The Weekly Law Reports
[2021] 4 WLR 11
Family Division
An NHS Trust
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[2021] EWHC 65 (Fam)
2020 Nov 18, 19;
2021 Jan 18
2021 Jan 18
Sir James Munby sitting as a High Court judge
Children— Medical treatment— Consent— Gillick-competent child refusing consent to blood transfusion— NHS trust seeking declaration authorising transfusion— Whether child’s consent to or refusal of medical treatment determinative— Whether court to determine best interests of child— Whether “rolling order” for blood transfusions to be made—
Family Law Reform Act 1969 (c 46), s 8
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Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 3, 5, 8, 9, 14
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Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c 9), ss 2(1), 3(1)
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