9 April 1991
Café Italien des Amis du Vin, Charlotte St, London W1
Inaugural dinner meeting organised by Dr David Thomson
7 June 1991
Café Italien des Amis du Vin, Charlotte St, London W1
Meeting to consider officers
27 September 1991
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St London W1
First general meeting to appoint/invite officers: Sir Roger Ormrod President, Dame Rosalind Hurley Vice President, Professor Sir Eric Scowen Vice President, Margaret Puxon QC Chairman, Hon Sec Roy Palmer, Anne Cassidy Treasurer; David Thomson dinner secretary, Walter Scott membership secretary. The constitution of the society was considered.
11 December 1991
The Parliament Chamber, Inner Temple, London
Sir Roger Ormrod, our President addressed us (we were saddened to hear of the death of Sir Roger shortly afterwards on 6 January 1992).
3 April 1992
Medical Society of London, Lettsom House, Chandos St, London W1
Mrs Margaret Puxon QC addressed us.
1 July 1992
The Savile Club, Brook St, London W1
Professor Ian Kennedy was our Guest of Honour and spoke on the subject of consent and refusal in respect of medical treatment
13 October 1992
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London
The obstetrician who operated in the case of Re S was Guest of Honour and addressed us on the circumstances of the case (he cannot be named by order of the court).
10 February 1993
The Parliament Chamber, Inner Temple, London
Dame Rosalind Hurley, our President addressed us.
6 July 1993
The Savile Club, Brook St, London W1
The Right Honourable Lord Justice Butler-Sloss was Guest of Honour and addressed us.
16 November 1993
The Athenaeum, Pall Mall, London SW1
Mr Louis Claiborne was Guest of Honour and addressed us
19 April 1994
The Parliament Chamber, Inner Temple, London
Professor Lord.McColl FRCS was Guest of Honour.
14 July 1994
The Royal College of Pathologists, Carlton House Terrace, London SW1
Professor Dame Rosalinde Hurley spoke on the Royal College of Pathologists
12 October 1994
The Groucho Club, Dean St, London W1
Mr David Kemp QC was Guest of Honour and addressed us.
25 January 1995
The Parliament Chamber, Inner Temple, London
The Guest of Honour was Dr Michael Swash, consultant neurologist, who addressed us.
16 May 1995
The Royal College of Pathologists, Carlton House Terrace, London SW1
The Guest of Honour was Sir Michael Davies
14 November 1995
The Reform Club, Pall Mall, London SW1
The Guest of Honour was Sir Tim Chessells, Chairman of the Legal Aid Board who spoke on the role of legal aid
18 April 1996
The Law Society, Chancery Lane, London WC2
The Guest of Honour was Mr Rupert Jackson QC who spoke on multiparty claims
9 July 1996
The Royal College of Physicians, Regents Park, London NW1
The Guest of Honour was Mr Bertie Leigh of Hempsons, solicitors.
20 November 1996
The Reform Club, Pall Mall, London SW1
The Guest of Honour was Baroness Warnock who spoke on her work on ethics of research on embryos
27 February 1997
The Garrick Club, Garrick St , London WC2
The Guest of Honour was the Right Honourable Lord Justice Otton
22 July 1997
The Cholmondeley Room, The House of Lords, London SW1
The Guest of Honour was Professor James Drife who spoke on the history of midwifery and obstetrics
30 October 1997
The Reform Club, Pall Mall, London SW1
The Guest of Honour was Sir David Latham who addressed us
18 February 1998
The Royal College of Physicians, Regents Park, London NW1
The Guest of Honour was Mr Clive Anderson
1 June 1998
The National Liberal Club, I Whitehall Place, London SW1
No guest speaker; there was an informal discussion
6 October 1998
The Garrick Club, Garrick St , London WC2
The Guest of Honour was Professor Kyprianos Nicholiades, Professor of Fetal Medicine
23 February 1999
The Reform Club, Pall Mall, London SW1
The Guest of Honour was Mr Arnold Simanowitz who spoke on the work of AVMA
6 July 1999
The Savile Club, Brook St, London W1
The Guest of Honour was Professor Len Doyal, Professor of Medical Ethics
13 October 1999
The National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Place, London SW1
No guest speaker, there was an informal discussion
3 February 2000
The Garrick Club, Garrick St, London WC2
The Guest of Honour was Dr Iain West. Forensic Pathologist
28 June 2000
The Savile Club, Brook St, London W1
The Guest of Honour was Master Murray
20 October 2000
The National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Place, London SW1
No guest speaker; there was an informal discussion
15 February 2001
The Garrick Club, Garrick St, London WC2
The Guest of Honour was Mrs Jean Ritchie QC
Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, our President, attended
20 June 2001
The Savile Club, Brook St, London W1
The Guest of Honour was Mr James Badenoch QC who addressed us
17 October 2001
The Reform Club, Pall Mall, London SW1
No Guest of Honour; there was a discussion on the reform of clinical negligence litigation
28 February 2002
The Garrick Club, Garrick St, London WC2
The Guest of Honour was Dr David Williams, clinical adviser to the Ombudsman who spoke on the complaints procedure
26 June 2002
The Savile Club, Brook St, London W1
The Guest of Honour was Mrs Ruth Deech, Chairman of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority who spoke on the ethics of assisted conception
15 October 2002
The Reform Club, Pall Mall, London WC2
The Guest of Honour was Dr Humphrey Needham-Bennet, Forensic Psychiatrist, who spoke on “Mentally Disordered Offenders: New Mad, Bad Laws?”
27 February 2003
Lincolns Inn, London WC2
The Guest of Honour was Mr John Scurr, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, who spoke on “Clots – flying or grounded”
25 June 2003
The Savile Club, Brook St, London W1
The Guest of Honour was Dr Alison Jones, Consultant Toxicologist and Director of the National Poisons Information Centre, London, who spoke on “Should Cannabis be Legalised?” A Toxicologist’s view
20 October 2003
The Reform Club, Pall Mall, London SW1
The Guest of Honour was Mr Alan Levy QC who spoke on “The Bulger Case: The Sleep of Legal Reason?”
17 February 2004
The Garrick Club, Garrick St, London WC2
There was an open discussion: “Coroners – has the office reached the end of the road?”
6 July 2004
The National Liberal Club, I Whitehall Place, London SW1
The Guest of Honour was Dame Janet Smith who spoke on “After Shipman”
15 November 2004
The Reform Club, Pall Mall, London SW1
The Guest of Honour was Dr Ashley Brown, Consultant Hepatologist and Transplant Physician who spoke on “Organs for Sale”
2 June 2005
The Garrick Club, Garrick St, London WC2
Dr Paul Knapman spoke on “Getting away with Murder!”
9 September 2005
Lincoln’s Inn, London WC2
Ian Winspur (hand surgeon specialist) spoke on repetitive injury.
23 February 2006
The Reform Club, Pall Mall, London SW1
Dr Michael Powers QC spoke on “Hospital Deaths – who cares?”
22 June 2006
Juxon House, St Paul’s House (courtesy of Sarasin Chiswell)
Professor Aidan Halligan “From blowing your own horn to blowing the whistle – when should doctors tell?”
31 October 2006
Lincoln’s Inn, London WC2
Sir Michael Wright “Medical negligence – whither now?”
27 February 2007
The Garrick Club, Garrick St, London WC2
Baroness Finlay spoke on palliative care and the Palliative Care Bill. Our President Baroness Butler-Sloss was present.
20 June 2007
The Royal Commonwealth Club, Northumberland Avenue London WC2
Professor Paul Hunt spoke on “Access to Health in Armed Conflict”
10 October 2007
The Parliament Chamber, Middle Temple. London EC.
Dr Andrew Johns spoke on “Protecting the Public from Psychopaths”
6 February 2008
The Garrick Club, Garrick St, London WC2
Mr Hugh Taylor, Permanent Secretary Department of Health spoke on “Yes - or should it be No – minister: should politicians leave health to the professionals?”
19 June 2008
Lincoln’s Inn, London WC2
Anthony Barton delivered a tribute to the late Margaret Puxon QC
Mr Bertie Leigh spoke on “The doctor and society: a dysfunctional relationship?”
22 January 2009
The Garrick Club, Garrick St, London WC2
There was no speaker; Michael Powers QC, Paul Knapman and Roy Palmer led a discussion which included the Coroners and Justice Bill.
11 June 2009
Lincoln’s Inn, London WC2
Sir Donald Irvine spoke on medical regulation.
3 February 2010
Lincoln’s Inn, London WC2
Sir Michael Wright spoke on Inquests and European Convention on Human Rights Article 2
13 October 2010
Lincoln’s Inn, London WC2
Mr Norman Baker MP spoke on the death of Dr David Kelly
16 March 2011
The Garrick Club, Garrick St, London WC2
Dr Ganesh Suntharalingam, Director of Intensive Care at Northwick Park Hospital spoke on the TGN 1412 trial
1 November 2011
Coopers Hall, 13 Devonshire Square, London EC2
Lord Owen spoke on the Hubris Syndrome
27 March 2012
Lincoln’s Inn, London WC2
Debate: Dr Michael Powers QC led on “"Support a lawyer... send a child to medical school"
6 November 2012
Lincoln’s Inn, London WC2
Dr Neville Davis spoke on “Anecdotes from a long career as a forensic medical examiner”
9 October 2013
Lincoln’s Inn, London WC2
Professor John Newton spoke on “Experts: are generalists best?”
4 June 2014
The Reform Club, Pall Mall, London SW1
Robert Francis QC spoke on “The duty of candour in clinical practice”
20 November 2014
The Garrick Club, London WC2
Sir Barry Jackson spoke on duties of the surgeon: disclosure of risk, and candour when things have gone wrong
14 May 2015
Lincoln’s Inn, London WC2
Mark McDonald (barrister) spoke on the case of a nurse convicted for multiple murder
19 November 2015
Lincoln’s Inn, London WC2
Dr Waney Squier paediatric neuropathologist spoke on the “shaken baby syndrome”.
7 April 2016
Lincoln’s Inn, London WC2
Dame Janet Smith spoke on the subject of her Review of the Culture and Practices at the BBC during the years that Jimmy Savile worked there, with particular reference to press reporting.