JUDGE JURY AND EXECUTIONER Medicine and the Law Gordon, Kate, Aaron and Lorraine

Objectives  Medical Law  Regulation and Revalidation  Curriculum Statements:  3.1 Clinical Governance  3.3 Clinical Ethics and Values-Based Practice  3.4 Promoting Equality and Valuing Diversity

Plan  Introduction to Law  Small Group Work  Negligence  Capacity  Consent  Feedback to whole group  GMC  Regulation  Revalidation

Case Law / Common Law  Encompasses  Civil Law (private disputes between individuals)  Criminal law (conduct between an individual and the state)  Law can be made by judges in court  Judges can extend, modify and develop rules  Precedent Based – refers to previous similar cases.

Statute Law  Legislation initiated by Government/Crown  aka. ‘Acts’  Expresses the will of a democratically elected Parliament  Failure to comply with statutory requirements may result in a criminal offence

SMALL GROUP WORK