About this event

  • Date and time Thu 5 Jun 2025 from 9:00am to 4:30pm
  • Location Online
  • Organised by Clinical Forensic and Legal Medicine

Watch the on-demand recording for this collaborative event hosted by the Royal Society of Medicine Emergency Medicine Section and the Clinical Forensics and Legal Medicine Section, designed to deepen your understanding of the critical intersection between emergency medicine and law. Gain essential insights and practical tools to navigate legal challenges confidently, ensuring you provide optimal care while safeguarding yourself from litigation.

This event offers unparalleled opportunities for professional development, including in-depth discussions on clinical negligence and ethical dilemmas in emergency medicine settings, a live courtroom scenario featuring the cross-examination of an Emergency Medicine Consultant by barristers, and expert analysis of key legal topics such as organ donation and landmark High Court cases. Don’t miss this chance to engage with leading medico-legal experts from across the UK and enhance your skills in tackling complex legal and ethical issues in emergency medicine.

Participants will learn about: 

  • The interface between emergency medicine and medico-legal experts 
  • The role of Barristers in medico-legal issues 
  • The role of medical experts in court

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Tickets

Standard pricing available until 04 June 2025.

Member

RSM Fellow RSM Associate RSM Retired Fellow RSM Trainee RSM Student
£72.00 £43.00 £43.00 £43.00 £23.00

Non - Member

Consultant / GP / SAS Doctors AHP / Nurse / Midwife Trainee Student
£132.00 £79.00 £79.00 £41.00

Location

Online

Registrations will close at 1:00am on 5 June 2025. Late registrations will not be accepted. 

The agenda is subject to change at any time 

If the event is recorded, we are only able to share presentations that we have received permission to share. There is no guarantee that all sessions will be available after the event, this is at the presenters and RSM's discretion. 

All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations. 

This event will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in future on various internet channels. 

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