Medical Law Review

2021 - 2026

Current editor(s): Professor Sara Fovargue and Professor Jose Miola

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Volume 32, issue 4, 2024

Editorial: Reproductive health, choice, and justice pp. 441-443

Bev Clough, Sara Fovargue, Rob Heywood and José Miola

Addressing the consequences of the corporatization of reproductive medicine pp. 444-467

Sara A Attinger, Emily Jackson, Isabel Karpin, Ian Kerridge, Ainsley J Newson, Cameron Stewart, Lucy van de Wiel and Wendy Lipworth

FemTech: empowering reproductive rights or FEM-TRAP for surveillance? pp. 468-485

Dylan Hofmann

Towards a rights-based approach for disabled women’s access to abortion pp. 486-504

Magdalena Furgalska and Fiona de Londras

Donor conception, direct-to-consumer genetic testing, choices, and procedural justice: an argument for reform of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 pp. 505-529

Caroline A B Redhead and Lucy Frith

Anticipatory declarations in obstetric care: a relational and spatial examination of patient empowerment, institutional impacts and temporal challenges pp. 530-548

Aimee V Hulme

Guy’s and St Thomas’-v-Knight [2021] EWHC 25: Dignity in English law pp. 549-557

Melanie J Weismann

The Delicate Balance Struck by the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Act 2024 pp. 558-566

Emily Ottley

James Cameron, Critically Ill Children and the Law: Medical Decision-Making and the Best Interests Principle pp. 567-570

Alex Ruck Keene

Fiona Kelly, Deborah Dempsey, and Adrienne Byrt (eds), Donor-Linked Family in the Digital Age: Relatedness and Regulation pp. 570-576

Andrea Martani

Julia Duffy, Mental Capacity, Dignity and the Power of International Human Rights pp. 576-580

Kay Wilson

Theodosia Stavroulaki, Healthcare, Quality Concerns and Competition Law—A Systematic Approach pp. 580-585

Mary Guy

Volume 32, issue 3, 2024

‘My Advocacy is Not About Me, My Advocacy is About Canadians’: A Qualitative Study of how Caregivers and Patients Influence Regulation of Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada pp. 301-335

Ruthie Jeanneret, Eliana Close, Jocelyn Downie, Lindy Willmott and Ben P White

Mediating disputes under the Mental Capacity Act 2005: relationships, participation, and best interests pp. 336-355

Jaime Lindsey and Chris Danbury

Money matters: a critique of ‘informed financial consent’ pp. 356-372

Sara A Attinger, Ian Kerridge, Cameron Stewart, Isabel Karpin, Siun Gallagher, Robert J Norman and Wendy Lipworth

A health-conformant reading of the GDPR’s right not to be subject to automated decision-making pp. 373-391

Hannah B van Kolfschooten

France’s constitutional right to abortion: symbolism over substance pp. 392-398

Zoe L Tongue

The short-lived verdict in Le Page v Center for Reproductive Medicine: why ‘personhood’ matters in the regulation of assisted reproductive technologies pp. 399-409

Edward R Grant

Michael Holmes v Poeton Holdings Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 1377: a necessary clarification for a non ‘de minimis’ discussion in causation pp. 410-420

Patricia de Moraes Paisani Matthey Claudet

Thierry Vansweevelt and Nicola Glover-Thomas (eds.), Privacy and Medical Confidentiality in Healthcare: A Comparative Analysis pp. 421-426

Edward S Dove

Steph Jowett, Consent for Medical Treatment of Trans Youth pp. 426-431

Ed Horowicz

Suzanne Ost and Hazel Biggs, Exploitation, Ethics and Law. Violating the Ethos of the Doctor–Patient Relationship pp. 431-438

Jonathan Fisk

Volume 32, issue 2, 2024

Accommodations of private and family life and non-traditional families: the limits of deference in cases of cross-border surrogacy before the European Court of Human Rights pp. 141-157

Lydia Bracken

How should we decide how to treat the child: harm versus best interests in cases of disagreement pp. 158-177

David Archard, Emma Cave and Joe Brierley

Heritable human genome editing: correction, selection and treatment pp. 178-204

Rosamund Scott

Biobank donation in search of public benefits and the potential impact of intellectual property rights over access to health-technologies developed: A focus on the bioethical implications pp. 205-228

Aisling M McMahon and Opeyemi I Kolawole

‘Border Country’: health law in a devolved UK pp. 229-247

John Harrington and Abbie-Rose Hampton

Case Comment—JJ v Spectrum Community Health: When Medical Paternalism Meets Prisoners’ Dignity pp. 248-254

Angelika R Reichstein

Indi Gregory: A Wider Perspective on Children’s Best Interests at the End-of-life pp. 255-263

Kevin De Sabbata and Abigail Pearson

McCulloch v Forth Valley Health Board [2023] UKSC 26: Hello Bolam, the court’s old friend pp. 264-273

Louise Austin

Jaime Lindsey, Reimagining the Court of Protection: Access to Justice in Mental Capacity Law pp. 274-281

Jordan Briggs

Margaret Brazier, Law and Healing: A History of a Stormy Marriage pp. 281-286

Rebekah McWhirter

Sally Sheldon, Gayle Davis, Jane O’Neill and Clare Parker, The Abortion Act 1967: A Biography of a UK Law pp. 286-292

Emily Ottley

Stevie Martin, Assisted Suicide and the European Convention on Human Rights pp. 292-298

John Keown

Volume 32, issue 1, 2024

Healthcare Services for Asylum-Seekers: Untangling the European Social Charter pp. 1-19

Yana Litins’ka

Post-trial access to investigational drugs in India: addressing challenges in the regulatory framework pp. 20-41

Nidhi Mehrotra and Padmavati Manchikanti

Looking back to look forward—the history of VAD laws in Australia and future law reform in the Australian territories pp. 42-60

Kerstin Braun

The role of non-genetic parents in a surrogate-born child’s identity: an argument for removal of the genetic link requirement pp. 61-80

Lottie Park-Morton

The role of the right to life in respect of deaths caused by negligence in the healthcare context pp. 81-100

Elizabeth Wicks

Bangladesh’s Mental Health Act 2018: A Critical Analysis pp. 101-110

Rose Barua

Puzzles of the Liminal Dead: St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v Casey pp. 111-119

Mary Donnelly and Barry Lyons

Govert den Hartogh, What Kind of Death: The Ethics of Determining One’s Own Death pp. 120-126

Chrystala Fakonti

Daisy Cheung and Michael Dunn (eds), Advance Directives Across Asia: A Comparative Socio-legal Analysis pp. 127-133

Daniel Bianchi

Xavier Symons, Why Conscience Matters: A Defence of Conscientious Objection in Healthcare pp. 133-139

James E Hurford

Volume 31, issue 4, 2023

The frontiers of medical negligence and diagnosis: an interview-based analysis pp. 485-500

Annie Mackley, Kathleen Liddell, Jeffrey M Skopek, Isabelle Le Gallez and Zoë Fritz

Artificial intelligence and clinical decision support: clinicians’ perspectives on trust, trustworthiness, and liability pp. 501-520

Caroline Jones, James Thornton and Jeremy C Wyatt

Regulating non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) for fetal sex determination pp. 521-537

Michelle Taylor-Sands, Chanelle Warton and Hilary Bowman-Smart

The (mis)use of fetal viability as the determinant of non-criminal abortion in the Netherlands and England and Wales pp. 538-563

Samantha Halliday, Elizabeth Chloe Romanis, Lien de Proost and E Joanne Verweij

Interpersonal influences on decision-making capacity: a content analysis of court judgments pp. 564-593

Kevin Ariyo, Nuala B Kane, Gareth S Owen and Alex Ruck Keene

The appeal in Bell v Tavistock and beyond: where are we now with trans children’s treatment for gender dysphoria? pp. 594-605

Kirsty L Moreton

R v Foster: Exemplifying the urgency of the decriminalisation of abortion pp. 606-614

Elizabeth Chloe Romanis

Mortier v Belgium [2022] ECHR 764: Warning Signs for Assisted Dying Regulation? pp. 615-622

Chay M Burt

Joel Michael Reynolds and Christine Wieseler (eds), The Disability Bioethics Reader pp. 623-629

Heloise Robinson

Paul Enríquez, Rewriting Nature: The Future of Genome Editing and how to Bridge the Gap Between Law and Science pp. 629-636

Jeanne Snelling

Fiona Bloomer and Emma Campbell (eds), Decriminalizing Abortion in Northern Ireland, Volumes 1 (Legislation and Protest) and 2 (Allies and Abortion Provision) pp. 636-642

Rebecca Smyth

Volume 31, issue 3, 2023

When is the processing of data from medical implants lawful? The legal grounds for processing health-related personal data from ICT implantable medical devices for treatment purposes under EU data protection law pp. 317-339

Sarita Lindstad and Kaspar Rosager Ludvigsen

Mental capacity—why look for a paradigm shift? pp. 340-357

Alex Ruck Keene, Nuala B Kane, Scott Y H Kim and Gareth S Owen

Intellectual property protection for traditional medical knowledge in China’s context: a round peg in a square hole? pp. 358-390

Nan Xia

The publication of impaired doctors’ identity by Australian and New Zealand tribunals: law, practice, and reform pp. 391-423

Owen M Bradfield, Marie M Bismark, Matthew J Spittal and Paula O’Brien

The Warnock report and partial ectogestation: retracing the past to step into the future pp. 424-440

Victoria Adkins

London Borough of Islington v EF [2022] EWHC 803 (FAM): falling through the great safety net of the inherent jurisdiction pp. 441-448

Daniel Bedford and Philip Bremner

Jennings v Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority [2022] EWHC 1619 (Fam): confirming the paradigm of inferred consent for posthumous conception pp. 449-456

Alexander Tiseo

Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022): consequences one year on pp. 457-468

Emily Ottley, Karolina Szopa and Jamie Fletcher

Jonathan Herring, The Right to Be Protected from Committing Suicide pp. 469-473

Ewa Posner

Sue Westwood, Regulating the End of Life—Death Rights pp. 473-478

Nataly Papadopoulou

Daniel Wei Liang Wang, ‘Health Technology Assessment, Courts and the Right to Healthcare’ pp. 478-482

Thomas J W Peck

Volume 31, issue 2, 2023

Parsing human rights, promoting health equity: reflections on Colombia’s response to Venezuelan migration pp. 187-204

Stefano Angeleri and Thérèse Murphy

The Voluntary Sterilisation Act: Best Interests, Caregivers, and Disability Rights pp. 205-225

Hillary Chua

Plaintiff aims in medical negligence disputes: limitations of an adversarial system pp. 226-246

Mary-Elizabeth Tumelty

Record linkage of routine and cohort data of children in Portugal: challenges and opportunities when using record linkage as a tool for scientific research pp. 247-271

Julia Nadine Doetsch, Vasco Dias, Inês Lopes, Regina Redinha and Henrique Barros

Should states restrict recipient choice amongst relevant and available COVID-19 vaccines? pp. 272-292

Emma Cave and Aisling McMahon

Terminating abortion demonstrations pp. 293-302

Candace Lui and Edward Lui

Swati Jha and Eloise Power (eds), Lessons from Medicolegal Cases in Obstetrics and Gynaecology: Improving Clinical Practice pp. 303-308

Anna Nelson

Carolyn Adams, Judy Allen, and Felicity Flack, Sharing Linked Data for Health Research: Toward Better Decision Making pp. 308-314

Edward S Dove

Volume 31, issue 1, 2023

WHERE DOES RESPONSIBILITY LIE? ANALYSING LEGAL AND REGULATORY RESPONSES TO FLAWED CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS WHEN PATIENTS SUFFER HARM pp. 1-24

Megan Prictor

‘THIS IS NO COUNTRY FOR OLD (WO)MEN’? AN EXAMINATION OF THE APPROACH TAKEN TO CARE HOME RESIDENTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC pp. 25-46

Clayton Ó Néill

THE REQUIREMENT FOR TRANS AND GENDER DIVERSE YOUTH TO SEEK COURT APPROVAL FOR THE COMMENCEMENT OF HORMONE TREATMENT: A COMPARISON OF AUSTRALIAN JURISPRUDENCE WITH THE ENGLISH DECISION IN BELL pp. 47-82

Malcolm K Smith

RELATIONSHIPS, RIGHTS, AND RESPONSIBILITIES: (RE)VIEWING THE NHS CONSTITUTION FOR THE POST-PANDEMIC ‘NEW NORMAL’ pp. 83-108

Caroline A B Redhead, Sara Fovargue, Lucy Frith, Anna Chiumento, Heather Draper and Paul B Baines

ON GESTATION AND MOTHERHOOD pp. 109-140

Zaina Mahmoud and Elizabeth Chloe Romanis

SELF-ADMINISTRATION OR PRACTITIONER ADMINISTRATION? THE SCOPE OF FUTURE GERMAN ASSISTED DYING LEGISLATION pp. 141-157

Kerstin Braun

The Health and Care Act 2022: inserting telemedicine into the Abortion Act 1967 pp. 158-166

Adelyn L M Wilson

B v University of Aberdeen [2020] CSIH 62: Where there’s a will, there’s a way pp. 167-174

Alexander Tiseo

Mary Donnelly, Rosie Harding and Ezgi Taşcıoğlu, Supporting Legal Capacity in Socio-Legal Context pp. 175-182

Jordan Briggs

Bo Chen, Mental Health Law in China: A Socio-Legal Analysis, Routledge, 2022, Hardback/ebook, 176 pp, £120/£33.29, ISBN 9781032079066 pp. 182-185

Alex Ruck Keene