Posted inIssue 3 Public

Best Interests

Tafida Raqeeb (By Her Litigation Friend XX) v Barts NHS Foundation Trust [2019] EWHC 2531 (Admin)  This article originally appeared in Issue 3 (November 2019). In a tragic case concerning five year-old Tafida Raqeeb, MacDonald J considered whether withdrawal of life sustaining treatment was in her best interests. He ultimately…
November 1, 2019Posted inIssue 3, PublicTags: , ,
Posted inIssue 2 Public

Interpretation of the Abortion Act 1967

R (On the Application of British Pregnancy Advisory Service) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2019] EWHC 1397 (Admin)  This article originally appeared in Issue 2 (July 2019). The court considered the meaning of the phrase "the pregnancy has not exceeded its twenty-fourth week" in section 1(1)(a)…
July 1, 2019Posted inIssue 2, Public
Posted inClinical negligence Costs Court of Protection Inquests Issue 2 Procedural Public Quantum Regulatory

In Brief – July 2019

In each issue, we try and cover cases in brief which we were unable to cover in full. Below are the cases covered in brief in Issue 2, July 2019. ARB v IVF Hammersmith Limited [2018] EWCA Civ 2803 - On 17 July 2019, the Supreme Court refused to grant permission…
July 1, 2019Posted inClinical negligence, Costs, Court of Protection, Inquests, Issue 2, Procedural, Public, Quantum, RegulatoryTags: