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Shaun Pattinson
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Professor of Medical Law and Ethics at Durham University https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/s-d-pattinson/
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Shaun Pattinson @shaunpattinson.bsky.social · Feb 20
‘Why do I write? How do I write? Where do I write? How do I carve out the time and space to write? Where do I find a place to write? How has my approach to writing changed?’ These are the questions asked by Prof Mark Flear for NI Legal Quaterly.
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Academy of Medical Sciences @acmedsci.bsky.social · 14d
The first successful treatment of Huntington's disease has been announced from a team led by our Fellow Prof Sarah Tabrizi FRS FMedSci and former Academy Starter Grants for Clinical Lecturers awardee Prof Ed Wild.

Congratulations to all involved.

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UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences @uclbrainscience.bsky.social · 15d
🧵 BREAKING: Gene therapy shows promise in slowing Huntington’s disease progression. A major milestone in neurodegenerative disease research. @uclqsion.bsky.social @ucl-hd.bsky.social
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Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
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Shaun Pattinson @shaunpattinson.bsky.social · 28d
Yep, I think the artist was trying to draw it from its description. Rather like this ‘pineapple’ on the staircase at Durham castle. It looks pine to me.

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Pineapples on the Stairs – Durham World Heritage Site
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Roger Masterman @rogermasterman.bsky.social · Aug 11
Wrote a piece - with Matt Nicholson - on whether dualism provides an effective guide to, or description of, the UK's relationship with international laws (tl;dr summary: not really). It will be coming out in the CLJ in due course, but you can read it *now* here: www.cambridge.org/core/service...
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Shaun Pattinson @shaunpattinson.bsky.social · Aug 7
If there’s an elephant in the room, you can’t help but notice.
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Medieval Military Medicine @medmilmedicine.bsky.social · Aug 4
A brilliant example of an ‘elephant done by a medieval artists that had never seen one’ - 15th century, France, Paris, Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal, Ms-2888, f. 180
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · Aug 4
No, charging VAT on private healthcare is not a re-run of the VAT/education debate.

It wouldn't just impact 5% of the population - everyone who sees a private dentist/optician would pay more.

And it wouldn't raise £2bn. Plausibly it would lose money.

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Aileen McHarg @aileenmcharg.bsky.social · Jul 15
Another opportunity to join Durham Law School as a three-year career development fellow in public law. A great Law School and a vibrant public law community with opportunities to teach in both core and optional modules, and excellent support for research. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNX378/c...
Career Development Fellow in Public Law at Durham University
Searching for an academic job? Explore this Career Development Fellow in Public Law opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.
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Shaun Pattinson @shaunpattinson.bsky.social · Jul 11
Malaysian partnership to develop financiers and regulators - www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
Partnership with Securities Commission Malaysia - Durham University
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Shaun Pattinson @shaunpattinson.bsky.social · Jul 11
Congratulations to Dapo Akande, who has been awarded an honorary Doctorate of Civil Law by @durham-university.bsky.social. This is the oration: www.durham.ac.uk/media/durham...
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Shaun Pattinson @shaunpattinson.bsky.social · Jun 12
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Poundland sold for £1 with shops set to close - BBC News
The BBC understands up to 100 of the brand's 825 UK stores could close as the new owners shake up the business.
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Shaun Pattinson @shaunpattinson.bsky.social · Jun 12
Have you heard about Poundland?

They’ve been sold for a pound.

Sometimes the news is awesome.
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Shaun Pattinson @shaunpattinson.bsky.social · May 6
See also the kind comments from Prof John Coggon, Clinical Ethics:
🔗https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14777509241305239

For a reply to this thought-provoking critique of the moral precautionary thesis see: 🔗https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14777509251339277
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Shaun Pattinson @shaunpattinson.bsky.social · May 6
Prof Amel Algrani, New Genetics and Society: 🔗https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14636778.2024.2368893
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Shaun Pattinson @shaunpattinson.bsky.social · May 6
Prof Ian Freckelton, Journal of Law and Medicine:
🔗 search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/...
'Law at the frontiers of biomedicine
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Shaun Pattinson @shaunpattinson.bsky.social · May 6
This book has previously received other kind reviews:

Prof Roger Brownsword, Medical Law International: 🔗https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09685332231167102
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Shaun Pattinson @shaunpattinson.bsky.social · May 6
📖 There's another kind review of my book *Law at the Frontiers of Biomedicine: Creating, Enhancing and Extending Human Life*.

This was written by James E Hurford, solicitor at the Government Legal Department, and published in the Law Society Gazette

🔗 www.lawgazette.co.uk/reviews/gene...
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James E Hurford reviews 'Law at the Frontiers of Biomedicine: Creating, Enhancing and Extending Human Life'.
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Shaun Pattinson @shaunpattinson.bsky.social · May 5
(As with all our joint publications, we are equally responsible for its content and our names are ordered alphabetically.)

⚡We respond to a though-provoking article by John Coggon
🔗https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/14777509241305239
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Shaun Pattinson @shaunpattinson.bsky.social · May 5
📣 New article published today
🔗https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/14777509251339277

🔑 Deryck Beyleveld and I present a new argument to explain and defend our moral precautionary thesis.
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Shaun Pattinson @shaunpattinson.bsky.social · Apr 28
It's out! 🎉

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Shaun Pattinson @shaunpattinson.bsky.social · Apr 11
An article in Times Higher Education declares that, as we already know, many scholars have moved from X to BlueSky:
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/xs-domi...

I wonder how long it will take THE get an account?
X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
www.timeshighereducation.com
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Shaun Pattinson @shaunpattinson.bsky.social · Mar 21
The 7th edition of my textbook is to be published next month. It has been extensively revised with structural changes and significant updates. The changes are listed on the publisher's website:

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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · Mar 6
…. and as of today, we are delighted to add to the series some reflections on why writers get stuck by Professor Graeme Laurie, University of Edinburgh!

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Keep checking back for further pieces in this exciting dialogue!
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · Mar 6
The series now includes contributions by Professor Shaun D Pattinson, Durham University

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and Professor Barbara Prainsack, University of Vienna

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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · Mar 6
We recently launched our new series, Reflections on Writing, with a piece by Professor Mariana Valverde, University of Toronto.

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Shaun Pattinson @shaunpattinson.bsky.social · Feb 21
You’re super kind. Thank you!
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Shaun Pattinson @shaunpattinson.bsky.social · Feb 20
My response was this piece on my writing journey and the lessons that I’m still learning: ‘Writing for Publication: Inspiration and Perspiration’.

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#Publishing, #Writing
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