Below is the past programme of the Society.
| Event | Medical Professionalism in the 21st Century | ||
| Date | 11 October 2018 | ||
| Speaker | Sir Robert Francis QC, President of the Medico-Legal Society | ||
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| Event | Objectivity in an Adversarial System | ||
| Date | 8 November 2018 | ||
| Speaker | Lady Justice Hallett | ||
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| Event | Ethico-Legal Issues arising in the care of Gender-Variant Children and Adolescents | ||
| Date | 13 December 2018 | ||
| Speaker | Dr Bernadette Wren, Consultant Clinical Psychologist Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust | ||
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| Event | When Things Go Wrong” – Gross Negligent Manslaughter in Healthcare | ||
| Date | 10 January 2019 | ||
| Speaker | Professor Sir Norman Williams MS FRCS FMedSci FRCP FRCP(Edin) FRCA FDS(Hon) FACS(Hon) FRCSI(Hon) FRCSEd(Hon), Chairman National Clinical Improvement Programme (NCIP), Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London | ||
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| Event | The Prosecution of Sexual Offences in 2019 including medical issues that arise in respect of consent and capacity | ||
| Date | 14 February 2019 | ||
| Speaker | His Honour Peter Rook QC | ||
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| Event | Global surprise: the leading cause of death and disability in young people, and what we are doing about it. | ||
| Date | 14 March 2019 | ||
| Speaker | Charles Clayton, Chief Executive and Dr James de Courcy, Chair of Trustees of the Primary Trauma Care Foundation | ||
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| Event | Assisted Fertility – the legal and ethical issues | ||
| Date | 11 April 2019 | ||
| Speaker | Catherine Drennan, Head of Legal Dept, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority | ||
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| Event | Can the NHS as we know it reach its 100th Birthday or is it now in Palliative Care? | ||
| Date | 9 May 2019 | ||
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Chris Hopson, Chief Executive NHS Providers
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ANNUAL DINNER
20th May 2019 – The Apothecaries Hall, Black Friars Lane London EC4V 6EJ The Rt Hon Lady Justice Nicola Davies DBE will propose the toast to “Medicine” and Dame Clare Marx, Chair of the GMC and past President of the Royal College of Surgeons will propose the toast to “the Law” |
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| Event | Should Assisted Dying require the consent of a High Court Judge? | ||
| Date | 13 June 2019 | ||
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Professor Penney Lewis, School of Law & Ethics, Kings College London
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| Event | Why is it so difficult for Doctors to be Honest? — Minty Lecture |
| Date | 10th October 2019 |
| Speaker | Mr Henry Marsh CBE, FRICS, Neurosurgeon |
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| Event | When Dental Implants go Wrong |
| Date | 14th November 2019 |
| Speaker | Dr Michael Norton BDS, FDS, RCS (Ed) |
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| Event | With the End in Mind |
| Date | 12th December 2019 |
| Speaker | Kathryn Mannix — Palliative Care Doctor |
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| Event | Capacity, Conflict & Compensation |
| Date | 9th January 2020 |
| Speaker | Clem Maddock, Consultant Psychiatrist |
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| Event | The Penal System — a Suitable Case for Treatment |
| Date | 13th February 2020 |
| Speaker | Frances Crook, Chief Executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform |
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| Event | The Importance of the Medico-Legal Relationship in Immigration Law |
| Date | 12th March 2020 |
| Speaker | Bahar Ata, Director of Public Law & Immigration, Duncan Lewis, Solicitors |
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| Event | Rumours, Myths and Realities CANCELLED – see 2020-2021 Programme |
| Date | 9th April 2020 |
| Speaker | Christopher P Dorries CBE, HM Coroner for South Yorkshire (West) |
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| Event | Air Pollution — The Greatest Public Health Risk of our Time CANCELLED – see 2020-2021 Programme |
| Date | 14th May 2020 |
| Speaker | Professor Stephen Holgate CBE,Clinical Professor of Immuno-pharmacology, Medical Research Council |
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| Event | ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM – AGM followed by panel discussion on Covid-19 |
| Date | 11 June 2020 6.45 PM |
| Speakers | Dr Rachel Clarke, Nageena Khalique QC & Dr Kathleen Liddell |
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