(Family Division, MacDonald J, 29 January 2018)
Medical treatment – Best interests – Severe brain injury – Balance sheet approach – Application for declaration that it was lawful and in the child’s best interests for life-sustaining treatment to be withdrawn
The court made a declaration that it was no longer in the child’s best interests for life-sustaining treatment to continue.
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Neutral Citation Number: [2018] EWHC 127 (Fam)
Case No: FD17P00299
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
FAMILY DIVISION
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Date: 29/01/2018
Before:
THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE MACDONALD
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Between:
Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Applicant
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Takesha Thomas
First Respondent
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Lanre Haastrup
Second Respondent
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Isaiah Haastrup
Third Respondent
Ms Fiona Patterson (instructed by the NHS Foundation Trust) for the Applicant
Mr Ian Wise QC and Mr Bruno Quintavalle (instructed by Barlow Robbins) for the First Respondent
The Second Respondent appeared in Person
Ms Shabana Jaffar (of CAFCASS Legal) for the Child
Hearing dates: 22, 23 and 24 January 2018
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Approved Judgment
I direct that pursuant to CPR PD 39A para 6.1 no official shorthand note shall be taken of this Judgment and that copies of this version as handed down may be treated as authentic.
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Judgment: Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v Hasstrup (withdrawal of treatment) [2018] EWHC 127 (Fam).pdf
