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Gender Reassignment for Prisoners

R (ota KK) Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust [2019] EWHC 3565 (Admin)  This article originally appeared in Issue 4 (March 2020). This judicial review sought to challenge the decision by an NHS Trust to refuse to recommend a transgender prisoner for NHS-funded gender reassignment surgery by reference to an…
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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…
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What is a ‘Mother’ in Law?

TT, R (on the application of) v The Registrar General for England and Wales [2019] EWHC 2384 (Fam)  This article originally appeared in Issue 3 (November 2019). A person who undergoes the physical and biological process of carrying a pregnancy and giving birth, irrespective of gender? This was the ruling…
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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)…
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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…
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