Latest by Emma Kislingbury
COVID-19: the battle between fact and fiction
In the era of fake news, and at a time of global panic, how is the government responding to the daily spread of unauthorised health claims around COVID-19?
Read moreA judgment that will "benefit" manufacturers facing the "risks" of products litigation
In the Seroxat group litigation, the Court has endorsed using a risk/benefit approach in claims under the CPA and upheld the trial judge's ruling regarding the limited scope of the Claimants' case
Read moreOrgan Donation: The New Law
An "opt-out" system for organ donation is expected to come into effect in England next year after passing the final parliamentary vote this week
Read moreFrom rehabilitative robotics to automated imaging: educating the workforce for the digital future
An independent review into the future impact of digital technology identifies a pressing need for specialist training within the healthcare workforce.
Read moreProjecting into the future of the medical products sector
In the final instalment of our vlog series, we look at recently published books by Yuval Noah Harari and Stephen Hawking to help us better understand and project into the future of the medical products sector.
Read moreArtificial intelligence and diagnostics in the medical sector
Our Medical and Life Sciences team take a look at the use of artificial intelligence and diagnostics in the second instalment of this 3 part vlog series.
Read moreThe future of the medical products sector
In the first of our vlog series we focus on the future of the medical products sector, specifically where the sector is heading and what risks and opportunities might lie ahead.
Read moreMedicinal Cannabis: the debate continues
With the debate over medicinal cannabis still going strong, we update you on recent developments which have dominated the headlines.
Read moreA spa day, on doctor's orders…
We are increasingly focussed on living more sustainably with what we eat and the products that we use. Applying a similar mind-set to medicine, might we see a resurgence of traditional natural therapeutic treatments like spa treatments?
Read moreMr Justice Langstaff to chair contaminated blood inquiry
Mr Justice Langstaff will lead the public inquiry into how contaminated blood transfusions infected thousands of people with HIV and hepatitis C in the 1970s and 80s
Read moreOrgan donation: have your say
Organ donation is, for some, a difficult topic of conversation, but a Government consultation is encouraging us to think about it and share our views.
Read moreCabinet office to oversee contaminated blood inquiry
Statutory public inquiry announced into how contaminated blood transfusions infected thousands with HIV and hepatitis C in the 1970s and 80s.
Read moreThe costs of surrogacy: a valid and separate head of claim
A claimant has been awarded £74,000 for the costs of a surrogacy arrangement, following a hospital's delay in diagnosing cervical cancer.
Read moreLetting Go Of The Wheel
If you are someone who finds yourself regularly gripping the car steering wheel in frustration or mouthing obscenities at your fellow road users in a frenzied rage, then you may have welcomed the recent launch of the UK trials for driverless cars.
Read moreCyber Insurance: A Critical Weapon In The War On Cyber Attack
It will have been hard to have missed the reports of the recent surge in high profile cyber attacks – whether in relation to the Kaspersky Labs $1bn cyber robbery, points stealing from British Airways' air-miles accounts or the Sony Pictures hack following controversy over the film The Interview.
Read morePrint your heart out
All chocoholics will know that feeling of overwhelming panic when, in desperate need of a chocolate fix, you discover the cupboards are empty.
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