The following is Part 4 of a five part student blog series sharing the excellent work of Edinburgh Law School undergraduate and postgraduate students on…
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Sexual relations, capacity, and protection in the Supreme Court: right decision, wrong reasons? – by Ruby Reed-Berendt
Published 9th February 2022
On 24th November 2021, the UK Supreme Court (SC) handed down judgment in A Local Authority v JB. The question before the court was whether…
Leave a CommentMarketing Medicine? Informed consent in the advent of Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing – by Rhiannon Frowde
Published 8th December 2021
Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing (DTC-GT) has emerged as a rapidly growing industry, with the market being valued at £680m in 2018, and is anticipated to reach over…
Leave a CommentA painful precedent? R v Brown, criminality and consent – by Rhiannon Frowde
Published 25th November 2021
Who decides where normal ends and perverse begins? The leading case on consent to injury in criminal law, R v Brown, raises questions as to the…
Leave a CommentBy Graeme Laurie In June 2016, the National Data Guardian, Dame Fiona Caldicott, published her Review of Data Security, Consent and Opt-Outs in relation to…
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