In this subject, we will explore legal and ethical concepts and dilemmas within medicine and healthcare. The course will introduce students to key issues governing the boundaries and obligations within healthcare. This is a dynamic area of law that is regularly the subject of public debate because of the morally contentious nature of many issues within healthcare. While statutes have been created to regulate some issues, such as abortion, other legal dilemmas have been determined by the courts, drawing from criminal, civil, public, and human rights law principles. The course examines how moral and ethical debates have influenced, or been influenced by, the law. Students will reflect critically on the relationship of morality and the law in relation to areas of conflict, such as autonomy v paternalism. We are all patients at some point in our lives, and so in addition to the academic, intellectual, and professional benefits of studying this area of law, students will gain an appreciation of their rights as a patient, and how the therapeutic obligations of health care professionals are regulated. This subject will be of specific interest to law undergraduates and healthcare and social care practitioners, in particular.

Your study of Contract Law with me will provide you with knowledge and understanding of the principles of Contract Law, part of the basic building blocks of the English legal system. Contract Law is concerned with agreements, that is when oral or written statements become a valid legal agreement and you will explore issues such as: - Offer and acceptance - Consideration - Intention to create legal relations - The content of a contract, notably terms, conditions, and warranties - Exclusion of liability and exclusion clauses - Misrepresentation - Undue influence and duress - What happens when a breach of contract occurs - Remedies and defences My tutoring services are online only.