Should have seen this ages ago, but if I'd read it more thoroughly would have seen I was cited in a judgment of the Court of Session: Holdich v Lothian Health Board [2013] CSOH 197 at para. 29 bailii.org/scot/cases/Sco… #uptherewithBellDalrympleStairErskine 😉

A thread about a hearing in the COP today before MacDonald J 🧵 At 8.30am tomorrow (Friday 16 December 2022) a hospital will carry out a court-authorised caesarean on a 32 year-old woman, 34 weeks pregnant, with placental insufficience + growth retardation.

Congratulations on this important work, Daisy Cheung and Mikey Dunn - and thank you so much for making it open access.

Margot Brazier of CSEP Manchester has a new book out this month exploring interesting facets of medico-legal history in E&W. Looking for a reviewer for Medical Law International - get in touch if of interest! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526129208/

For a challenging read, see 'Whole body gestational donation', by Anna Smajdor in Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, November 2022 link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Publication 🚨In this book review Beverley Clough and I explore themes in her recent (and excellent) monograph ‘The Spaces of Mental Capacity Law’, and discussed a Court of Protection case involving covert medication journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09…

A story of hope

The cap certainly fits

***Just Published**** The brand new 12th edition of the Mason and McCall Smith's Law and Medical Ethics has now been published with Oxford University Press Oxford Academic OUP Law #medicallaw #medicalethics #healthlaw Here are the details: global.oup.com/ukhe/product/m…

Congratulations to lead authors/editors The Mason Institute Director Anne-Maree Farrell and Edward Dove with great chapter contributions from Edinburgh Law School colleagues Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra 🇵🇸 EmilyPostan Annie Sorbie Ruby Reed-Berendt Murray Earle Catriona McMillan

Well done all, including Rosie Fiore!

Edward Dove EmilyPostan Murray Earle Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra 🇵🇸 Catriona McMillan Ruby Reed-Berendt Graeme Laurie Annie Sorbie

Lucy Letby case: Police investigate hospital for corporate manslaughter over baby deaths bmj.com/content/383/bm…

“Wee Gove told me to weigh in and make some cash” #janeygodleyvoiceover #michellemone

Looking for something fun to do in Edinburgh on Easter Sunday evening? Join us in the Voodoo Rooms for Stranger Than Fiction: The Panel Gam,e at the Edinburgh International Science Festival: edinburghscience.co.uk/event/stranger… #EdSciFest

Dear BBC Radio 2 why are you giving people the wrong time of day at and after news?

Vance is a very dangerous man

Now available to pre-order from Edinburgh University Press with a 30% discount using NEW30 at edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-scottish-…