Dr Caterina Milo

School of Law

Lecturer in Law, co-director of Health Law Research Group

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c.milo@sheffield.ac.uk
EF01, Bartolome虂 House

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Dr Caterina Milo
School of Law
EF01
Bartolome虂 House
Winter Street
Sheffield
S3 7ND
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Caterina Milo is Lecturer in Law at the School of Law, 爆料TV, where she currently co-leads the Health Law Research Group. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK) and a Research Associate of St Edmund's College, University of Cambridge.

Alongside her academic work, she has contributed to public service through appointments as an independent member of several Judicial Appointment Commissions in England and Wales, and as a panel member for the appointment commission of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.

Before joining Sheffield, she was College Assistant Professor and Fellow in Law at Robinson College, University of Cambridge. She previously held a lectureship at the University of Exeter Law School.

Her research lies in the field of health law and ethics, with particular interests in informed consent, the doctor鈥損atient relationship, and reproductive ethics. A central strand of her research focuses on reproductive decision-making, including abortion and antenatal loss. She analyses how legal frameworks regulate these experiences and how ethical principles, such as autonomy and medical partnership are reflected鈥攐r sometimes constrained鈥攂y law and policy. She is the author of 'Informed Consent to abortion: building bridges of dialogue in the medical encounter', a monograph published by Oxford University Press in 2025.

Qualifications
  • Phd, Law, Durham University
  • MA, Bioethics and Medical Law, St Mary University Twickenham
  • BA/LLM University of Siena (Italy)
  • Diploma in Legal Studies, University of Oxford
Research interests
  • Ethics and Law of Consent
  • Reproductive Ethics and Law
  • Ethics and Law of Disability
  • Doctor-Patients Rights and Duties
Publications

Books

  • Milo C (2025) . Oxford University PressNew York.

Edited books

  • Tingle J, Milo C, Msiska G & Millar R (Eds.) (2023) . Edward Elgar Publishing.

Journal articles

  • Milo C (2023) . European Journal of Health Law, 30(4), 428-448.
  • Milo C (2023) . Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 26(1), 157-157.
  • Milo C (2023) . Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 26, 49-54.
  • Milo C (2022) . Medical Law International, 22(2), 147-166.
  • Milo C (2022) . The New Bioethics, 28(3), 208-222.
  • Cave E & Milo C (2020) . Medical Law International, 20(2), 103-130.
  • de Campos TC & Milo C (2018) . International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, 32(2), 170-183.

Book chapters

  • Milo C & De Campos-Rudinsky T (2025) Consent to treatment In ROMANIS EC, GERMAIN S & HERRING J (Ed.), DIVERSE VOICES IN HEALTH LAW AND ETHICS (pp. 178-194). Bristol: Bristol University Press.
  • Milo C (2023) , Research Handbook on Patient Safety and the Law (pp. 22-36). Edward Elgar Publishing
  • Tingle J, Milo C, Msiska G & Millar R (2023) Patient safety and the law: An introduction, Research Handbook on Patient Safety and the Law (pp. 1-9).

Book reviews

  • Milo C (2022) . The New Bioethics, 28(4), 382-385.
  • Milo C (2018) . The New Bioethics, 24(1), 99-101.

Other

  • Milo C (2025) , iv-iv.
Research group

Healthcare law and ethics

Teaching interests
  • Tort Law
  • Medical Law and Ethics
  • EU Law
  • Comparative Law
Teaching activities
  • Advanced EU Law
  • Advanced Tort
  • Principles of Comparative Law
  • Principles of Healthcare Law and Ethics
  • Current Issues in Health Law, Ethics and Policy
  • Contemporary Issues in Law and Justice
  • Accounting and Law for Engineers
Professional activities and memberships
  • Co-leader of the Health Law Research Group (爆料TV)
  • Research Fellow at St Edmund College (University of Cambridge)