The WLR Daily case summaries
[2021] WLR(D) 627
Court of Appeal
E v Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
F v Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
[2021] EWCA Civ 1888
2021 Nov 9; Dec 14
Sir Andrew McFarlane P, Peter Jackson, Nicola Davies LJJ
Children— Medical treatment— Consent — Gillick-competent child refusing consent to blood transfusion on religious grounds— NHS trust seeking authorisation to administer blood transfusion— Judge authorising transfusion to prevent serious injury or death— Whether power to overule autonomy of capacitous minor— Approach to be taken to exercise of court’s discretion—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 3, 5, 8, 9