Jehovah’s Witnesses, blood transfusions and capacity: PW
In PW (Jehovah’s Witness: Validity of Advance Decision), Re [2021] EWCOP 52, Mrs W, aged 80, had Alzheimer’s. She was seriously ill in hospital with potentially fatal internal bleeding from a gastric...
View ArticleLaw and religion round-up – 14th November
COP 26 and the Church of England As we reach the end of the 26th meeting of the Conference of the Parties in Glasgow (COP 26), it is instructive to look back to the meeting in Paris in 2016, reported...
View ArticleWithdrawal of life-sustaining treatment: Fixsler
In June, we noted the judgment in Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust v Fixsler & Ors [2021] EWHC 1426 (Fam), in which the parents of Alta Fixsler, a two-year-old born with catastrophic...
View ArticleJehovah’s Witnesses and blood transfusions for 16- and 17-year-olds: E & F
In a guest post, Elijah Z Granet looks at the latest case on blood transfusions and Jehovah’s Witnesses. Introduction Can a minor approaching the age of 18 refuse to consent to life-saving blood...
View ArticleCOVID-19 and end of life care: AH
In Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v AH [2021] EWCOP 64, AH was a 56-year-old woman, in intensive care with severe symptoms from COVID-19 since December 2020 [1]. The issue before...
View ArticleLaw and religion round-up – 23rd January
Vicarious liability: where next? In TVZ and Ors v Manchester City Football Club Ltd [2022] EWHC 7 (QB), Barry Bennell coached for the club but was not employed by it – he was unpaid. He sexually abused...
View ArticleLaw and religion round-up – 8 May
“Honestly, those lawyers. Sustaining and defending the laws of our land, so that everyone can be fairly treated. Just like enemies of the people do.” Paul Bayes Treating children for gender dysphoria...
View ArticleHealthcare-workers and transgender clients: Mackereth in the EAT
Background Dr David Mackereth had been recruited by Advanced Personnel Management Group as a Health and Disabilities Assessor on behalf of the DWP. He was contracted to assess individuals for...
View ArticleLaw and religion round-up – 2nd October
Criminal damage to the Colston statue: AG’s reference On 28 September 2022, the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) handed down judgment in Attorney General’s Reference No. 1 of 2022 [2022] EWCA Crim...
View ArticleEuthanasia and the right to life under Article 2 ECHR: Mortier
If not, strictly speaking, “law and religion”, certainly “law and morality”… In Mortier v Belgium [2022] ECHR 764 [in French], the ECtHR was called upon to rule on whether or not Belgium’s law...
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