Subscribe to the BioNews newsletter for free

Advanced Search

Search for
Progress logo

Printer Friendly Page Follow BioNews on Twitter BioNews RSS feed

Click to navigate to our Facebook site

 




James Lawford Davies
Chair of Advisory Committee

James Lawford-Davies

James Lawford Davies is Chair of the Progress Educational Trust (PET)'s Advisory Committee. He is also a Partner at the law firm Lawford Davies Denoon, a Lecturer in Law and Medicine at the University of Newcastle's Institute of Human Genetics, and a Visiting Research Fellow in Law at Durham University. He is described in the Financial Times report Innovative Lawyers 2009 as as 'the world leading expert' in embryonic stem cell research, in the 2010 edition of The Legal 500 as having 'technical knowledge and a flair for strategic thinking', and in the 2011 edition of The Legal 500 as 'an expert in IVF'. He advises a large number of clinics and research centres licensed by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, and he has been involved in most of the leading legal cases relating to assisted reproduction and related research. He has advised widely on regulatory and commercial issues relating to embryo and embryonic stem cell research, including cell nuclear replacement, human admixed embryo research, import and export, and the implications of European Union law. He was previously a Senior Associate at the world's largest law firm, Clifford Chance, and he is coauthor of a chapter in From Grid to Healthgrid (buy this book from Amazon UK or Amazon USA).



James Lawford-Davies speaking at the Progress Educational Trust's 2010 annual conference 'Passport to Parenthood: The Evidence and Ethics Behind Cross-Border Reproductive Care' (photograph by MacKenna Roberts)

At lectern: James Lawford-Davies
Speaking at the Progress Educational Trust's 2010 annual conference Passport to Parenthood: The Evidence and Ethics Behind Cross-Border Reproductive Care
Photograph by MacKenna Roberts


Natalie Gamble, Dr Evan Harris and James Lawford-Davies speaking at the Progress Educational Trust's 2010 annual conference 'Passport to Parenthood: The Evidence and Ethics Behind Cross-Border Reproductive Care' (photograph by MacKenna Roberts)

Left to right: Natalie Gamble, Dr Evan Harris and James Lawford-Davies
Speaking at the Progress Educational Trust's 2010 annual conference Passport to Parenthood: The Evidence and Ethics Behind Cross-Border Reproductive Care
Photograph by MacKenna Roberts


James Lawford Davies at the Progress Educational Trust's 2003 annual conference 'Chosen Children: Reproductive Decisionmaking and the Welfare of Children' (photograph by Simon King)

James Lawford Davies
At the Progress Educational Trust's 2003 annual conference Chosen Children: Reproductive Decisionmaking and the Welfare of Children
Photograph by Simon King

 


Have your say about BioNews! Complete our 2012 reader survey HERE

Have your say about BioNews! Complete our 2012 reader survey HERE

Have your say about BioNews! Complete our 2012 reader survey HERE


The Progress Educational Trust has been shortlisted for the Charity Times Awards 2011

Good Fundraising Code


Find out more about the Progress Educational Trust by downloading our brochure HERE

Advertising & sponsorship
Terms & conditions
Sitemap

Progress Educational Trust, 140 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8AX, UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7278 7870 Email:
Limited company registered in England and Wales no 07405980
Registered charity no 1139856

Website developed and built by Face to Face
Website designed by Thunder
Website administration Login

© 1992, 2012
Progress Educational Trust