EXHIBIT 31.1 CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL
FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO EXCHANGE ACT RULE 13a-14(a), as adopted pursuant
to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

      I, Robert P. Hickey, certify that:

      1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of Life Medical
Sciences, Inc.;
      2. Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this annual
report;
      3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as
of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
      4. The small business issuer's other certifying officers and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures
(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the small business
issuer and have:

            a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
      disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision,
      to ensure that material information relating to the small business issuer,
      including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others
      within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report
      is being prepared;

            b) evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer's
      disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our
      conclusions about effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures,
      as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such
      evaluation; and

            c) disclosed in this report any change in the small business
      issuer's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
      the small business issuer's most recent fiscal quarter (the small business
      issuer's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
      materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
      small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting; and

      5. The small business issuer's other certifying officers and I have
      disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
      financial reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors and the audit
      committee of the small business issuer's board of directors (or persons
      performing the equivalent function):

            a) all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of
      internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
      adversely affect the small business issuer's ability to record, process,
      summarize and report financial information; and

            b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
      other employees who have a significant role in the small business issuer's
      internal control of financial reporting; and


Dated: March 7, 2005            By: /s/ Robert P. Hickey
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                                    Robert P. Hickey
                                    Chief  Executive  Officer and
                                    Chief  Financial Officer