Lectures & Conferences

2013

  • Teaching medical law and ethics, University of Oxford
  • Medical Law: A Very Short Introduction: Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival
  • The ambit of inquests: In SAD Cases in the Coroners’ Courts: Definitions, Evidence, Rights and Procedures in Sudden Adult Death Inquests, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford

    • 2012

    • Teaching medical law and ethics, University of Oxford
    • Feeding dilemmas at the end of life: legal perspectives: UK Swallowing Research Group Conference
    • Dignity: The bioethical Theory of Everything: Oxford Forum for Medical Humanities
    • Legal and ethical problems in child and adolescent psychiatry: Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford
    • Legal and ethical issues in neonatal surgery: St. Anne’s College, University of Oxford
    • Modern psychology provides adequate explanations for paranormal behaviour (Chair of session): Lewes Speakers’ Festival
    • What is health? University College, London: with Jonathan Herring: presentation done by Jonathan Herring.
    • If you’re not doing it with dignity, you’re doing it wrong: EACME Conference 2012
    • Causation in clinical negligence cases: Clyde & Co
    • Myths and miracles: (‘In the Hot Unconscious’). Bridport Literary Festival
    • Forum on assisted dying: Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
    • Assisted dying: what are the ethical assumptions of the law? Ethox Centre, University of Oxford
    • Chair: Desert and Savanna expedition panel: Explore: Royal Geographical Society.

      • 2011

      • Teaching medical law and ethics, University of Oxford
      • Feeding difficulties at the end of life: University of Warwick Medical School
      • Are we wired for God? University of Oxford Chabad Society
      • The evidence against the resurrection of Jesus: London School of Theology
      • What can ‘spiritual’ experiences tell us about what it means to be human? London School of Theology
      • Rescuing dignity from the pamphleteers and theologians: Oxford-Mount Sinai Bioethics Consortium, New York
      • The law and ethics of female genital mutilation: University of Oxford Obstetrics and Gynaecology Society
      • Legal and ethical aspects of neonatal surgery: St Anne’s College, Oxford
      • Does Judaism permit mercy killing? University of Oxford Chabad Society
      • Are we wired for God? Wrexham Science Festival
      • The anatomy and physiology of ecstasy: Beaminster
      • Human embryo research: law, ethics and public policy: Chair of ‘Law and its rationale’ discussion session, Anscombe Bioethics Centre Conference
      • Autonomy and human dignity in bioethics: in Essex University Autonomy Project’s Conference: ‘Was Autonomy the wrong ideal?
      • Is dignity a useless idea? Green Templeton College, Oxford
      • Avoiding medico-legal catastrophe: Green Templeton College, Oxford
      • Chair: Desert and Savanna expedition panel: Explore: Royal Geographical Society.
      • Resurrection in 1st century Palestine, University of the Holy Land, Jerusalem

        2010

        • Teaching medical law and ethics, University of Oxford
        • The DPP’s Guidelines on the prosecution of assisted suicide: Green Templeton College, Oxford
        • The legal case for the self-determination of West Papua: University of Oxford Transitional Justice Research Group Colloquium
        • Medico-legal update: Doctors’ Updates. Val d’Isere
        • Why doctors should get a life: Doctors’ Updates, Val d’Isere
        • Assisted suicide: where are we now? Medical Protection Society
        • Problems in the law of healthcare resource allocation: Royal College of Anaesthetists
        • Children and the law of consent to medical treatment: Royal College of Anaesthetists
        • The biology of spiritual experience: News International
        • Law: the hard edge of ethics: Bishop of Coventry’s Symposium on Assisted Suicide
        • Human cognitive enhancement: Department of Philosophy, University of Delft, Netherlands
        • The rule of the new Kantians: HeLEX Centre, University of Oxford
        • Wired for God? The Guardian/The Observer
        • Should autonomy be the trumping principle in medical ethics and law? Worcester Medico-Legal Society
        • Interior Traces (Neuroethics roadshow) Balliol College, Oxford
        • Euthanasia and the elderly: Institute of Ageing, University of Oxford
        • A conjuring trick with bones? London School of Theology
        • Dog-headed saints, levitating nuns and the Cartesian Theatre, London School of Theology
        • The evolving law of assisted suicide: Radcliffes Le Brasseur, London
        • Making sense of weird experiences: Fortean Times Unconvention
        • The biology of spiritual experience: Theos lecture with Susan Blackmore. House of Lords.
        • Are we wired for God? Bridport Literary Festival
        • Chair: Desert and Savanna expedition panel: Explore: Royal Geographical Society.
        • Is it good to be a doctor? Green Templeton College, Oxford./li>

          2009

        • Teaching medical law and ethics, University of Oxford
        • Legal issues in the prescription of antipsychotic medication: Aventis
        • The tyranny of autonomy: Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust Clinical Ethics Committee Conference
        • How to avoid getting sued, struck off or humiliated: Green Templeton College, Oxford
        • Medical Law update: British Medical Association Conference
        • Assessing quantum in veterinary negligence cases: CLT Conferences
        • The Selfless Gene: the evolution of altruism and community: Oxford University GCU
        • An old world and an old problem: Pentecost Festival, London
        • An introduction to The Selfless Gene: Salisbury Literary Festival
        • The problem of animal suffering: TruthQuest,Brighton
        • Predation and waste in the evolutionary process: Spring Harvest
        • The Carmentis Machine: Legal and ethical issues in the use of neuroimaging for the assessment of prognosis in newborn infants (with Dominic Wilkinson): Law and Neuroscience Colloquium, University College, London

          • 2008

        • Teaching medical law and ethics, University of Oxford
        • Compulsory treatment of patients with anorexia nervosa. BAPEN Conference
        • Who is the patient? Problems of personhood in dementia. The Chicago Bar Association

          • 2007

        • Teaching Medical Law and Ethics, University of Oxford
        • Expert witness immunity: History, principles and practice: Radcliffes Le Brasseur
        • Legal issues in the General Dental Council Fitness to Practise Committee: Berrymans Lace Mawer
        • Current issues in medical law: Nottingham Law School
        • Judicial incoherence in end-of-life decision-making: Ethox Centre, University of Oxford
        • The Mental Capacity Act 2005: a legal perspective: CMF East Anglia Conference, Cambridge
        • Between rocks and hard places: the law of healthcare resource allocation: AVMA Public Law conference
        • Problems of personhood in the Mental Capacity Act: Outer Temple Chambers Conference
        • How to avoid being sued, struck off or humiliated: Green College, Oxford

          • 2006

        • Tutor in Medical Law and Ethics, University of Oxford
        • Ripping yarns from desert, jungle and gutter: Shrewsbury School Geography Society
        • Easter People: The historicity of the resurrection
        • Current problems in medical consent and confidentiality: Nottingham Law School
        • Euthanasia: the zenith or the nemesis of autonomy? Oxford Medical Humanities Symposium
        • Should the Abortion Act 1967 be reviewed? Doctors for a woman’s right to abortion/Alive and Kicking
        • Should the Assisted Dying Bill be put to death? Kensington and Chelsea Liberal Democrats
        • Will clinical guidelines replace judges? World Congress on Medical Law, Toulouse
        • Expert witness immunity: History, principles and practice: Society of Expert Witnesses Conference
        • Chairman: Desert and Savannah Expeditions, and presentation on the logistics of desert expeditions: Explore 2006 (Royal Geographical Society/Expedition Advisory Centre).
        • Ethics, intellectual property rights and the commercialisation of research: Franco-British Student Summit, Said Business School, Oxford
          Current issues in disciplinary law, Berriman Lace Mawer

          • 2005

        • Tutor in Medical Law and Ethics, University of Oxford
        • How to earn a living from deserts: Cambridge University Exploration Society
        • When good men do something: Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, King’s College, London
        • Why doctors should be uncomfortable: Medical Society, St. John’s College, Cambridge
        • The best interests of whom? The law and ethics of withdrawing treatment. British Society of Gastroenterology National Conference
        • Current problems in the law of causation: Nottingham Law School
        • Making wilderness pay: Oxford University Exploration Society
        • How to avoid being sued, locked up, struck off or humiliated: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford
        • Causation problems: Welsh Health Legal Services
        • Legal problems in the care of critically ill neonates: Presentation at a consultation at the House of Lords under the auspices of Lord McColl of Dulwich
        • The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005: Financial reporting provisions. CLT Conferences
        • How not to work in the City: Officers’ Mess, 1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, Bessbrook Mill, Northern Ireland
        • The work of the Crown Court: Leeds Rhinos RLFC (at Leeds Crown Court)
        • The role of the veterinary surgeon in animal cruelty prosecutions: RSPCA Prosecutors’ seminars: London and Manchester
        • Court reform and human rights in Central Asia: Seminar for lawyers and government officials, Astana, Kazakhstan
        • Withholding treatment: the legal framework: Oxford CMF
        • Africa: The new imperialism: Huddersfield Medical Society
        • Chairman: Desert and Savannah Expeditions, and presentation on the logistics of desert expeditions: Explore 2005 (Royal Geographical Society/Expedition Advisory Centre).
        • At the limits: Running the Marathon des Sables. The 153 Club

          • 2004

        • Tutor in Medical Law and Ethics, University of Oxford
        • Clinical negligence: the new landscape: Nottingham Law School LLM course
        • Depression in the Danakil: An expedition along the salt traders’ route in north eastern Ethiopia: Royal Geographical Society: Young Fellows
        • Storing DNA or storing trouble: the practical issues and legal consequences raised by the Human Tissue Bill: In: The future of healthcare: UK Forum for Health Care Law and Ethics, University of Newcastle.
        • Chairman: Desert and Savannah Expeditions, and presentation on the logistics of desert expeditions: Explore 2004 (Royal Geographical Society/Expedition Advisory Centre)
        • The Mental Capacity Bill and the Joffe Bill: LCF

          • 2003

        • Tutor in Medical Law and Ethics, University of Oxford
        • Skiing to the North Pole: Royal Geographical Society: Young Fellows
        • Practice and procedure in clinical negligence: Nottingham Law School LLM course.
        • Clinical Genetics Society Spring Conference: DNA: Information or simply a substance? Some legal and clinical considerations.
        • LCF: Acts and omissions at the end of life.
        • Legal professional ethics in common law jurisdictions: American Bar Association: Central European and European Law Liaison Initiative, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
        • Legal dilemmas at the beginning and end of life: Turan University, Astana, Kazakhstan
        • The implications of domestic human rights legislation: Kazakh Humanitarian Law University, Astana, Kazakhstan
        • Medical murder and euthanasia: Swedish Parliamentarians’ delegation to the UK
        • Current issues in the law of genetics: Hempsons
        • How much is enough? (The legality of withdrawing nutrition and hydration): British Association of Parenteral and Enteric Nutrition (BAPEN) National Conference
        • Desert expeditions with camels: Royal Geographical Society/Expedition Advisory Centre Explore 2003 Conference
        • The law of snow, ice and slips: Association of Personal Injury Lawyers Transport Group
        • UK Eye Genetics Group: Genetic testing: legal issues

          • 2002

        • Swimming from Europe to Asia: Royal Geographical Society: Young Fellows
        • From complaint to trial: An outline of practice and procedure in medico-legal cases: Nottingham Law School
        • What the courts think of experts: In “An introduction to veterinary forensic pathology”: Royal Veterinary College
        • An overview of medical law: Crime, disciplinary proceedings, negligence and consent: Cambridge University Medical Society
        • Travelling with camels: How to do it and how not to do it: Shrewsbury School Geographical Society
        • Consent and Capacity: In “Clinical Negligence 2002″: (IBC Conferences)
        • The modern law of consent: Lincoln Nuffield Consultants’ Study Group
        • The Right to Die cases: Radcliffes Le Brasseur
        • Data Protection and Confidentiality: Consent and Access to Records: In “Nursing Regulation and Law”: (IBC Conferences)
        • Indecent assault by doctors: Medical Protection Society
        • Tripping and Slipping Cases: CLT Conferences (Chairman)
        • Confidentiality and patient records: In: “Incapacity and Consent”: (IBC Conferences)
        • Civil procedure and human rights in common law jurisdictions: American University of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
        • Human Rights in the criminal trial process: Kyrgyz-Russian Slavonic University, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
        • Human Rights Advocacy: Kazakh State Law University, Astana, Kazakhstan
        • Human Rights and the common law tradition: Turan University, Astana, Kazakhstan
        • From Nuremberg to Tora Bora: War Crimes, Human Rights and State Sovereignty: Kazakh State University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
        • Desert expeditions with camels: Royal Geographical Society/Expedition Advisory Centre Explore 2002 Conference
        • Who’s been looking in my genes? The English law governing access to genetic information: Genetics and Law Conference
        • Negligence, consent and expert evidence: In “Delivering better critical care” (IBC Conferences)

          • 2001

        • Liability for injury caused by animals: CLT Conferences
        • Liability for injury to animals: Veterinary negligence claims: CLT Conferences
        • Local authority liability: Recent developments. In Kain Knight Seminar on local authority liability
        • Sinai Coast to Coast: Royal Geographical Society: Young Fellows
        • Data Protection issues and confidentiality: In Data Protection and Confidentiality: (IBC Conferences)
        • Medical ethics and the law: Do they ever meet? LCF
        • Legal implications of NICE decisions: Berrymede Associates
        • Children and the law of consent: In Health Care and our children: Nottingham Law School/MPS
        • Courtroom skills: In Clinical Negligence 2001: (IBC Conferences)
        • Medico-legal case studies on angioplasty: British Cardiac Society Annual Conference
        • Risk and quality in anaesthesia: The legal implications: In Modern Anaesthesia and ICU Services: (IBC Conferences)
        • Early Crusaders’ impressions of the Near East: ASTENE International Conference
        • Tripping and Slipping Cases: (Chairman): CLT Conferences
        • The ending of life: LCF
        • Human Rights and Medical Law: South Western Community Health Councils/Clarke Willmot Clarke
        • Consent, records and confidentiality: In Incapacity and Consent: (IBC Conferences)
        • Travelling with camels: Case studies on travels in the Western Desert and Sinai: Royal Geographical Society/Expedition Advisory Centre Explore 2001 Conference
        • Developments in the law of clinical negligence and consent: In Orthopaedics 2001: (IBC Conferences)
        • Consent to treatment issues in adult incompetent patients: Welsh Health Legal Services

          • 2000

        • Assessing the legal risks: In Clinical Governance in Radiology: (IBC Conferences)
        • The law of consent: In Clinical Negligence 2000: (IBC Conferences)
        • Human rights and consent: In Law and Ethics for Healthcare Professionals: (IBC Conferences)
        • Assessing the legal risks: In Clinical Governance in Cardiology: (IBC Conferences)
        • How to avoid being struck off, sued or humiliated: Cambridge University Veterinary Society
        • Expert meetings: Veterinary Association for Arbitration and Jurisprudence
        • The elements of legal liability: In Clinical Governance in Trauma and Orthopaedics: (IBC Conferences)
        • Legal implications for nurses: In Clinical Risk Management in Nursing: (IBC Conferences)
        • Human Rights and Healthcare Law: Medway Maritime NHS Trust
        • The Human Rights Act: Implications for medical litigation: Hempsons, Solicitors
        • Medico-Legal implications of the changing healthcare environment: Guest Lecture: CHD Forum

          • 1999

        • Special legal difficulties raised by cancer cases: Risk management in Oncology: (IBC Conferences)
        • Issues of consent in the radiology department: Risk management in Radiology: (IBC Conferences)
        • Disclosure under the Civil Procedure Rules: Hempsons, London
        • Practice and procedure in the GMC: A case study: Leeds and West Riding Medico-Legal Society and BMA
        • Issues of consent in orthopaedic and trauma surgery: (IBC Conferences)
        • The zoology of the Middle and Near East according to Herodotus and his Greek successors: ASTENE International Conference
        • The legal liability of nurses: (IBC Conferences)
        • Experts’ meetings under the Civil Procedure Rules: AVMA Northern meeting

          • 1998

        • Walker Morris: Drafting
        • Hempsons: A case study in neurosurgical management of hydrocephalus
        • Walker Morris: Interlocutory applications
        • Clinical Risk Management in Anaesthesia (IBC Conferences): Anaesthetist’s negligence: Avoiding the writ
        • PIBA Conference: The computerized calculation of personal injury damages
        • Claims arising out of negligence in the Accident and Emergency Department (IBC Conferences)
        • Medical Negligence Update: (BLS Conferences)
        • Tripping and Slipping Cases: (BLS Conferences)
        • Hempsons: Schedules and counter-schedules of loss
        • Claims arising out of negligence in the Accident and Emergency Department:(IBC Conferences)
        • Risk management in pathology: (IBC Conferences)
        • Litigating anaesthetic accidents: (IBC Conferences)
        • The assessment of quantum: (CLT Conferences)
        • Tripping and Slipping Cases: The impact of Woolf: (CLT Conferences)
        • Tripping and Slipping cases: (Kent Law Society)
        • Doctors as witnesses: Leeds Forensic Medicine Course: St. James’s University Hospital, Leeds

          • 1997

        • Clinical Risk Management in Anaesthesia (IBC Conferences): Defending claims for anaesthetist’s negligence.
        • Across the Algerian Sahara: Royal Geographical Society: Young Fellows.
        • Walker Morris: Drafting.
        • The Risk Factor Conference: A case study: Perinatal brain injury.

          • 1996

        • NHS Litigation Authority Road Show: How to avoid being sued.
        • Trowers & Hamlins: Recent developments in the law of medical negligence.
        • Leigh Day & Co: Damages for loss of a chance.
        • Walker Morris: Interlocutory applications.
        • The Royal College of Speech Therapists: Dysphasia in brain injury.

        • 2010

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