Norfolk & Norwich Univ. Hospital NHSF Trust and others v Tooke and others [2023] EWCOP 45 ‘Mum wins court fight to save son’ – ‘Norwich mum wins dialysis battle’ – ‘Family joy as Jordan wins ‘life or death’ battle’ – ‘Trust in legal battle over care can be named’ Sub-editors’ headlines are what sells newspapers, but it […]
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The full episode, hosted by Christopher Johnston KC featuring Tom O’Connor is available here. In this episode, Christopher Johnston KC is joined by Tom O’Connor, Clerking Team Leader at Serjeants’ Inn Chambers. Whilst Tom is not an author of Medical Treatment: Decisions and the Law, he plays a key part in the work mentioned in […]
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Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v RD [2022] EWCOP 47 (17.10.22) There is no new law in this tragic case – but what does stand out is the judicial approach that puts the person’s autonomy at the heart of the decision, even where the exercise of that autonomy would, almost certainly, lead to the […]
Re G (Court of Protection: Injunction) [2022] EWCA Civ 1312 (here) The Court of Appeal has helpfully clarified the legal test to be applied in the Court of Protection (‘CoP’) when considering an application for an injunction. The Background G, a 27-year-old woman who suffers with serious progressive disabilities had, since the age of 13, […]
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The full episode, hosted by Christopher Johnston KC featuring Claire Watson KC is available here. In this episode, Chris and Claire discuss medical treatment decisions related to assisted reproduction, as discussed in chapter 11 of the new fourth edition of Medical Treatment: Decisions and the Law. Chris and Claire look at XX v Whittington Hospital NHS Trust, Warren […]
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