Fovargue, Sara, Professor

Professor Sara Fovargue

School of Law

Professor of Law

Director of Academic Staff Development

Deputy Chair of the University Research Ethics Committee

s.j.fovargue@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 6794

AF24, Bartolomé House

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Professor Sara Fovargue
School of Law
AF24
Bartolomé House
Winter Street
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S3 7ND

Profile

I joined the School of Law at the University of 91ֱ�� in January 2022, having previously been Professor of Law at Lancaster University. 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, University of Manchester
LLB(Hons) Law, University 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 University Press.

Edited books

(Ed.) () . Routledge.
Fovargue S & Mullock A (Ed.) () . Routledge.

Journal articles

Clough B, Fovargue S, Heywood R & Miola J (2024) . Medical Law Review, 32(4), 441-443.
Redhead C, Frith L, Chiumento A, Fovargue S & Draper H (2024) . BMC Medical Ethics, 25.
Clough B, Fovargue S, Heywood R & Miola J (2022) . Medical Law Review, 30(4), 581-583.
Redhead C, Fovargue S, Frith L, Chiumento A, Draper H & Baines P (2022) . Medical Law Review.
Fovargue S & Neal M (2022) . International Journal of Pharmacy Practice.
Fovargue S (2021) In whose best interests? Childbirth choices and other health decisions. Law Quarterly Review, 137, 604-629.
Fovargue S, Miola J, Clough B & Heywood R (2021) . Medical Law Review, 29(1), 1-2.
Frith L, Draper H, Fovargue S, Baines P, Redhead C & Chiumento A (2021) . American Journal of Bioethics, 21(8), 34-37.
Chiumento A, Baines P, Redhead C, Fovargue S, Draper H & Frith L (2021) . BMJ Open, 11(6).
Baines P, Draper H, Chiumento A, Fovargue S & Frith L (2020) . Journal of Medical Ethics, 46(11), 715-716.
Fovargue S (2020) . Medical Law Review, 28(4), 781-793.
Neal M, Fovargue S & Smith SW (2019) . New Bioethics, 25(3), 203-206.
Neal M & Fovargue S (2019) . New Bioethics, 25(3), 221-235.
Fovargue S & Hogg LC (2017) . Journal of Trafficking and Human Exploitation, 1(2), 143-160.
Neal M & Fovargue S (2016) . Medical Law Review, 24(4), 544-570.
Fovargue S & Bennett R (2016) . Medical Law Review, 24(1), 34-58.
Fovargue S & Neal M (2015) . Medical Law Review, 23(2), 221-241.
Fovargue S, McGuinness S, Mullock A & Smith S (2015) . Medical Law Review, 23(2), 173-176.
Fovargue S & Ost S (2013) . Medical Law International, 13(1), 6-31.
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.
FOVARGUE S (2013) . Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 22(2), 181-191.
Fovargue S (2013) . European Journal of Health Law, 20(2), 231-239.
Biggs H, Ost S, Fovargue S & Miola J (2012) . Medical Law Review, 20(2), 189-190.
Biggs H, Ost S, Fovargue S & Miola J (2012) . Medical Law Review, 20(1), 6-7.
Fovargue S & Miola J (2011) . Clinical Ethics, 6(4), 162-166.
Fovargue S & Miola J (2011) . Clinical Ethics, 6(3), 117-121.
Fovargue S & Miola J (2011) . Clinical Ethics, 6(2), 64-67.
Fovargue S & Miola J (2011) . Clinical Ethics, 6(1), 11-14.
Fovargue S & Miola J (2010) . Clinical Ethics, 5(4), 180-183.
Fovargue S & Miola J (2010) . Clinical Ethics, 5(3), 122-124.
Fovargue S & Ost S (2010) . Medical Law Review, 18(3), 302-329.
Fovargue S & Miola J (2010) . Journal of Medical Ethics, 36(8), 494-497.
Fovargue S & Miola J (2010) . Clinical Ethics, 5(2), 63-66.
Fovargue S & Miola J (2010) . Clinical Ethics, 5(1), 1-2.
Fovargue S & Miola J (2010) . Clinical Ethics, 5(1), 13-15.
Fovargue S & Ost S (2009) . Clinical Ethics, 4(3), 119-124.
Newson AJ (2009) . Clinical Ethics, 4(1), 6-11.
Fovargue S (2008) . Medical Law Review, 16(3), 458-464.
Fovargue S (2007) . Clinical Ethics, 2(1), 22-22.
Fovargue S (2007) . Clinical Ethics, 2(2), 55-55.
Fovargue S (2006) . Clinical Ethics, 1(2), 85-85.
Fovargue S (2006) . Clinical Ethics, 1(3), 138-138.
Brazier M & Fovargue S (2006) . Clinical Ethics, 1(1), 26-32.
Fovargue S & Brazier M (2006) . Clinical Ethics, 1(1), 21-21.
Fovargue S (2005) . Legal Studies, 25(3), 404-430.
Fovargue S (2005) . Medical Law Review, 13(1), 131-135.
Fovargue S (2005) . Liverpool Law Review, 26(2), 125-147.
Flynn M, Keywood K & Fovargue S (2003) . The Journal of Adult Protection, 5(1), 30-34.
Fovargue S (2001) . Res Publica, 7(2), 183-187.
Foster S (1998) . Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 20(4), 421-437.
Fovargue S (1998) . Medical Law Review, 6(3), 265-296.
Fovargue S (1998) Medical law. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 20(4), 427-437.
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.
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.
Scott HM, Braybrook D, Harðardóttir 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).
Fovargue S () . The Modern Law Review, 65(2), 290-303.
Fovargue S () . Medical Law Review, 15(2), 176-219.
Fovargue S () . Medical Law Review, 14(3), 434-442.

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 University Press.
Fovargue S & Purshouse C (2023) Introduction In Fovargue S & Purshouse C (Ed.), Leading Works in Health Law and Ethics (pp. 1-8). London: Routledge.
Fovargue S & Purshouse C (2023) , Leading Works in Health Law and Ethics (pp. 1-8).
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.
Fovargue S (2017) Xenotransplantation In den Exter A (Ed.), European Health Law (pp. 419-441). Maklu-Uitgevers
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.
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).
Fovargue S & Mullock A (2016) , The Legitimacy of Medical Treatment: What Role for the Medical Exception? (pp. 1-11).
Fovargue S & Miola J (2016) , Pioneering Healthcare Law: Essays in Honour of Margaret Brazier (pp. 243-254).
Brazier M & Fovargue S (2016) Transforming wrong into right : What is 'proper medical treatment'? (pp. 12-31).
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
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 University Press.
Fovargue S (2012) , Bioethics, Medicine and the Criminal Law (pp. 140-156). Cambridge University Press
Fovargue S (2011) La investigación embrionaria humana en Reino Unido: ¿una isla en Europa? In Garcia San Jose D (Ed.), Marco Jurídico Eurpeo Relativo a la Investigación Biomédica en Transferencia Nuclear y Reprogramación Celular (pp. 157-176). Thomson Reuters
Fovargue S () , Leading Works in Health Law and Ethics (pp. 148-163). Taylor & Francis
Fovargue S & Purshouse C () , Leading Works in Health Law and Ethics (pp. 1-8). Taylor & Francis
Fovargue S () Integrating feminisms’ 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

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
Fovargue S & Neal M (2021) Research Briefing: Pharmacists' perceptions of ethical conflict and professional guidance

Preprints

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

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 University); Dr Kirsty Dunn (CI, Lancaster University); Professor Sharon Rushton (CI, Lancaster University); Professor Elena Semino (CI, Lancaster University); Dr Emmanuel Tsekleves (CI, Lancaster University); Dr Nicola Williams (CI, Lancaster University)
Years Funded for: May 2022-August 2025
Amount Awarded (£): 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, University of Manchester); Dr Paul Baines (CI, University of Warwick); Dr Anna Chiumento (CI, University of Liverpool); Professor Heather Draper (CI, University of Warwick)
Years Funded for: 2020-2021
Amount Awarded (£): 258,812

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

Awarding Body: ESRC IAA
People Involved: Professor Stephen Wilkinson (Lancaster University); Dr Laura O'Donovan (Lancaster University); Dr Nicola Williams (Lancaster University)
Years Funded for: 2021
Amount Awarded (£): 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’s Health Ethics and Law Special Interest Group (CHELSIG).

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Professor Sara Fovargue

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