Hearings
England & Wales
16 Nov 2022 [2022] EWCOP 48; [2023] 1 FLR 883, CoP (Poole J)
In re X (Catastrophic Injury: Collection and Storage of Sperm)
Additional names
V v X
Subject Matter
MEDICAL PRACTITIONER — Medical treatment — Best interests — Parents applying for removal and storage of sperm from brain-stem dead son — Whether interference with son’s Convention rights necessary and proportionate — Whether in son’s best interests — Human Rights Act 1998 ( c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 8 — Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c 9), ss 1-3, 4
[2022] EWCOP 48; [2023] 1 FLR 883, CoP
Commentary
UK Human Rights Blog
Removal of gametes from brain dead man would breach his rights to privacy: Court of Protection
Case comment