Kemp, Philippa

Academic background

Philippa obtained her Law LLB and Law, Medicine and Healthcare LLM from the University of Liverpool. She has previously worked as an ethics and regulation coordinator in a medical research department at the University of Oxford and convened the Medical Law and Ethics Discussion Group in Oxford. She is also a lecturer at St Catherine’s College and is reading for a DPhil in Law at Lady Margaret Hall. Her thesis assesses the suitability of the regulations applying to the use of foetal tissue in research in England.

Teaching

Undergraduate: Tort, Contract, Medical Law and Ethics (FHS)

Graduate: —

Research interests

Regulation of scientific research, human and foetal tissue, reproductive medicine and technology, bioethics

Recent Publications

‘At-Home Early Medical Abortions Made Permanent in England and Wales’ Oxford Law Blogs: Family & Medical Law Blog, July 2023

‘Book review: Jordan A Parsons and Elizabeth Chloe Romanis, Early Medical Abortion, Equality of Access and the Telemedical Imperative’ Medical Law Review, Volume 30, Issue 4, Autumn 2022, Pages 753-757

‘Case note: An Onerous Standard of Care in History Taking (FB v Princess Alexandra Hospital)’ – [2019] 7(2) Legal Issues Journal 135