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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.


Read more at: Dr Fenton-Glynn to present "Revisiting parenthood in the 21st Century" at Culture, Dispute Resolution and the Modernised Family Conference 6-8 July 2016

Dr Fenton-Glynn to present "Revisiting parenthood in the 21st Century" at Culture, Dispute Resolution and the Modernised Family Conference 6-8 July 2016

10 May 2016

Dr Claire Fenton-Glynn will be delivering a speech entitled "Revisiting parenthood in the 21st Century" at the Culture, Dispute Resolution and the Modernised Family Conference hosted by the International Centre for Family Law, Policy and Practice between 6-8 July in London.


Read more at: Dr Skopek publishes chapter in "Blinding as a Solution to Bias: Strengthening Biomedical Science, Forensic Science, and Law"

Dr Skopek publishes chapter in "Blinding as a Solution to Bias: Strengthening Biomedical Science, Forensic Science, and Law"

9 May 2016

Dr Jeffrey Skopek has published "A Theory of Anonymity" in Blinding as a Solution to Bias: Strengthening Biomedical Science, Forensic Science, and Law ( Christopher Robertson and Aaron Kesselheim, eds., Elsevier 2016). Chapter abstract: Anonymity is at work across our law in ways that have gone unrecognized. In domains...


Read more at: LML Co-Hosts International Conference on Precision Medicine

LML Co-Hosts International Conference on Precision Medicine

22 April 2016

On 7 and 8 April 2016, LML and the Centre for Medical Ethics & Law (The University of Hong Kong) held an international conference in Hong Kong on the legal and ethical challenges facing the realisation of precision medicine. The aim of precision medicine is to revolutionise disease treatment and prevention by utilising...