for the past two years. Jake now heads to London to complete his Bar Training Course at the Inns of Court College of Advocacy under the prestigious Lord Denning Scholarship. “I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity …

LML is delighted to announce three new appointments to the International Collaborative Bioscience Innovation & Law (Inter-CeBIL) Programme, funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. Professor Michael Hopkins joins LML as a Senior Research Associate (part-time). Michael has over 25 years’ experience studying the sociotechnical challenges associated wit…

A new Policy Forum article in Science co-authored by LML member Prof. Mateo Aboy proposes a “standards-first” approach to governing emerging quantum technologies. The paper, Quantum technology governance: A standards-first approach, is authored by Prof. Aboy alongside Urs Gasser (Technical University of Munich), I. Glenn Cohen (Harvard Law School),…

This July, LML Director Prof. Kathy Liddell participated in a Nuffield Council on Bioethics workshop examining the UK’s 14-day rule for human embryo research. The event formed part of the Council’s ongoing review of the rule, which prohibits the culture of human embryos in vitro beyond 14 days after fertilisation or the appearance of the primitive …

This June, LML participated in the 2025 Inter-CeBIL Retreat at the Comwell Hotel Roskilde in Denmark. The retreat brought together partners from the Inter-CeBIL Programme including CeBIL at the University of Copenhagen, LML, the Petrie Flom Centre at Harvard, the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and other leading academic institutions. Inter-C…

This May, LML welcomed Professor Jacob Sherkow (University of Illinois) to the Faculty of Law. During his visit, Prof. Sherkow met with LML Director Prof. Kathy Liddell and Prof. Mateo Aboy to present his new project, ‘A Sociotechnical Approach to Genomic Data Security’. Prof. Sherkow holds several appointments at the University of Illinois, includ…

In May, LML hosted a productive meeting with visiting academics from the University of São Paulo and Fiocruz. The visit formed part of Project ODYSSEY, a major research initiative examining the regulation of AI and digital health, led by the University of São Paulo’s Health Law Research Center, Fiocruz Brasilia School of Government, and the Brazili…

LML continues to engage with external researchers in timely and important work on the pricing of medicines.Dr Alice Cauduro, Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Turin, visited LML to share insights from her comparative research on pharmaceutical expenditure governance in the UK and Italy. Her forthcoming article explores the legal, inst…

The 2024/25 LLM class in Law, Medicine and Life Sciences is deep into revision, preparing for their final assessment on 4 June. Over the course of the year, the students have grappled with a diverse array of legal and ethical challenges arising from developments in medicine and the life sciences.From debates on research ethics and ownership of body…