The Journal of Legal Technology Risk Management CPD POINTS: Legal professionals are entitled to to claim 6 CPD points for attendance.
Overview | Presenters | Notices & Fees | Accommodations | CLE (UK & US) | Sponsorship | Directions
In the context of an increasing ageing population, limited financial resources, an ongoing need for organs and research subjects, there are continuing calls for the legalisation of physician assisted suicide. This symposium will consider issues in end‐of‐life care, both proposals for active euthanasia and nontreatment decisions particularly where the patient is no longer competent. It will do so bearing in mind the plethora of financial, medical and research interests that there are in the human body, the costs of healthcare as well as the psychological, moral, and social implications of current and proposed law. Of special interest are the implications of such law for healthcare professionals, patient trust, forensics, disability rights and attitudes of care and protection of the vulnerable.
This symposium aims to promote a critical evaluation of healthcare provision for the elderly and incapacitated, thereby creating a forum for a wide range of interested parties, including lawyers, patient advocacy groups, policy makers, students, the disabled and health care professionals.
Lawyers, Technologists, Legal Scholars, Consultants, Academics and Equal Opportunities Officers are available to attend.
The proceedings of these conference will be circulated electronically worldwide to over 20,000 people and in print to subscribers and key decisions makers in the United States and Europe.
- Baroness Jane Campbell, ex‐Disability Rights Commissioner, “Assisted Dying: Be careful what you wish for!”
- Lord Alex Carlile Q.C., “Pain and moral decay: the law and ethics of death”
- Baroness Mary Warnock, DBE, FBA, “The Meaning of Life”
- Dr Philip Howard, Consultant Gastroenterologist, St George’s Hospital
- Sally Chidzoy, BBC Journalist
- Dr Gillian Craig, MD, FRCP. Vice Chairman Medical Ethics Alliance
Notices
- The conference venue is wheelchair accessible.
Fees
- To cover the essential expense, registration of £65 (includes light lunch and refreshments); sponsored places available at £25.
- Schedules for this amount can be sent to the following:Dr Jacqueline Laing: Metropolitan University , Department of Law, Governance & IR, 16 Goulston Street , London E1 7TP , in the name of “Disability Matters”. Email: j.laing@londonmet.ac.uk
Travelodge London Liverpool Street, 1 Harrow Place , London E1 7DB
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- This hotel is literally 6 minutes’ walk from the Liverpool Street station and 12 minutes from conference venue;
- It charges £75 for a night excluding breakfast.
- Bookings can be made on 0044 870 191 1689.
IBIS City Hotel, Commercial Street , London E1 6BF
Transit Directions
- This hotel is literally 3minutes’ walk from Aldgate Underground Station and the conference venue
- It charges £74.25 for a night including breakfast.
- Bookings can be made on 0044 20 7422 8400 – ” Ibis London City Reservations ” or e-mail h5011-re@accor.com
Both hotels are wheelchair accessible.
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United Kingdom
- The conference has been approved to be accredited with 6 Continuing Professional Development hours by Bar Standards Board.
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United States
- Attendees from the U.S. should arrange for State specific CLE credit by e-mailing val@ltrm.org. Please include in the subject line CLE credit London 2009.
- Corporate sponsorships are available: Platinum, gold, silver, and bronze. To receive further information about sponsorship please contact val@ltrm.org or daniel@ltrm.org or c.keefe@londonmet.ac.uk
Calcutta House
Old Castle Street London E1 7NT
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Calcultta House is very close to the Aldgate bus terminus. The whole area is also served by the following underground stations:
- Aldgate (Metropolitan and Circle Lines)
- Aldgate East (District and Hammersmith and City Lines)
- Tower Gateway (Docklands Light Railway)
- Tower Hill (District and Circle Lines)
- Liverpool Street (Metropolitan, Circle, Hammersmith and City, and Central lines
Overground trains come in to nearby Fenchurch and Liverpool Street stations
The campus is centred around the City of London, and the Aldgate area of east London. For further details of transport links please visit: transport for London.
History
Calcutta House was originally built by Brooke Bond & Co as a tea factory and named after the Indian Port of Calcutta, where most of tea was shipped from. Calcutta House was converted for use by the University in 1975 and since 1992 has been extensively refurbished.Old Castle Street is infamously linked with a murder in 1889 that was attributed to Jack the Ripper. The incident took place on 17 July in what was then Castle Alley, a passageway between Middlesex Street and Commercial Street.
As well as Calcutta House, the street is also home to The Women’s Library.
