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3 December 2020

An NHS Foundation Trust v AB & Ors [2020] EWHC 3221 (Fam)
(Family Division, Lieven J, 21 October 2020)Medical Treatment – Best interests – 10-year old required eye surgery for cataracts – Sight deteriorating since 2014 – Parents...
Samantha Bangham
Judgments 3 December 2020
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15 July 2020

An NHS Foundation Trust v AB and another [2020] EWHC 1606 (Fam)
(Family Division, Hayden J, 16 June 2020)Medical treatment – Best interests – Application for declaration to discontinue intensive care treatmentThe Family Division allowed the local...
Francesca Esposito
Judgments 15 July 2020
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11 June 2020

Re H (A Child: Parental Responsibility: Vaccination) [2020] EWCA Civ 664
(Court of Appeal, McCombe, King and Peter Jackson LJJ, 22 May 2020)Medical treatment – Parental responsibility – Vaccination The Court of Appeal dismissed the parents' appeal, holding that...
Francesca Esposito
Judgments 11 June 2020
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5 April 2020

Re AB (disclosure of medical records) [2020] EWHC 691 (Fam)
(Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane P, 23 March 2020)Medical records – Human fertilisation – DisclosureThe Family Division allowed the application, declaring that it was lawful for the...
Francesca Esposito
Judgments 5 April 2020
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8 October 2019

Raqeeb v Barts NHS Foundation Trust [2019] EWHC 2531 (Admin) and [2019] EWHC 2530 (Fam)
(Family Division, MacDonald J, 3 October 2019)Medical treatment – Withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment – Best interestsThe Family Division held that it was in the best interests of the...
Francesca Esposito
Judgments 8 October 2019
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30 September 2019

In the matter of D (A Child) [2019] UKSC 42
(Supreme Court, Hale, Carnwath, Black, Lloyd-Jones and Arden LJJ, 26 September 2019)Medical treatment – Deprivation of liberty – Consent – Parental responsibility.The Supreme Court...
Francesca Esposito
Judgments 30 September 2019
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12 September 2019

Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council v PR and others [2019] EWHC 2305 (Fam)
(Family Division, Cobb J, 5 September 2019)Medical treatment – Vulnerable adult – Local authority issuing application under the court’s inherent jurisdiction with a view to obtaining...
Francesca Esposito
Judgments 12 September 2019
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30 July 2019

RE AB (Termination of pregnancy) [2019] EWCA Civ 1215
(Court of Appeal, McCombe, King and Peter Jackson LJJ, 11 July 2019)Medical treatment – Pregnancy – Lack of capacity to consent to termination – Appeal.The Court of Appeal allowed...
Amarjit Atwal
Judgments 30 July 2019
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16 July 2019

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust v CD [2019] EWCOP 24
(Court of Protection, Francis J, 4 July 2019)Medical treatment – Capacity –  Pregnancy– Substantial risk of becoming incapacitous during labour – Mental Capacity Act...
Amarjit Atwal
Judgments 16 July 2019
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9 July 2019

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust v B (Urgent Medical Treatment) [2019] EWHC 1670 (Fam)
(Family Division, MacDonald J, 21 June 2019)Medical treatment – Diabetic ketoacidosis – Refusal of child to accept treatmentThe Family Division found that it was in the child’s best...
Amarjit Atwal
Judgments 9 July 2019
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