6 Nov 2017
Publication success for recent Tripos student
An article written by Abby Selden, a recent Law Tripos Student and current Trainee Solicitor at Clifford Chance, has been published in the European Human Rights Law Review.Selden's article titled 'Compulsory health checks, female genital mutilation and rights balancing at the European Court of Human Rights' was based upon her earlier dissertation, …
22 Oct 2017
LML Expands Consulting & Contract Services
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 studies.The full range of consult…
12 Oct 2017
Colm McGrath debates whether THBT brain activity should be regarded as the indicator of human life
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.
11 Oct 2017
Dr Liddell featured in University of Cambridge film: The Future of Medicine
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 involving perspectives additional…
18 Sep 2017
Dr Palmer discusses recent Supreme Court decision on abortion funding
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 of A and B) v Secretary of…
21 Jul 2017
Nature Biotechnology publishes another article from LML Research Group
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 Liddicoat, Dr Kathy Liddell…
20 Jul 2017
David Erdos contributes to safeguarding academic research in new Data Protection framework
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 work has focused on the go…
7 Jul 2017
Dr Fenton-Glynn consulted by the media in relation to the Charlie Gard case
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 treating him have asked permissi…
7 Jul 2017
Dr Scherpe delivers plenary lecture at the Academy of European Law on the legal status of transexual, transgender and intersex persons
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 Persons’, based on his book of …
7 Jul 2017
Dr Liddicoat presents at Oxford Precision Medicine Conference
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 of translating the talk in…
12 Jun 2017
Colm McGrath appointed to a Lectureship at King's College London
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, historical and comparativ…
12 May 2017
Kathy Liddell participates in CSaP Senior Policy Fellows Meeting on Genetic Technologies
Kathy Liddell, Director of the LML, was invited to participate in the fourteenth Policy Leaders Fellowship Roundtable organised by the Centre for Science and Policy which will take place at Trinity College Cambridge on 12 May 2017, chaired by Lord Wilson of Dinton, former UK Cabinet Secretary.The subject for discussion on 12 May was “advances in ge…
27 Apr 2017
Dr. Liddell appointed to Expert Board for “Study on the Economic Impact of SPCs”
Dr Kathy Liddell has been appointed to the Expert Board for Copenhagen Economics’ successful proposal to the European Commission (DG GROW) to prepare its “Study on the economic impact of SPCs, Pharmaceutical incentives and rewards in Europe”.The overall objective of the project is to shed light on the effects of IP-related incentives (in particular…
27 Apr 2017
Prof. Knoppers and Dr. Yotova to speak on the topic of gene editing
On 25th May 2017, LML Visiting Scholar Prof. Bartha Knoppers and LML Member Dr. Rumiana Yotova will be speaking on the topic of gene editing. These presentations will be given as part of an event organised by the PHG Foundation:'Gene editing: from innovative science to effective policy'. (See corresponding listing in LML Events. Tickets can be obt…
21 Mar 2017
Dr. Powles publishes ‘Google DeepMind and Healthcare in an Age of Algorithms’.
Dr. Powles publishes ‘Google DeepMind and Healthcare in an Age of Algorithms’. A new study co-authored by LML member Dr. Julia Powles and The Economist’s Hal Hodson examines in detail Google DeepMind’s entry into the healthcare space. The paper, published in the journal Health and Technology, critically analyses the architecture, communication, and…
