Professor Cameron Stewart

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Profile

Degrees

BEc LLB (Hons 1) Macq; GradDip Jur, Grad Dip Legal Prac NSW College of Law; PhD Syd; FACLM (Hon)

Courses Taught

• Introduction to Property and Commercial Law
• Real Property
• Equity
• Introduction to Law for the Health Professions
• Government Regulation, Health Policy and Ethics
• Health Care and Professional Liability

Areas of Interest

• Health Law
• Ethics
• Property and Equity
• Guardianship Law
• End-of-Life Decision-making
• Human Tissue Regulation

Brief Biographical Detail

Professor Cameron Stewart is Pro Dean and Director of the Centre for Health Governance, Law and Ethics at Sydney Law School and Associate Professor at the Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine, Sydney Medical School. He has degrees in economics, law and jurisprudence. He has worked in the Supreme Court of New South Wales and has practiced commercial law at Phillips Fox Lawyers. His previous appointment was at Macquarie Law School, where he spent 10 years, the last of which as Dean. He is Vice President of the Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law. Cameron is also the Associate Editor in law of the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry and the co-editor of the Ethics and health law news service. He also runs a website on Discovering Australian Guardianship Law.

Cameron has worked on a number of projects for NSW Health, the NSW Guardianship Tribunal, the Office of Public Guardian and Alzheimer’s Australia. His current projects include studies on umbilical cord blood banking, direct to consumer advertising, guardianship law and consent to high risk medical procedures.

Professional Affiliations

• Admitted as Legal Practitioner of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
• Admitted as Solicitor and Barrister of the High Court of Australia
• Acting President of the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Health Law and Ethics 2008-2010
• Vice President, Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law 2010

Membership of Government Working Parties and advice groups

Research Grants

External Research Grants (as CI)

• 2012 NHMRC Project Grant - Ensuring the utility and sustainability of tissue banks: Supporting translational research in Australia through informed regulation and community engagement $437,215
• 2009 NSW Health Dept – Clinical ethics project $485,000
• 2009 NSW Health Dept – Ethics and Health Law News $85,000
• 2008 NHMRC Project Grant - Ethical and Legal issues surrounding the decision-making process for donating and banking umbilical cord blood, $402,000
• 2007 NHMRC Project Grant - Deconstructing DTCA: Towards a differentiated policy response to Direct-to-Consumer Advertising in Australia, $185,563
• 2007 NHMRC Project Grant - Difficult decisions: a critical analysis of consent to high-risk medical procedures, $309,750
• 2004 Alzheimer’s Australia Grant - Legal aspects of dementia, $5,000
• 2004 ARC Network Grant - Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects of Health, $10,000

Publications

Books | Edited Journal Issues | Book Chapters | Refereed Journal Articles | Encyclopaedia Entries | Non–refereed journal entries | Submission to Inquiries | Position Papers | Letters | Book Reviews | Conference Plenaries | Invited Presentations | Conference Presentations and Seminars

Books

• Kerridge, I, Lowe, M & Stewart, C, Ethics and Law for the Health Professions (4th ed), Federation Press: Australia (2013) 1208 pages
• Radan, P & Stewart, C, Principles of Australian Equity and Trusts (2ND ed) Lexis (2013) 864 pages
• Radan, P & Stewart, C, Principles of Australian Equity and Trusts (2010) 701 pages
• Radan, P, Stewart, C & Vickovich, I, Principles of Australian Equity and Trusts: Cases and Materials (2009) 849 pages
• Kerridge, I, Lowe, M & Stewart, C, Ethics and Law for the Health Professions (3rd ed), Federation Press: Australia (2009) 895 pages
• Stewart, C, Kerridge, I & Parker, M, The Australian Medico-Legal Handbook, Elsevier: Australia (2008) 342 pages
• Radan, P, Stewart, C & Lynch, A, Equity & Trusts, LexisNexis Butterworths (2nd ed, 2005) 480 pages
• Radan, P, Stewart, C & Lynch, A, Equity & Trusts, LexisNexis Butterworths (2001)

Edited Journal Issues

• Journal of Law and Medicine – Symposium on cord blood banking (2012) Vol 19 No 3
• Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - Symposium on human tissue (2007) Vol 4 No 2
• Macquarie Law Symposium: Law, Religion and Medicine (2006) (with RAF Croucher).
• Macquarie Law Journal - Special Issue on Law & Genetics (2002) Vol 2 (with A Reilly)
• Macquarie Law Journal - General Issue (2001) Vol 1, No 1, (with RAF Atherton (Exec Ed), B Kercher, Y F Lim & A Sharpe)

Book Chapters

• Stewart C, ‘Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide’ in Ben White, Fiona MacDonald and Lindy Willmott (eds), Health Law in Australia, Lawbook Co.: Australia (2010) 415-448
• Stewart, C, ‘Allied health professions, professionalism, ethics and law’ in Rosemary Kennedy (ed), Allied Health Professionals and the Law, Federation Press: Australia (2008) 24-39
• Stewart, C, ‘Reporting your own and others’ conduct’ in Rosemary Kennedy (ed), Allied Health Professionals and the Law, Federation Press: Australia (2008) 176-193
• Stewart, C, ‘Substantive Unfairness’ in M Groves and HP Lee, Australian Administrative Law: Fundamentals Principles and Doctrines, CUP: Port Melbourne, Victoria (2007) 280-99
• Stewart, C, ‘Advance Directives: Disputes and Dilemmas’ in I Freckelton and K Petersen (eds), Disputes and Dilemmas in Health Law, Federation Press: Australia (2006) 38-54
• Stewart, C, ‘The Paradox of Legal Systems: Medical Ethics and Law's Quest to Make Itself Redundant’ in C Jordens (ed), Policing Virtue? (2005) 67-77
• Stewart, C, ‘The Sanctity of Life in Law: Comparisons between Jewish, Catholic, Islamic and Common Law Approaches’ in Atherton, Meyerson and Radan, Law and Religion: God the State and the Common Law, Routledge: London (2005) 269-295

Refereed Journal Articles

• J Wardle, C Stewart and M Parker, “Jabs and Barbs: ways to address misleading vaccination and immunisation information using currently available strategies” (2013) Journal of Law and Medicine (forthcoming)
• A Bendorf, I Kerridge and C Stewart. “Intimacy or Utility? Organ Donation and the Choice Between Palliation and Ventilation” (2013) Critical Care (forthcoming)
• C Stewart and F Brennan, ‘Legal Issues Concerning Withholding and Withdrawal of Dialysis’ (2013) Nephrology (Forthcoming)
• A Findlay, C Stewart and M Parker, ‘Open Disclosure: ethical, professional and legal obligations and the way forward for regulation’ (2013) 198 Medical Journal of Australia 445
• A Bendorf, P Kelly, I Kerridge, G McCaughan, B Meyerson, C Stewart and B Pussell, “An International Comparison of the Effect of Policy Shifts to Organ Donation Following Cardiocirculatory Death (DCD) on Donation Rates After Brain Death (DBD) and Transplantation Rates” (2013) 8 Public Library of Science e62010
• C Stewart, ‘Legal perspectives on consent in disputes about futile care’ (2013) 198 Medical Journal of Australia 225-226
• Chapman S, Morrell B, Forsyth R, Kerridge I, Stewart C, ‘Policies and Practices of Australian Universities on Competing Interests of Academic Staff’ (2012) Medical Journal of Australia (forthcoming)
• Stewart C, ‘A defence of the requirement to seek consent to withhold and withdraw futile treatments’ (2012) 196(6) Medical Journal of Australia 406-408
• Stewart C and Kerridge I (editorial), ‘Umbilical cord blood banking and the next generation of human tissue regulation: An agenda for research’ (2012) 19(3) Journal of Law and Medicine 423-429
• Jordens C, O’Connor M, Kerridge I, Stewart C. Cameron A, Sachedina A, Tobin B, ‘Religious perspectives on umbilical cord blood banking’ (2012) 19(3) Journal of Law and Medicine 497-511
• Komesaroff P, Kerridge I, Stewart C, Samuel G, Lipworth W and Jordens C, ‘Racially conditional donation: The example of umbilical cord blood’ (2012) 19(3) Journal of Law and Medicine 517-524
• Stewart, C, 'Law and Cancer at the End of Life: The Problem of Nomoigenic Harms and the Five Desiderata of Death Law' (2011) 125(12) Public Health 905-918
• Stewart, C, 'Futility Determination as a Process: Problems with Medical Sovereignty, Legal Issues and the Strengths and Weakness of the Procedural Approach' (2011) 8(2) Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 155-163
• Stewart, C, Madden, B, Cockburn, T & Coggon, J, 'Recent Developments' (2011) 8(1) Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 7-12
• Parker M, Wardle J, Weir M and Stewart C, 'Medical merchants: conflict of interest, office product sales and notifiable conduct' (2011) 194(1) Medical Journal of Australia 34-37
• Stewart C, Peisah C, Draper, B, 'A Test for Mental Capacity to Request Assisted Suicide' (2011) 37(1) Journal of Medical Ethics 34-39
• Parker, M, Stewart, C, Willmott, L and Cartwright, C ‘One step forward, two steps back: advance care planning, Australian regulatory frameworks and the Australian Medical Association’ (2007) 37 Internal Medicine Journal 637-43
• Stewart, C, ‘Making Decisions and Advanced Care Planning: the Australian Experience of Advance Directives and Possible Future Directions’ (2005) 24(s1) Australasian Journal on Ageing s25-s29
• Faunce, T and Stewart, C, ‘The Schiavo and Messiha cases: Resolving third party ethical and legal interventions in futile care disputes’ (2005) 183 Medical Journal of Australia 261-263
• Stewart, C and Biegler, P ‘A Primer on the Law of Competence to Refuse Medical Treatment’ (2004) 78 Australian Law Journal 325-42
• Stewart, C, ‘The Rule of Law and the Tinkerbell Effect: Theoretical Considerations, Criticisms and Justifications for the Rule of Law’ (2004) 4 Macquarie Law Journal 135-164
• Stewart, C and Lynch, A, ‘Undue Influence, consent and medical treatment’ (2003) 96 Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 598-601
• Stewart, C, ‘Legal Constructions of Life and Death in the Common Law’ (2002) 2 Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal 67-91
• Stewart, C, ‘Some legal reflections on the death of Nancy Crick’ (2002) 21 Monash Bioethics Review 15-17
• Stewart, C, ‘Assessing Competence to Refuse Medical Treatment’ (with Paul Biegler) (2001) 174 Medical Journal of Australia 522-525
• Stewart, C, ‘Public Interests and the Right to Die: Compelling reasons for overriding the right to refuse treatment’ (2001) 14 Australian Institute of Health Law and Ethics Issues Papers 1-12
• Stewart, C, ‘Substantive unfairness: a new head of abuse of power?’ (2000) 28 Federal Law Review 618-635
• Stewart, C, ‘Qumsieh's case, Civil Liabilities and the Right to Refuse Medical Treatment’ (2000) 8 Journal of Law and Medicine 56-67
• Stewart, C, ‘Tragic choices and the role of administrative law’ (2000) 321 British Medical Journal 105
• Biegler, P, Stewart, C, Savulescu, J, and Skene, L ‘Determining the Validity of Advance Directives’ (2000) 172 Medical Journal of Australia 545-548
• Stewart, C, ‘Advance Directives, the Right to Die and the Common Law: Recent Problems with Blood Transfusions’ (1999) 23 Melbourne University Law Review 161 – 183
• Stewart, C, ‘Health Care and Judicial Review: A further role for the courts?’ (1999) 7 Journal of Law and Medicine 212 – 226
• Stewart, C, ‘Health Services and the Right to Live: Shortland v Northland Limited’ (1997) 1(2) Macarthur Law Review 310 - 314
• Stewart, C, ‘Who decides when I can die? Problems with proxy decisions to forego life-sustaining treatment’ (1997) 4 Journal of Law and Medicine 386 – 401

Encyclopaedia Entries

• Stewart, C, ‘Mental Capacity’ in G Albrecht (eds), Encyclopedia of Disability 5 volumes, SAGE (2005)
• Stewart, C, ‘Refusal of Life-sustaining Treatment’ in G Albrecht (ed), Encyclopedia of Disability, SAGE (2005)
• Stewart, C, ‘Substitute Decision-making’ in G Albrecht (ed), Encyclopedia of Disability, SAGE (2005)
• Stewart, C, ‘Medical Futility’ in G Albrecht (ed), Encyclopedia of Disability, SAGE (2005)

Non–refereed journal entries

• Stewart, C & Richards, B, 'Recent Developments' (2010) 7(4) Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 341-343
• Coggon, J, Huxtable, R & Stewart, C, 'Recent Developments' (2009) 6(4) Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 405-413
• Coggon, J, Stewart, C & Williamson, L, 'Recent Developments' (2009) 6(3) Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 263-268
• Stewart, C, 'Recent Developments' (2009) 6(2) Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 153-158
• Stewart, C, 'Recent Developments' (2009) 6(1) Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 3-7
• Stewart, C, ‘Organ retention and the law of tort’ (2004) Precedent 32-35
• Stewart, C, ‘Case Note: AB v Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust [2004] EWHC 644’ (2004) 1 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 47-48
• Stewart, C, ‘Decision-making for Severely Disabled Newborns: Winston-Jones, Wyatt and Matthew’ (2005) 5 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 5-6
• Stewart, C, ‘Jehovah's Witness Transfused by NSW Guardianship Tribunal’ (2005) 2 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 7-8
• Stewart, C, ‘Adolescents and Refusal of blood’ (2005) 2 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 8-9
• Stewart, C, ‘Messiha (by his tutor) v South East Health [2004] NSWSC 1061’ (2005) 2 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 9
• Stewart, C, ‘More on futility in the United States’ (2005) 2 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 5
• Stewart, C, ‘HIV, non-disclosure and infection in Australia’(2005) 2 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 123-124
• Stewart, C, ‘Late term abortion prosecution in NSW’ (2005) 2 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 124'
• Stewart, C, ‘Force-feeding psychiatric patients in Queensland’ (2005) 2 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 67-68
• Stewart, C, ‘More on adolescents and refusal of blood’ (2005) 2 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 65
• Stewart, C, ‘Decision-making for severely disabled newborns: Wyatt’ (2005) 2 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 65
• Stewart, C, ‘Bone marrow donation by an incompetent adult’ (2005) 2 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 65- 66
• Stewart, C, ‘Problems with Substitute Decision-Making in NSW’ (2005) 2 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 127-131
• Stewart, C, ‘NSW Government Looks to Deny Prisoners the Right to Store Reproductive Materials’ (2006) 3 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 131
• Rosalind Croucher and Cameron Stewart ‘Conversations on Law, Religion and Medical Science’ (2006) Macquarie Law Symposium
• Stewart, C, ‘Body parts controversy at University of New South Wales’ (2007) 4 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 81
• Stewart, C, ‘Long running New Zealand Abortion Case continues’ (2007) 4 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 170
• Stewart, C, ‘Late term abortion conviction in NSW’ (2007) 4 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 3-4
• Stewart, C, ‘ “Double Effect” Case Highlights Continuing Confusion Over Legality of Terminal Palliation’ (2007) 4 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 170
• Stewart, C, ‘Legalising of therapeutic cloning continues apace in Australia’ (2007) Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 169
• Stewart, C, ‘Child Protection proceedings and Re Elm [2006] NSWSC 1137’ (2007) 4 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 4-5
• Stewart, C, ‘Therapeutic cloning in Australia’ (2007) 4 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 4
• Stewart, C, ‘Update on Charlotte Wyatt’ (2007) 4 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 3
• Stewart, C, ‘Victorian doctors cleared of late term abortion’ (2007) Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 4
• Stewart, C, ‘More on substitute decision-making in New South Wales Australia’ (2007) 4 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 81-83
• Stewart, C, ‘Cheaper IVF for Spare Eggs’ (2007) Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 169
• ‘The English and Wales Mental Capacity Act 2005 now in force’ (2007) 4 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 83-84
• Stewart, C, ‘Victoria Legalises Therapeutic Cloning’ (2007) 4 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 84
• Stewart, C, ‘Assisted Suicide in the United States’ (2007) 4 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 169-170
• Stewart, C, ‘The Human Body - the Land that Time Forgot’ (2007) 4 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 117-118
• Stewart, C, ‘Growth attenuation’ and the ‘Ashley Treatment’ (2008) 5 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 7-8
• Stewart, C, ‘New Zealand Denies Samoan Child Visa for Surgery’ (2008) 5 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 8
• Stewart, C, ‘Northern Territory Decides to Withdraw Treatment from Injured Man’ (2008) 5 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 8-9
• Stewart, C, ‘NSW Passes Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2007’ (2008) 5 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 9-10
• Stewart, C, ‘Euthanasia Laws Revisited in Australian Parliament’(2008) 5 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 107
• Stewart, C, ‘Chinese Medicine Practitioner Prescribes RU486’ (2008) 5 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 107
• Stewart, C, ‘When and How Do You Assess the Standard of Care in Negligence?’ (2008) 5 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 107-108
• Stewart, C, ‘Misleading and Deceptive Conduct in Practising and Advertising Alternative “Medical Treatments”‘ (2008) 5 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 108-109
• Stewart, C, ‘Abortion in Northern Ireland’ (2008) 5 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 109-110
• Stewart, C, ‘Criminal Prosecutions, Disciplinary Tribunals and Abuse of Process’ (2008) 5 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 231-233
• Stewart, C, ‘Psychology, Unorthodox Treatments, Improper Relationships and Professional Misconduct’ (2008) 5 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 233-234
• Stewart, C, ‘Proposed Changes to Abortion Law in Victoria’ (2008) 5 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 234
• Stewart, C, ‘Managing death and the law’ (2008) Precedent 4-9 (reprinted in Australian Independent Retiree Magazine 2009)
• Stewart, C, ‘Negligent Manslaughter and Medical Treatment: Patel, Misra and Pegios’ (2009) 6 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 3-4
• Stewart, C, ‘Mandatory Reporting Following the Investigation of the “Bega Butcher” ‘(2009) 6 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 4
• Stewart, C, ‘Medical Negligence and Loss of a Chance’ (2009) 6 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 4-5
• Stewart, C, ‘Contributory Negligence and Follow-Up’ (2009) 6 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 5
• Stewart, C, ‘Capacity and the Refusal of Blood Products in Ireland’ (2009) 6 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 5-6
• Stewart, C, ‘Cosmetic Surgery for Children’ (2009) 6 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 6
• Stewart, C, ‘Age Discrimination and the Provision of Medical Treatment’ (2009) 6 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 6-7
• Stewart, C, ‘End-of-Life Decisions in NSW: The Saga Continues’ (2009) 6 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 153
• Stewart, C, ‘Refusal of Treatment by Parents: Does the Court Need to Order Wardship?’ (2009) 6 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 155
• Stewart, C, ‘Junk Food Advertising in Australia’ (2009) 6 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 155-156
• Stewart, C, ‘Restraint and Seclusion in Care Settings’ (2009) 6 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 156-157
• Stewart, C, ‘More Convictions for HIV Transmission in Australia’ (2009) 6 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 157
• Stewart, C, ‘Court of Appeal Recognizes Property Rights in Human Tissue’ (2009) 6 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 157
• Stewart, C, ‘NSW Court of Appeal Overturns Itself and Rejects Loss of Chance Claim’ (2009) 6 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 266-267
• Stewart, C, ‘Disputes over Treatment for Post-coma Unresponsiveness’ (2009) 6 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 410
• Stewart, C, ‘Common Law Endorsement of Advance Directives in New South Wales’ (2009) 6 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 410-412
• Stewart, C, ‘Refusal of Artificial Feeding by Competent Patient: is there a Need for an Informed Refusal?’ (2009) 6 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 412 -413
• Stewart, C, ‘Withdrawal of Treatment From a Newborn with Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome’ (2010) 7 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 3
• Stewart, C, ‘European Challenge to the Irish Legal Position on Abortion’ (2010) 7 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 3-4
• Stewart, C, ‘Abortion Reform in Queensland – Chemical Abortion now Within Definition’ (2010) 7 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 4
• Stewart, C, ‘Abortion Policy in Northern Ireland’ (2010) 7 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 4-5
• Stewart, C, ‘New Zealand Disabled Woman Starves Herself to Death’ (2010) 7 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 143
• Stewart, C, ‘Montana Recognises Consent as a Defence to Assisted Suicide’ (2010) 7 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 143-144
• Stewart, C, ‘Negligent Manslaughter and the Patel Verdict’ (2010) 7 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 281-282

Submissions to Inquiry

• Submission to the Medical Treatment For the Dying Inquiry, Western Australian Parliament (65 pages)
• Submission to AHEC Regarding Developing NHMRC Ethical Guidelines For The Care Of People In Post-Coma Unresponsiveness (Vegetative State) Or Minimally Responsive State (29 pages)

Position Papers

• Bolton, S & Stewart, C, 'Legal Planning and Dementia' Alzheimer's Australia Position Paper 5, April 2005

Letters

• Stewart, C, ‘Determining the Validity of Advance Directives (Letter)’ (2000) 173 Medical Journal of Australia 335

Book Reviews

• Stewart, C, ‘Strange Bedfellows. How Medical Jurisprudence Has Influenced Medical Ethics and Medical Practice’ (2003) 29(4) Journal of Medical Ethics e10

Conference Plenaries

• Stewart, C, ‘Regulating end of life decisionmaking in Australia: challenges for the future’ Australian Medical Students Association Conference, Hobart, 8 July 2010
• Stewart, C, ‘Marion’s case is dead, long live Marion’s case!’ Australian Bioethics Association and the Australian Institute of Health, Law and Ethics Combined 2009 Conference, Queenstown NZ, 9-12 July 2009
• Stewart, C, ‘Children and medical treatment’ Australian and New Zealand Children’s Haematology and Oncology Group 2007
• Stewart, C, ‘Making Decisions: Guardianship and the Courts, Capacity and Consent’ Public Forum Minors’ Consent to Medical Treatment, NSW parliament House, 27 November 2006
• Stewart, C, ‘Neonatal intensive care and end-of-life decisions’ Chair of Plenary Panel, IIR Medico-Legal Congress 2006
• Stewart, C, ‘End-of-life decisions and withdrawal of treatment’ Australian Lawyers Alliance Medical Law Conference, 28 July 2006
• Stewart, C, ‘Legal Duties to disclose medical error’ Slater & Gordon Medical Law Forum, 2 May 2006
• Stewart, C, ‘Legal and ethical issues for child stem cell donors’ Advances in Bone Marrow Transplantation, Festschrift Professor Marcus Vowels, 19 November 2004
• Stewart, C, ‘The paradox of legal systems: medical ethics and law's quest to make itself redundant’ in Policing Virtue? Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine, University of Sydney, 28 May 2004
• Stewart, C, ‘End of Life Decisions After Justice O’Keefe: The Role of the Family’ Intensive Care and End of Life Issues , Sydney, 28 May 2004
• Stewart, C, ‘End-of-Life Decision-Making and the Risks of Over and Under Regulation’ Australian Institute of Health Law and Ethics Conference, Hobart, 23 November 2003
• Stewart, C, ‘Beyond Bland: A New Model for Withdrawing Treatment from Incompetents’, Australian Institute of Health, Law and Ethics 2002, Conference, Newcastle, 30 June 2002
• Stewart, C, ‘A Legal Justification of Terminal Sedation’ Plenary - Australian Bioethics Association and the Australian Institute of Health, Law and Ethics Combined 2000 Conference, Sydney, 9 July 2000
• Stewart, C, ‘Refusal of Blood Transfusions: The case of Qumsieh’ presentation at the Australian Institute of Health Law and Ethics Conference, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, October 1999
• Stewart, C, ‘The Public Interest in Preserving Life and the Right to Die’, presentation at the Australian Institute of Health Law and Ethics Conference, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, October 1999
• Stewart, C, ‘Judicial Review of Medical Treatment Decisions’ presentation at the Australian Institute of Health Law and Ethics Conference, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, October 1998

Invited Presentations

• Stewart, C, Consent and Capacity, Monash Human Research Ethics Course, Hepburn Springs, December 2010
• Stewart, C, Law and CAM, Lecture to PPD students, Faculty of Medicine, August 2010
• Stewart, C, Involuntary treatment, consent and capacity – the problem of regulatory slide, NSW Psychiatry Association Annual Conference, 21 August 2010
• Stewart, C, Dying From Cancer: The role of law at the end of life, Law and Cancer Conference, 10 June 2010
• Stewart, C, Consent and Capacity, Monash Human Research Ethics Course, Hepburn Springs, December 2009
• Stewart, C, End of life decisionmaking and the risks of over and under regulation, Civil Law Conference Sydney 12 November 2009
• Stewart, C, The difference between ethical and legal concerns in health care, Lecture to PPD students, Faculty of Medicine, May 2009
• Stewart, C, Consent and Capacity, Monash Human Research Ethics Course, Hepburn Springs, December 2008
• Stewart, C , Introduction to advance Care Planning, Prince of Wales Hospital, 14 November 2008
• Stewart, C , Organ Donation Panel, Asia Pacific Critical Care Conference 2008, 2 November 2008
• Stewart, C , ‘Consent and Informed Consent’ St George Private Hospital Executive, 29 September 2008
• Stewart, C, Consent and Capacity, Monash Human Research Ethics Course, Hepburn Springs, Dec 2007
• Stewart, C , ‘Legal Issues and Ageing in Australia’ colloquium/workshop, The Australasian Centre on Ageing, 29 August 2007
• Stewart, C , ‘Comment on human tissue and property: the new terra nullius’ Centre for Values Ethics and the Law in Medicine Annual Conference 2007
• Stewart, C , ‘Dying in Australia: the new law’ Combined meeting of Australian Jewish Lawyers and Medical Officers, 2007
• Stewart, C , ‘Double effect and pain relief: time for reform’ International Academy of Law and Mental Health, Padua, Italy, 2007
• Stewart, C, Ground rounds, Prince of Wales Hospital, 30 April 2007
• Stewart, C, ‘Late term abortions and the Law’ International Marcé Society Conference 2007
• Stewart, C, Consent and Capacity, Monash Human Research Ethics Course, Hepburn Springs, Dec 2006
• Stewart, C, ‘Human tissue, property and ownership’, ANZIHLE Tissue Forum, Perth, 14 October 2006
• Stewart, C, ‘Western Australian Laws on Guardianship and the new amendments’, State Administrative Tribunal, 13 October 2006
• Stewart, C, ‘Guardianship and end-of-life decisionmaking in NSW’ University of Sydney CLE Series, March 2006
• Stewart, C, ‘NSW Health Decisions At The End-Of-Life: Working Together To Improve Practice”’, Wagga RSL, Wagga Wagga, 23 November 2006
• Stewart, C , UMP Ground Rounds, RPA Hospital, 26 October 2005
• Stewart, C, NSW Health Decisions at the end of life seminar, Coffs Harbour, 14 Sept 2005
• Stewart, C, 'Law at the bedside,' Clinical Ethics in Australia: the first National Workshop, 3rd International Conference on Communication, Medicine and Ethics (COMET), 30 June 2005
• Stewart, C, ‘Advance Directives – Whose final decision?’, College of Law Career Enhancement Series, Elder Law, 17 March 2005
• Stewart, C, NSW Health Decisions at the end of life seminar Bathurst, Charles Sturt University, 3 March 2006
• Stewart, C , ‘Property and Human Tissue’ ANZIHLE Tissue Forum, Adelaide, 31 May 2005
• Stewart, C , ‘Legal issues with advance directives’, NSW Health Advance Directives Information Session, Westmead Children’s Hospital, 9 February 2005
• Stewart, C , ‘Issues in organ donation and human tissue’ Northwestern Sydney Catenian Association, 29 June 2004
• Stewart, C, ‘The Law of Advance Directives in NSW’, NSW Chronic Care Collaborative, Homebush Bay, 5 June 2004
• Stewart, C , ‘A Brief Introduction to the History of the Common Law’ Gosford Hospital Grand Round, 9 March 2004
• Stewart, C , ‘Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatments from Newborns’ Grand Round, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, May 2003
• Stewart, C, ‘Ethical Issues and End-of-Life Treatments’ NSW Society of Palliative Medicine, Spring Meeting, 12 November 2002
• Stewart, C, ‘Rethinking End-of-Life Decisions’ Clinical Unit in Ethics and Health Law, Newcastle Hospital, Newcastle, September 2002
• Stewart, C, ‘Legal Aspects of Palliative Care’ Palliative Care Unit, St George Hospital, Sydney, 30 August 2002
• Stewart, C, ‘Psychological Research and Privacy’ Medical Psychology Reserch Unit, Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, 14 August 2002
• Stewart, C, ‘Impact of the New Privacy Laws on Psychology Practice’, Macquarie University Counselling Service, 21 June 2002
• Stewart, C, ‘Privacy Laws and Medical Research’, Sydney Cancer Centre, 20 June 2002
• Stewart, C, ‘Recent Issues in Health, Law and Ethics’, Health, Law and Ethics Conference, Terrigal, 16 February 2002
• Stewart, C, ‘Advances Directives and the Negligent Infliction of Life Sustaining Treatment’ Visiting Speaker, School of Law, University of Wales, Cardiff, March 2001
• Stewart, C, ‘Double Effect, Terminal Sedation and the Defence of Necessity’ Visiting Speaker, Ethox, Oxford University, 18 March 2001
• Stewart, C, ‘Claims for Wrongful Living’ Australian Institute of Health, Law and Ethics Melbourne Christmas Party 2000
• Stewart, C, ‘Advance Directives in the Emergency Department and the Negligent Provision of Treatment’, Health Law Seminar Series, University of Sydney, 19 April 2000
• Stewart, C, ‘The Future Impact of Administrative Law on Medical Decision-Making’, Health Law Seminar Series, University of Sydney, 10 November 1999

Conference Presentations and Seminars

• Stewart, C, 'Talking Truth in End-of-Life Decision-Making:The Need for Defense Approaches to the Problems of Intention and Causation in Death Management', Crime or Care? The Problem of Cause of Death and "Intention to Kill" in End-of-Life Care, Sydney, 28 October 2010
• Stewart, C, ‘The Common Law of Refusal of Treatment and Advance Directives’, International Academy of Law and Mental Health Annual Conference, 3 October 2003
• Stewart, C , ‘Wrongful Living: A Wrong without a Remedy?’, Visiting Fellow Seminar, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford University, 10 March 2001
• Stewart, C , ‘End of Life Decision-making and the Role of the Family: Lessons from the Northbridge Case’ Australian Institute of Health, Law and Ethics 2001 Conference, Melbourne 28 June 2001
• Stewart, C, ‘When is Life Not Worth Living?’ Justice for Everyone, International Disability and the Law Conference, Wollongong, 13 November 1999
• Stewart, C , ‘The Lawyer’s Song of Death: Constructions of Life and Death in the Common Law’, Thanatographia: Representations of Death Conference, University of Western Sydney, Nepean, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 6 November 1999
• Stewart, C, ‘The Rule of Law in the Postmodern State’ presentation at Australasian Law Teachers Association, 1998 Legal Theory Forum, Otago University, New Zealand, July 1998