CERTIFICATION

      I, Robert P. Hickey, certify that:

      1. I have  reviewed this  quarterly  report on Form 10-QSB of Life Medical
Sciences, Inc.;

      2. Based on my  knowledge,  this  quarterly  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
quarterly report;

      3. Based on my knowledge,  the financial  statements,  and other financial
information  included in this quarterly  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 we 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
      quarterly report is being prepared;

            b)  evaluated  the  effectiveness  of the  small  business  issuer's
      disclosure  controls 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 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
      ability to record,  process,  summarize and report financial  information;
      and

      6. The  small  business  issuer's  other  certifying  officers  and I have
indicated in this quarterly report whether or not there were significant changes
in  internal  controls  or in other  factors  that  could  significantly  affect
internal  controls  subsequent  to the  date  of  our  most  recent  evaluation,
including any  corrective  actions with regard to significant  deficiencies  and
material weaknesses.

Dated: April 30, 2004    By: s/ Robert P. Hickey
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                             Robert P. Hickey
                             Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer


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