After completing my degree at The London School of Economics, I qualified as a barrister. I became an in-house lawyer, reaching the position of Assistant Legal Adviser for GEC-Marconi. I later transferred to become a solicitor before becoming an academic.

I joined the forerunner to UEL in 1988.

I am currently Field Leader for Law, which means that I have overall responsibility for the modules within the Law Field. I am also Programme Leader for the LLB.

My area of academic interest is Medicine and Law. I have broadcast in this area and contributed articles to International Journals.

• LLB (Hons)

• Tort Law
• Criminal Law
• Medicine and Law

• 'Cultural Influences on Medical Law' (2009) Medicine and Law
• ‘Take three cases: A reflection on the mission of applying law to human frailty.’ (2008) Journal of International Biotechnology Law
• 'Liability of Doctors for Medical Negligence ' (2006) Medicine and Law ( Journal of the International Centre for Health Law and Ethics)

• Asserting the Right to Life: A Challenge to Medical Guidance on Withholding Treatment (2005) Medicine and Law 11-21 Journal of the International Centre for Health Law and Ethics based at Haifa University
• 'The Lesser of Two Evils: A Contextual View of the English Case of the Conjoined Twins (2003) Medical Law 1 -11

Various short articles in AVMA Medical and Legal Journal:-

• 'GMC Guidance on Withdrawing and Withholding Life Prolonging Treatment' (2005)
• 'Drawing the Line: Medical Practitioners and Manslaughter (2004)
• 'Blood Transfusions - an injection of common sense'(2002)

• Member of The Law Society .
• Member of the Editorial Board of Medicine and Law

This is the first paragraph of an article in the Research Papers Series on the Law School website

The Lesser of Two Evils : A Contextual View of the Case of the Conjoined Twins

On 8th August 2000, conjoined twin girls were born in St. Mary’s Hospital, Manchester . They were joined in such a way that it was impossible to separate them to enable both twins to survive. Their bodies were fused at the lower abdomen and they shared an aorta and a bladder. Their arms and legs were at right angles to their conjoined trunk. The situation of the conjoined twins, ‘Jodie’ and ‘ Mary’ is of supreme importance as a private tragedy for their family. The resulting litigation also presents an important landmark in English law. In deciding the fate of the two children, the Court of Appeal provided an authoritative review, analysis and application of family law and medical law with regard to neonates and children. This is considered herein. The most significant legal legacy of the case, however, may well be in the field of criminal law by way of the court’s interpretation and application of the defences of necessity and self–defence. It is unlikely that the factual situation presented in this case will be replicated, but it is inevitable that the interpretation of criminal law given here will be a precedent to contend with in future criminal case law.