Medical Law Review

2021 - 2025

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

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Volume 29, issue 4, 2021

Challenging the Comparison in Montgomery Between Patients and ‘Consumers Exercising Choices’ pp. 595-612

Emily Jackson

Not Dying Alone: the Need to Democratize Hospital Visitation Policies During Covid-19 pp. 613-638

Maayan Sudai

The Privilege of Information—An Examination of the Defence of Therapeutic Privilege and its Implications for Pregnant Women pp. 639-660

Aoife M. Finnerty

The Medicalisation of Childbirth and Access to homebirth in the UK: Covid-19 and Beyond pp. 661-687

Anna Nelson and Elizabeth C. Romanis

Patient Confidentiality and Disclosure of HIV Status: Disentangling the Entitlement to Disclose from the Duty to Warn pp. 688-698

Andrea Mulligan*

A Backwards-step for Gillick: Trans Children’s Inability to Consent to Treatment for Gender Dysphoria—Quincy Bell & Mrs A v The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust and Ors [2020] EWHC 3274 (Admin) pp. 699-715

Kirsty L. Moreton

Compulsory Childhood Vaccination: Human Rights, Solidarity, and Best Interests pp. 716-727

David Archard, Joe Brierley and Emma Cave

Basma v Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: The Scrutiny of a Clinical Judgement pp. 728-739

Abeezar I. Sarela

Catriona A. W. Mcmillan, The Human Embryo in vitro: Breaking the Legal Stalemate pp. 740-745

Mollie Cornell

Marie-Andrée Jacob and Anna Kirkland (eds), Research Handbook on Socio-Legal Studies of Medicine and Health, Edward Elgar pp. 746-754

Rebecca Gulbul

Volume 29, issue 3, 2021

Signalling Standards for Progress: Bridging the Divide Between a Valid Consent to Use Patient Data Under Data Protection Law and the Common Law Duty of Confidentiality pp. 411-445

Edward S Dove and Mark J Taylor

A Normative Framework for the Reconciliation of EU Data Protection Law and Medical Research Ethics pp. 446-467

Dara Hallinan

Feats, Flops, and Free Lessons From NZ’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic pp. 468-496

Joanna M Manning

Family Involvement in the End-of-Life Decision-Making Process: Legal and Bioethical Analysis of Empirical Findings pp. 497-523

Nili Karako-Eyal and Roy Gilbar

According Appropriate Weight to Children’s Wishes and Feelings: University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust v B (A Minor) [2019] EWHC 1670 (Fam) pp. 524-536

Rebecca L A Limb

Confirmation of the High Court’s Power to Override a Child’s Treatment Decision: A NHS Trust v X (In the matter of X (A Child) (No 2)) [2021] EWHC 65 (Fam) pp. 537-546

Emma Cave

Correia, Diamond and the Chester Exception: Vindicating Patient Autonomy? pp. 547-561

Louise Austin

A Mother on Trial—Best Interests and the Conflict of Maternal Instincts: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Z (by Her Litigation Friend, The Official Solicitor) [2020] EWCOP 20 pp. 562-573

Dani M O’Connor

Chris Dietz, Mitchell Travis, and Michael Thomson (eds), A Jurisprudence of the Body pp. 574-579

Zoe L Tongue

Sabrina Germain, Justice and Profit in Health Care Law: A Comparative Analysis of the United States and the United Kingdom pp. 574-581

Zaina Mahmoud

John Adenitire, A General Right to Conscientious Exemption: Beyond Religious Privilege pp. 587-592

Lucy M Davis

Volume 29, issue 2, 2021

Responsible Practice or Restricted Practice? an Empirical Study of the Use of Clinical Guidelines in Medical Negligence Litigation pp. 205-232

Ash Samanta, Jo Samanta and Joanne Beswick

Dutifully Defying Death: A Right to Life-saving Emergency Treatment pp. 233-251

Edward Lui

Charles Byrne, Last Victim of the Bodysnatchers: the Legal Case for Burial pp. 252-283

Mary Lowth

HIV Disclosure—Professional Body Guidelines, the Law and the Boundaries of Medical Advice pp. 284-305

Samantha Ryan and Matt Phillips

Safeguarding Vulnerable Autonomy? Situational Vulnerability, the Inherent Jurisdiction, and Insights from Feminist Philosophy pp. 306-336

Jonathan Lewis

A NHS Foundation Trust v MC [2020] EWCOP 33: Revisiting Best Interests and ‘Altruistic’ Incapacitous Stem Cell Donation pp. 337-346

Bonnie Venter

Barnsley Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v MSP [2020] EWCOP 26: The Need for Caution When Establishing the Wishes of Incapacitated Patients pp. 347-358

Cressida Auckland

Is there a New Duty to Warn Family Members in English Medical Law? ABC V ST George’s Healthcare NHS Trust and Others [2020] EWHC 4551 pp. 359-372

Charles Foster and Roy Gilbar

Brady v Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWHC 158: ‘Pure Diagnosis’ Claims and Setting the Professional Standard of Care pp. 373-383

Samantha A Schnobel

Camilla Pickles and Jonathan Herring (eds), Women’s Birthing Bodies: Unauthorised Intimate Examinations, Power and Vulnerability pp. 384-391

Anna Nelson

Friso Johannes Jansen, Professional Regulation and Medical Guidelines: The Real Forces Behind the Development of Evidence-Based Guidelines pp. 392-401

Jo Samanta

Robert Klitzman, Designing Babies: How Technology Is Changing the Ways We Create Children pp. 401-407

Dani O’Connor

Confirmation of the High Court’s Power to Override a Child’s Treatment Decision: A NHS Trust v X (In the matter of X (A Child) (No 2)) [2021] EWHC 65 (Fam) pp. 408-408

Emma Cave

Volume 29, issue 1, 2021

Editorial pp. 1-2

Sara Fovargue, José Miola, Beverley Clough and Rob Heywood

The Political Determinants of China’S New Health Constitution pp. 3-23

Eric C Ip

The Discourse of Dignity in the Charlie Gard, Alfie Evans and Isaiah Haastrup Cases pp. 24-47

Monique Jonas and Samantha Ryan

Conceptualising ‘Undue Influence’ in Decision-Making Support for People with Mental Disabilities pp. 48-79

Jillian Craigie

Abortion Rights after Artificial Wombs: Why Decriminalisation is Needed Ahead of Ectogenesis pp. 80-105

Claire Horn

A Study into the Operation of the Queensland Mental Health Review Tribunal pp. 106-127

Sam Boyle, Tamara Walsh and Lucinda Nelson

Regulating Risk and Autonomy in Assisted Suicide: Conway V Secretary of State for Justice pp. 128-142

Clark Hobson and Nataly Papadopoulou

A Local Authority v JB [2020] EWCA Civ 735 and A Local Authority v AW [2020] EWCOP 24: Rethinking Sexual Capacity? pp. 143-156

Laura Pritchard-Jones

Trans Parenthood and the Meaning of ‘Mother’, ‘Father’ and ‘Parent’—R (McConnell and YY) v Registrar General for England and Wales [2020] EWCA Civ 559 pp. 157-171

Alan Brown

A Step Too Far? Whittington Hospital NHS Trust v XX [2020] UKSC 14 pp. 172-184

Kirsty Horsey and Andrew Powell

Sally Sheldon and Kaye Wellings (eds), Decriminalising Abortion in the UK: What Would It Mean? pp. 185-192

Elizabeth Chloe

David P Horton, Mental Health Homicide and Society, Understanding Health Care Governance pp. 192-198

Thomas E Webb

David Gomez, The Regulation of Healthcare Professionals: Law, Principle and Process pp. 198-202

Marc Cornock