(Family Division, Baker J, 30 June 2017)
Medical treatment – Cessation of treatment – Declaration of lawfulness
A declaration was granted that it was lawful and in the child’s best interests for there to be no further neurosurgical intervention and in the event of cardiac arrest no form of cardiac resuscitation.
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Case No: FD17P00312
Neutral Citation Number: [2017] EWHC 1710 (Fam)
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
FAMILY DIVISION
IN THE MATTER OF THE SENIOR COURTS ACT 1981
AND IN THE MATTER OF HK (SERIOUS MEDICAL TREATMENT) (No.1)
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Date: 30th June 2017
Before :
THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE BAKER
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Between :
AN NHS HOSPITAL TRUST
Applicant
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GM (1)
DK (2)
HK (by his children’s guardian) (3)
Respondents
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Peter Boyce (solicitor, the NHS Trust) for the Applicant
Edward Devereux QC (instructed by Dawson Cornwell) for the First Respondent mother
Alev Giz (instructed by Philcox Gray) for the Second Respondent mother
Melanie Carew (Cafcass Legal) for the child, by his children’s guardian
Hearing dates: 30th June 2017
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Judgment
Judgment: Re HK (Serious Medical Treatment)(No 1) [2017] EWHC 1710 (Fam).rtf
