2026 Monthly Seminars
Health Care and Policing: Different Tools in the Same Toolbox?
Dr Matthew Minehan and Dr Hannah Maslen
3 March 2026
Resources:
- HealthCare and Policing: Different Tools in the Same Toolbox?
Dr Matthew Minehan
(seminar slides) - From biomedical principlism to policing ethics
Dr Hannah Maslen
(seminar slides) - Maslen, H., & Paine, C, Ethical resource allocation in policing: Why policing requires a different approach from healthcare, (2024) 43 (1) Criminal Justice Ethics, 1-36
- Maslen, H., & Paine, C, When should the police investigate cases of non-recent child sexual abuse?, (2019) 38(2) Criminal Justice Ethics, 65-102
Mitigating Harms from Epistemic Injustices in Health Care: A Closer Look at Patient-Reported Data
Dr Nina Roxburgh and Professor Mark Taylor
21 April 2026
Resources:
- Mitigating Harms from Epistemic Injustices in Health Care: A Closer Look at Patient-Reported Data.
Dr Nina Roxburgh
(seminar slides) - Roxburgh, N., Will older adults be represented in patient-reported data? Opportunities and realities, (2024) 38 (9) Bioethics, 763-769.
High Court Extension of Non-Delegable Duties to Intentional Acts: The Impact of the AA v Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church on the Liability of Hospitals and Other Medical Organisations for the Acts of a Health Practitioner
Bill Madden
6 May 2026
Resources:
- High Court Extension of Non-Delegable Duties to Intentional Acts
Bill Madden
(seminar slides) - AA v The Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle [2026] HCA 2
MLS Masters subject on related subject matter: Institutional Abuse and Legal Redress will be taught by Mr Bill Madden on the 12-15 October 2026.
Available as single subject enrolment, or as part of Masters of Health and Medical Law, or Master of Laws. Questions to Paula O'Brien.
The Legal and Ethical Significance of Bioprediction: Foreseeability, Control and Responsibility
Dr Jamie Walvisch and Dr Sinead Prince
2 June 2026
Resources:
- The Legal and Ethical Significance of Bioprediction: Foreseeability, Control and Responsibility
Dr Jamie Walvisch
(seminar slides) - Diabetes and Moral Responsibility.
Dr Sinead Prince
(seminar slides) - Prince, S., Walvisch, J., Baum, M., Hai, T., Pacaud, D., Savulescu, J., & Cameron, F., 'Cognitive Bioprediction and Moral Responsibility: Foreseeability, Control and the Ethics of Anticipated Cognitive Impairment', Forthcoming in AJOB Neuroscience Journal.