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All meetings take place at 7.00 pm at the Medical Society of London, 11 Chandos Street, Cavendish Square, London, W1G 9EB, unless otherwise stated. To receive an email reminder please contact
13 October 2011
The Minty Lecture
The Rt Hon Lord Justice Stanley Burnton
10 November 2011
Barbara Treen* and Caroline Stewart†
* Head of the NOMS Women's Team
† Lead for Research and Specialist Interventions for women within the NOMS Women's Team
8 December 2011
Baroness Vivien Stern
Baroness Stern's review of how rape complaints are handled by public authorities in England and Wales was published in 2010
12 January 2012
Tracey Brown
Director of Sense About Science
9 February 2012
Professor Peter Furness
Diagnostic histopathologist with a special interest in renal disease. Professor Furness served as Vice-President then President of the Royal College of Pathologists between 2005 and 2011
8 March 2012
Professor Robert Flanagan
Consultant Clinical Scientist at the Toxicology Unit, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London
19 April 2012
Professor Michael Kopelman
Professor of Neuropsychiatry, King's College London
Professor Kopelman runs a Neuropsychiatry and Memory Disorders Clinic at St Thomas's Hospital, London
Tuesday 8 May 2012
Joint meeting with the RSM Section of Psychiatry at the Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London W1G 0AE, from 9.30 am. Early bird registration for Medico-Legal Society members (by 10 April 2012): £75. For all details and to register, please go to
10 May 2012
Professor Chris Ham
Chief Executive of The King's Fund
Monday 21 May
The Old Hall, the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, Newman's Row, London WC2A 3TA Reception 7.15 pm, Dinner 7.45 pm.
The toast to Medicine will be proposed by the Honourable Mr Justice Owen and the toast to The Law by the Emeritus Professor Jim Drife. The event is black tie and tickets are £75 per person (tables of 10 can be reserved). Please contact Dr Davis by email for further information:
14 June 2012
Angus Moon QC
Barrister specialising in medical law