4 Sep 2018
Dr Skopek awarded Wellcome Trust grant to study liability for uses of AI in healthcare
How will legal liability be assigned when an AI system causes harm? Does the law need reform? Dr. Skopek has been awarded a Wellcome Trust grant to explore these questions in the healthcare context. His project will focus in particular on the liability landscape for harms caused by the use of machine learning algorithms in clinical care. Three …
21 Aug 2018
Job Opportunity: Senior Research Associate
Applications are invited for a Senior Research Associate to work with the Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences (LML) at the Faculty of Law. This is a fixed term three-year position with a preferred commencement date between 1 December 2018 and 1 February 2019. The post holder will be employed by the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, to…
17 Aug 2018
Nuffield Council on Bioethics publishes Dr Yotova's Report on the Regulation of Genome Editing under International Law
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has published Dr Rumiana Yotova's report on'The Regulation of Genome Editing and Human Reproduction under International Law, EU Law and Comparative Law'.Dr Yotova was commissioned to write the 25,000 word report by the Nuffield Council's Working Party on Genome Editing and Human Reproduction to help inform their ev…
10 Aug 2018
Dr Palmer discusses developments concerning the legal status of abortion in Ireland and Northern Ireland
Dr Stephanie Palmer has written a blog post for the International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL/AIDC) on the repeal of the Eighth Amendment in Ireland, and the recent human rights challenge brought by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission against current criminal law provisions on abortion.Looking first at the Republic of Ireland, …
16 Jul 2018
The Development of Abortion Rights in a Changing Europe
Tickets are now available for the upcoming conference "The Development of Abortion Rights in a Changing Europe", to be held in at the Faculty of Law on September 28 2018. The conference, organised by a team headed by Cambridge Law student Helen Jennings, will explore what human rights law has to say on the issue of abortion in 2018, with considerat…
26 Apr 2018
Dr Kathy Liddell teaches new course on Health Law and Emerging Technologies at Melbourne Law School
Dr Kathy Liddell (LML Director) has recently returned from teaching a new Health Law and Emerging Technologies subject at the University of Melbourne; strengthening the already substantial links between the University of Cambridge's Faculty of Law, and Melbourne Law School.The subject examined ways in which law is affecting, and being af…
28 Mar 2018
LML members to speak at symposia at the University of Hong Kong
On Wednesday 11th April 2018, Dr Jeffrey Skopek (LML Deputy Director) and Dr David Erdos will present at a one-day symposium hosted by the University of Hong Kong's Centre for Medical Ethics and Law.The day will be split into two half-day symposia:Part I, Policy and Regulatory Responses to New Genomic and Reproductive Technologies seeks to explore …
28 Mar 2018
LML Members attend PHG Foundation Workshop on Regulating Algorithms in Healthcare
As the fundamental basis of all computerised tasks, algorithms are increasingly integral to healthcare. They perform functions at every level, from the research laboratory to the clinic; in rudimentary operating system processes to highly advanced analytical systems. Despite their prevalence, the precise definition of an algorithm is increasingly c…
15 Mar 2018
The Development of Abortion Rights in a Changing Europe
LML is delighted to announce our collaboration on an upcoming conference on "The Development of Abortion Rights in a Changing Europe", to be held in Cambridge in September 2018. The conference, organised by a team headed by second year Law student Helen Jennings, will explore what human rights law has to say on the issue of abortion in 2018, with c…
13 Mar 2018
LML participates in thought-provoking conference on bio-innovation law in Copenhagen
On Monday 5th March 2018, three LML members (Dr Kathy Liddell, Professor Mateo Aboy, and Dr John Liddicoat) participated in an international conference on bio-innovation law, hosted by the University of Copenhagen.The event marked the commencement of CeBIL, the Novo Nordisk Foundation’s Collaborative Research Programme in Biomedical Innovation Law;…
13 Mar 2018
Professor Glenn Cohen Delivers 2018 Baron de Lancey Lecture
On Friday March 9th, the Centre forLaw, Medicine and Life Sciences hosted the 2018 Baron de Lancey Lecture, organised in collaboration with Cambridge Family Law, and kindly sponsored by the Ver Heyden de Lancey Fund. This year, Professor Glenn Cohen delivered his thought-provoking talk 'Parenthood Disrupted(?) Dilemmas of Reproductive Technologies'…
23 Jan 2018
LML awarded large research grant with University of Copenhagen
The Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences (LML) within the Faculty of Law has signed a ground-breaking collaboration agreement with the University of Copenhagen to address challenges in biomedical innovation law.The collaboration is generously supported by a £4m grant awarded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation to Professor Timo Minssen, Director o…
22 Jan 2018
Stephanie Palmer joins Advisory Board on Behaviour Change Research
Dr Stephanie Palmer (LML Member) has been appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board for Behaviour Change by Design, a four-year research programme investigating "ways to 'nudge' people towards healthier behaviour". Dr Palmer will be contributing expertise in the area of Law and Public Health.More information about the programme, which launched on …
13 Nov 2017
LML and CMEL publish report on Precision Medicine: Legal and Ethical Challenges
Following a conference hosted at the University of Hong Kong in April 2016, the Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences and Centre for Medical Ethics & Law (University of Hong Kong) have published a report on 'Precision Medicine: Legal and Ethical Challenges'.The aim of precision medicine is to revolutionise disease treatment and prevention by u…
13 Nov 2017
LML Members to present at international synthetic biology and gene editing conference.
Two members of the LML are scheduled to present at an upcoming conference on 'Legal Perspectives on Synthetic Biology and Gene Editing', hosted by the Centre for Information and Innovation Law at the University of Copenhagen.On November 20th, Dr Kathy Liddell (Director of the LML) will deliver a keynote speech on the topic of 'IP Policies for Large…
