Trainee Solicitor
Ryan Au is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews. He has completed his BCL postgraduate-degree at the University of Oxford where he achieved distinctions in his medical law and family law papers and was awarded an overall Distinction. He holds a first class law degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science and has completed his government-funded postgraduate legal studies at the University of Hong Kong. Ryan is keen to pursue his interest in medical law (mental health, inherent jurisdiction, autonomy, assisted dying). Ryan is particularly interested in the complex relationship between law, ethics and medicine.
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