Meetings
You are welcome to attend individual meetings as a guest of an existing BMLS member at £15 per meeting. Alternatively you may like to become a member and have access to all six presentations in a season for £60.
AGM followed by: Experiences of Court of Protection matters.
September 25, 2023 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm (supper at 6pm if pre-booked)
Soraya Boloorsaz-Mashadi, Lawyer, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust.
What is it like dealing with the ever-increasing Court of Protection cases in the NHS and how it is important to work together with other NHS Trusts to address these matters as quickly and painlessly as possible.
An optional supper is available beforehand at 18.00 at Gusto restaurant, Colmore Row.
Challenges faced by an expert in cosmetic surgery and non-surgical interventions with the unprecedented advances in the last two decades.
October 23, 2023 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm (supper at 6pm if pre-booked)
Atul Khanna, Consultant Plastic Reconstructive and Hand Surgeon, Sandwell and West Birmingham
The advances in cosmetic surgery and non-surgical interventions in the last two decades have been unprecedented leading experts to reflect significantly on compliance with Montgomery as well as understanding conflict between various professional standards and regulation which has been under further scrutiny with cosmetic surgery certification. Such certification evolved after the Keogh report whose remit was to prevent another PIP Breast implant scandal, but will it?
An optional supper is available beforehand at 18.00 at Gusto restaurant, Colmore Row.
Inquests into deaths in Lakanal House: have any lessons been learned?
November 27, 2023 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm (supper at 6pm if pre-booked)
Her Honour Frances Kirkham CBE, Chartered Arbitrator, Adjudicator & Mediator, Atkin Chambers
A talk about the inquests, the recommendations made, leading on to Grenfell.
An optional supper is available beforehand at 18.00 at Gusto restaurant. Colmore Row.
The State of our Nation’s Prisons.
January 29, 2024 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm (supper at 6pm if pre-booked)
Michael Campbell, De Profundis Ltd, Subject Matter Experts on the Criminal Justice Sector.
Why our prisons are such a disgrace and should the front gates of a prison be replaced by a revolving door. Is the government’s answer, to build ourselves out of the problem, the right decision?
An optional supper is available beforehand at 18.00 at Gusto restaurant, Colmore Row.
Cauda Equina Syndrome.
February 26, 2024 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm (supper at 6pm if pre-booked)
Alistair Stirling, Consultant Spinal Surgeon, formerly Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Chair UK Spinal Societies Board
What is it? Clinical aspects and personal and medico-legal consequences.
An optional supper is available beforehand at 18.00 at Gusto restaurant, Colmore Row.
Fitness to Plead and Capacity.
March 18, 2024 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm (supper at 6pm if pre-booked)
Dr Penelope Brown, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Clinical Research Fellow at the IoPPN, King’s College London
An optional supper is available beforehand at 18.00 at Gusto restaurant. Colmore Row.