Date: 12th June 2025, Birmingham Law School
Author: Alexander Orakhelashvili
The high costs of NHS clinical negligence litigation
John Tingle, Associate Professor of Law in Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham discusses a recent report by House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) 2023-24 Annual Report and Accounts. The report discusses the high cost of clinical negligence in the NHS and the provision made for this in the accounts.
Call for Papers – The Irish Political Constitution
Friday 28th November, National University of Ireland, Merrion square, Dublin
Sudan v UAE: Sound administration of justice, reputation management or deference to power?
In this post, Professor Alexander Orakhelashvili discusses the International Court’s Order in the case between Sudan and United Arab Emirates
Crime and Capacity in the ILC’s work on State officials’ immunity
In this post, Professor Alexander Orakhelashvili comments on the second round of State comments on the ILC’s work on State officials’ immunity and various criteria applicable to State officials’ conduct.
State of the pleadings: reservations to Article IX of the Genocide Convention revisited
In this post, Professor Alexander Orakhelashvili comments on the case of Sudan v United Arab Emirates, pending before the International Court of Justice, in the light of UAE’s reservation to Article IX of the Genocide Convention.
Psychedelics as Medicines? The Troubled Journey Towards Better Mental Health Futures
In this post, Helena Da Costa, Matt Hayler and Muireann Quigley explain the relation of psychedelics to mental health.
Semakadde’s radical decolonisation of the judiciary should embrace dignity in dissent
In this post, Dr Maureen Mapp discusses the place for the African value of dignity in a context of radical moral dissent
The Legal Recognition of Sign Languages
In this post, Dr Gearóidín McEvoy discusses her activities as part of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship (2021-2024)
From Rwanda to Sudan: Reservations to Article IX of the Genocide Convention
In this post, Professor Alexander Orakhelashvili discusses reservations to Article IX of the 1948 Genocide Convention