Professor Sara Fovargue

School of Law

Professor of Law

Director of Academic Staff Development

Deputy Chair of the 9 1免费版下 Research Ethics Committee

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Professor Sara Fovargue
School of Law
AF24
Bartolome虂 House
Winter Street
Sheffield
S3 7ND
Profile

I joined the School of Law at the 9 1免费版下 of Sheffield in January 2022, having previously been Professor of Law at Lancaster 9 1免费版下. I have also taught at the Universities of Manchester and Newcastle.

I was the first in my family to attend university. Having wanted to be a barrister (specialising in medical malpractice) since I was about 14, I realised while I was studying at the Inns of Court School of Law that a career at the Bar was not for me. I completed the academic stage to qualify as a barrister and then opted to start work on my PhD rather than to complete a pupillage.

I have been teaching and researching issues relating to health law and ethics, and family law (particularly relating to children) for over 20 years and I am passionate about these subjects. I have also taught Criminal Law, English Legal Systems/Legal Methods, and Gender and the Law.

Qualifications
  • Non-practising barrister
  • PhD, 9 1免费版下 of Manchester
  • LLB(Hons) Law, 9 1免费版下 of Leicester
Research interests

Health care law and ethics generally - specifically:

  • Consent and Capacity
  • Decision Making for the 'Vulnerable'
  • Risk and Regulation
  • Clinical Research Involving Human and Non-human Animals
  • Developing and Emerging Biotechnologies (such as xenotransplantation)
  • Reproduction and Reproductive Technologies
  • Organ Donation and Transplantation
  • Conscientious Objection

Family law:

  • Parents, Parenthood and Reproductive Technologies
  • Children and Health
  • Children and Childhood
Publications

Books

  • Fovargue S (2011) . Cambridge 9 1免费版下 Press. RIS download Bibtex download

Edited books

  • (Ed.) () . Routledge. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S & Mullock A (Ed.) () . Routledge. RIS download Bibtex download

Journal articles

  • Clough B, Fovargue S, Heywood R & Miola J (2024) . Medical Law Review, 32(4), 441-443. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Redhead C, Frith L, Chiumento A, Fovargue S & Draper H (2024) . BMC Medical Ethics, 25. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Clough B, Fovargue S, Heywood R & Miola J (2022) . Medical Law Review, 30(4), 581-583. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Redhead C, Fovargue S, Frith L, Chiumento A, Draper H & Baines P (2022) . Medical Law Review. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S & Neal M (2022) . International Journal of Pharmacy Practice. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S (2021) In whose best interests? Childbirth choices and other health decisions. Law Quarterly Review, 137, 604-629. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S, Miola J, Clough B & Heywood R (2021) . Medical Law Review, 29(1), 1-2. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Frith L, Draper H, Fovargue S, Baines P, Redhead C & Chiumento A (2021) . American Journal of Bioethics, 21(8), 34-37. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chiumento A, Baines P, Redhead C, Fovargue S, Draper H & Frith L (2021) . BMJ Open, 11(6). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Baines P, Draper H, Chiumento A, Fovargue S & Frith L (2020) . Journal of Medical Ethics, 46(11), 715-716. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S (2020) . Medical Law Review, 28(4), 781-793. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Neal M, Fovargue S & Smith SW (2019) . New Bioethics, 25(3), 203-206. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Neal M & Fovargue S (2019) . New Bioethics, 25(3), 221-235. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S & Hogg LC (2017) . Journal of Trafficking and Human Exploitation, 1(2), 143-160. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Neal M & Fovargue S (2016) . Medical Law Review, 24(4), 544-570. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S & Bennett R (2016) . Medical Law Review, 24(1), 34-58. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S & Neal M (2015) . Medical Law Review, 23(2), 221-241. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S, McGuinness S, Mullock A & Smith S (2015) . Medical Law Review, 23(2), 173-176. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S & Ost S (2013) . Medical Law International, 13(1), 6-31. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S (2013) Doctrinal incoherence or practical problem? Minor parents consenting to their offspring's medical treatment and involvement in research in England and Wales. Child and Family Law Quarterly, 25(1), 1-18. RIS download Bibtex download
  • FOVARGUE S (2013) . Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 22(2), 181-191. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S (2013) . European Journal of Health Law, 20(2), 231-239. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Biggs H, Ost S, Fovargue S & Miola J (2012) . Medical Law Review, 20(2), 189-190. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Biggs H, Ost S, Fovargue S & Miola J (2012) . Medical Law Review, 20(1), 6-7. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S & Miola J (2011) . Clinical Ethics, 6(4), 162-166. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S & Miola J (2011) . Clinical Ethics, 6(3), 117-121. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S & Miola J (2011) . Clinical Ethics, 6(2), 64-67. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S & Miola J (2011) . Clinical Ethics, 6(1), 11-14. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S & Miola J (2010) . Clinical Ethics, 5(4), 180-183. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S & Miola J (2010) . Clinical Ethics, 5(3), 122-124. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S & Ost S (2010) . Medical Law Review, 18(3), 302-329. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S & Miola J (2010) . Journal of Medical Ethics, 36(8), 494-497. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S & Miola J (2010) . Clinical Ethics, 5(2), 63-66. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S & Miola J (2010) . Clinical Ethics, 5(1), 1-2. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S & Miola J (2010) . Clinical Ethics, 5(1), 13-15. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S & Ost S (2009) . Clinical Ethics, 4(3), 119-124. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Newson AJ (2009) . Clinical Ethics, 4(1), 6-11. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S (2008) . Medical Law Review, 16(3), 458-464. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S (2007) . Clinical Ethics, 2(1), 22-22. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S (2007) . Clinical Ethics, 2(2), 55-55. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S (2006) . Clinical Ethics, 1(2), 85-85. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S (2006) . Clinical Ethics, 1(3), 138-138. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Brazier M & Fovargue S (2006) . Clinical Ethics, 1(1), 26-32. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S & Brazier M (2006) . Clinical Ethics, 1(1), 21-21. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S (2005) . Legal Studies, 25(3), 404-430. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S (2005) . Medical Law Review, 13(1), 131-135. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S (2005) . Liverpool Law Review, 26(2), 125-147. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Flynn M, Keywood K & Fovargue S (2003) . The Journal of Adult Protection, 5(1), 30-34. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S (2001) . Res Publica, 7(2), 183-187. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Foster S (1998) . Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 20(4), 421-437. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S (1998) . Medical Law Review, 6(3), 265-296. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S (1998) Medical law. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 20(4), 427-437. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S, Chiumento A, Draper H, Frith L & Redhead C () Delivering compassionate NHS healthcare: a qualitative study exploring the ethical implications of resetting NHS maternity and paediatric services following the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Social Science and Medicine. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S, Thom R, Fox M, Cronin A, Ayres D, Cooper D, Dark J, Parent B, Ravanan R, Dorling A , Locke J et al () An update on the ethical, legal, and technical challenges of translating xenotransplantation. Journal of Medical Ethics. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Scott HM, Braybrook D, Har冒ard贸ttir D, Ellis-Smith C, Harding R, Anderson AK, Bayly J, Bate L, Bluebond-Langner M, Box D , Bristowe K et al () . Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 21(1). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S () . The Modern Law Review, 65(2), 290-303. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S () . Medical Law Review, 15(2), 176-219. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S () . Medical Law Review, 14(3), 434-442. RIS download Bibtex download

Chapters

  • Fovargue S, Redhead C, Anna C, Draper H & Frith L (2024) Relationships were a casualty when pandemic ethics and everyday clinical ethics collided In Redhead C & Smallman M (Ed.), Governance, Democracy and Ethics in Crisis-Decision-making The Pandemic and Beyond Manchester: Manchester 9 1免费版下 Press. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S & Purshouse C (2023) Introduction In Fovargue S & Purshouse C (Ed.), Leading Works in Health Law and Ethics (pp. 1-8). London: Routledge. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S & Purshouse C (2023) , Leading Works in Health Law and Ethics (pp. 1-8). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S (2019) Preserving the therapeutic alliance: Court intervention and experimental treatment requests In Goold I, Herring J & Auckland C (Ed.), Parental Rights, Best Interests and Significant Harms: Medical Decision-Making on Behalf of Children Post-Great Ormond Street Hospital v Gard (pp. 153-176). Oxford: Hart. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S (2017) Xenotransplantation In den Exter A (Ed.), European Health Law (pp. 419-441). Maklu-Uitgevers RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S (2017) Ethical Judgment on St George's Healthcare NHS Trust v S [1998] 3 All ER 673 In Smith S, Coggon J, Hobson C, Huxtable R, McGuinness S, Miola J & Neal M (Ed.), Ethical Judgments: Re-writing Medical Law (pp. 235-240). Oxford: Hart. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S (2017) Judgment 2-St George's Healthcare NHS Trust v S [1999] Fam 26, ETHICAL JUDGMENTS: RE-WRITING MEDICAL LAW (pp. 235-240). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S & Mullock A (2016) , The Legitimacy of Medical Treatment: What Role for the Medical Exception? (pp. 1-11). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S & Miola J (2016) , Pioneering Healthcare Law: Essays in Honour of Margaret Brazier (pp. 243-254). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Brazier M & Fovargue S (2016) Transforming wrong into right : What is 'proper medical treatment'? (pp. 12-31). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S & Mullock A (2015) Introduction In Fovargue S & Mullock A (Ed.), The Legitimacy of Medical Treatment: What Role for the Medical Exception? (pp. 1-11). Routledge RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S (2014) Exposing the limits of the law? Biotechnological challenges to global health In Freeman M, Sarah H & Belinda Bennett (Ed.), Law and Global Health (pp. 394-418). Oxford: Oxford 9 1免费版下 Press. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S (2012) , Bioethics, Medicine and the Criminal Law (pp. 140-156). Cambridge 9 1免费版下 Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S (2011) La investigaci贸n embrionaria humana en Reino Unido: 驴una isla en Europa? In Garcia San Jose D (Ed.), Marco Jur铆dico Eurpeo Relativo a la Investigaci贸n Biom茅dica en Transferencia Nuclear y Reprogramaci贸n Celular (pp. 157-176). Thomson Reuters RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S () , Leading Works in Health Law and Ethics (pp. 148-163). Taylor & Francis RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S & Purshouse C () , Leading Works in Health Law and Ethics (pp. 1-8). Taylor & Francis RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S () Integrating feminisms鈥 perspectives into the legal curriculum: Feminist Perspectives on Health Care Law In Fovargue S & Purshouse C (Ed.), Leading Works in Health Law and Ethics Routledge RIS download Bibtex download

Reports

  • Fovargue S & Neal M (2021) Pharmacists' perception of ethical conflict and professional guidance in light of the revised General Pharmaceutical Council Standards of Conduct, Ethics and Performance RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fovargue S & Neal M (2021) Research Briefing: Pharmacists' perceptions of ethical conflict and professional guidance RIS download Bibtex download

Preprints

  • Redhead CAB, Frith L, Chiumento A, Fovargue S & Draper H (2023) , Research Square Platform LLC. RIS download Bibtex download
Research group

I would be happy to supervise students in the following subjects:

  • Health Law and Ethics
  • Family Law - especially relating to children and health.
Grants

Title/Description: The Future of Human Reproduction: New Agendas and Methods for the Humanities and Social Science

  • Awarding Body: Wellcome
  • People Involved: Professor Stephen Wilkinson (PI, Lancaster 9 1免费版下); Dr Kirsty Dunn (CI, Lancaster 9 1免费版下); Professor Sharon Rushton (CI, Lancaster 9 1免费版下); Professor Elena Semino (CI, Lancaster 9 1免费版下); Dr Emmanuel Tsekleves (CI, Lancaster 9 1免费版下); Dr Nicola Williams (CI, Lancaster 9 1免费版下)
  • Years Funded for: May 2022-August 2025
  • Amount Awarded (拢): 1,019,767

Title/Description: When pandemic and everyday ethics collide: Supporting ethical decision-making in maternity care and paediatrics during the Covid-19 pandemic

  • Awarding Body: UKRI/AHRC Covid-19 Rapid Response funding
  • People Involved: Dr Lucy Frith (PI, 9 1免费版下 of Manchester); Dr Paul Baines (CI, 9 1免费版下 of Warwick); Dr Anna Chiumento (CI, 9 1免费版下 of Liverpool); Professor Heather Draper (CI, 9 1免费版下 of Warwick)
  • Years Funded for: 2020-2021
  • Amount Awarded (拢): 258,812

Title/Description: Uterus transplantation: Law, ethics, patients and policy

  • Awarding Body: ESRC IAA
  • People Involved: Professor Stephen Wilkinson (Lancaster 9 1免费版下); Dr Laura O'Donovan (Lancaster 9 1免费版下); Dr Nicola Williams (Lancaster 9 1免费版下)
  • Years Funded for: 2021
  • Amount Awarded (拢): 14,180
Teaching interests
  • Health Care Law and Ethics
  • Family Law (especially relating to children)
Teaching activities

The modules I teach are:

Undergraduate 

  • Children and the Law
  • Family Law
  • Principles of Healthcare Law and Ethics

Postgraduate 

  • PhD Legal Research Methods
Professional activities and memberships
  • Joint Editor-in-Chief, Medical Law Review.
  • Member of the AHRC Peer Review College.
  • Member of the SLS EDI Committee.
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
  • External ethics adviser on Children Palliative Care Outcome Scale (C-POS), funded by European Research Council.
  • Member the Children鈥檚 Health Ethics and Law Special Interest Group (CHELSIG).