Savannah Laurent summarises a judgment for Family Law Week - Peel J made a final 'best interests' decision about where 8-month-old Indi Gregory should be extubated in line with her care plan
Joshua Swirsky reminds local authorities conducting short-form age assessments to spell out their reasons for finding that an applicant is an adult. Following R(HAM) v LB Brent (in which Joshua acted for the successful local authority), the local authority in R(LF) v Birmingham Children's Trust (for whom Joshua acts) had conducted an abbreviated age assessment of a young asylum-seeker
Joanna Thom summarises the judgment for Family Law Week in a case under the High Court's inherent jurisdiction concerning 20-year-old Andy Casey. St George's University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust sought a declaration that Mr Casey had died on 16 July when brain stem testing took place. Also that in the circumstances, it was lawful to withdraw his medical treatment.
The Supreme Court's judgment today in R (on the application of Worcestershire County Council) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care found Worcestershire County Council was not responsible for providing after-care services to a service-user detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 following her second discharge from hospital.
Dr Martina van der Leij summarises judgment in Re T (fact finding: second appeal) [2023] EWCA Civ 475 for Family Law Week. This was a 2nd appeal in a fact finding concerning sexual abuse and upheld the original deputy district judge's judgment findings that had been overturned by a circuit judge on the 1st appeal.
Lily Cooke summarises judgment in S (Inherent Jurisdiction- Transgender Surgery Abroad) [2023] EWHC 347 (Fam) for Family Law Week. The decision related to a local authority's application for leave to invoke the inherent jurisdiction to prevent a 15-year-old from travelling abroad to undergo a double mastectomy.
Lauren Suding summarises the judgment in E (A Child), Re [2022] EWHC 2650 (Fam) for Family Law Week. This was a deprivation of liberty case in which the DoLs order was extended until the child’s 18th birthday and the parents’ application to discharge a care order was refused.
Max Lansman summarises the judgment in J, Re (Deprivation of Liberty: Hospital) [2022] EWFC 121 for Family Law Week. This deprivation of liberty case concerned a 13-year-old with a diagnosis of ADHD and autism, complex needs and who was the subject of an interim care order.