30 Dec 2016
Dr Liddicoat and Dr Liddell publish Workshop Report on Open Innovation with Large Bioresources
On December 22 2016, a report on 'Open Innovation with Large Bioresources' was published by Dr Liddell and Dr Liddicoat.This report is from a Cambridge Workshop on the openness of large bioresources in synthetic biology and genomics (e.g. the 100,000 Genomes Project), held on 28 January 2016. Research in SB and Gx depends on the use of collections …
17 Dec 2016
Workshop on “Diseased Kidney Transplantation”: legal issues surrounding 'extended criteria' donors
In July 2007, the administrative guideline of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan introduced a new clause prohibiting doctors from transplanting a “diseased kidney” except as part of clinical research. Several patient groups and some legal scholars support this position, while other legal scholars assert that “diseased kidney transp…
25 Nov 2016
Dr Erdos delivers WYNG-Hatton Lecture: “Data Protection in an Age of User-Generated Content”
The majority personal information available online is now in some sense user-generated and most of this is subsequent to further processing by service providers pushing, structuring and aggregating the content. The new ecosystem raises unprecedented challenges for the data protection framework both as regards the safeguarding of users themselves an…
15 Nov 2016
Sculpting evolution? A multidisciplinary workshop explores regulatory, legal and ethical perspectives of gene drive.
Gene drives are natural genetic systems that enable genes to spread rapidly within entire populations. By harnessing the power of these systems, society could significantly impact evolution. Their use thus raises difficult social, legal, ethical and environmental questions.While gene drive systems do exist in nature (and some have already been use…
6 Nov 2016
Workshop on the Future of Genomic Medicine Patents in Europe and the US
The decision by the United States Supreme Court to deny the petition for review in Ariosa Diagnostics v Sequenom placed the patenting of diagnostic tests to the forefront of medical policy, bringing into sharp focus the potential conflict between facilitating access to the latest diagnostic techniques and encouraging invention and commercialisation…
2 Nov 2016
Festival of Ideas: Is earlier necessarily better?
On 24th October a packed audience gathered at the McCrum lecture theatre in the heart of Cambridge to attend the Festival of Ideas event "Is earlier necessarily better?" To our knowledge this was the first ever cancer-themed event to feature in the Festival of Ideas, which generally focuses more on the arts and social sciences. The premise of the e…
25 Oct 2016
LML 'Down Under'
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 future collaborations between th…
6 Oct 2016
Research Associate position
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, the role holder will act…
6 Oct 2016
Full funding for PhD student commencing 2016/17
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 University Composition Fee t…
18 Aug 2016
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 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 this aspect of the new NHS …
8 Jul 2016
LML welcomes Professor Bartha Knoppers
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 for a move from genetic testin…
8 Jul 2016
Dr Scherpe cited by Lord Wilson in Supreme Court oral proceedings
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 Court [see linked footage …
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 LML have a close collaborat…
19 May 2016
Justice Green delivers judgment in tobacco regulation case; finds against tobacco companies
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.
19 May 2016
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 SeminarMarks & Clerk LLP, 62-68 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 1LA2 June 2016 2pm-5pmJonathon Stafford, Marks & Clerk LLP and Trevor Crosse, Marks & Clerk Solicitors, will be presenting a talk on the patentability and enforcement of second use …
