Ending life support of 12-year-old boy is lawful and in his best interests, Court of Appeal holds
Dance v Barts Health NHS Trust [2022] EWCA Civ 1055
The parents of a 12-year-old boy have been unsuccessful in their application for permission to appeal against a High Court ruling that it would be both lawful and in the boy’s best interests to end his life support and cease treatment. The boy has been in a coma since an accident in his home in […]
Court of Appeal rules on Secretary of States power to detain individuals on “immigration bail”
The Queen (on the application of Seth Kaitey) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWCA Civ 1875.
The Court of Appeal unanimously dismissed this appeal concerning whether the Secretary of State has the power to place a person on bail under para. 1(2) of Sch. 10 to the Immigration Act 2016 in circumstances where it would be unlawful to detain them. According to the evidence before the Court there may be more […]
Prescription of puberty blockers to children not suitable for Court’s determination, holds Court of Appeal
Bell & Anr v The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust [2021] EWCA Civ 1363
In the treatment of under-18s suffering from gender dysphoria the appellant NHS Trust’s Gender Identity Development Service refers patients to paediatric endocrinologists for consideration of whether they should be prescribed with puberty blockers. The respondents challenged the practice of prescribing puberty blockers to under-18s and sought a declaration that this practice was unlawful in the […]
Court of Appeal gives judgment on polygamous marriages and bereavement benefits
Secretary of State for Work & Pensions v Akhtar [2021] EWCA Civ 1353
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Secretary of State for Work & Pensions v Akhtar [2021] EWCA Civ 1353 gives detailed guidance on the interplay between polygamous marriages and bereavement benefits under social security legislation. The Court allowed the Secretary of State’s appeal, holding that the Respondent, Mrs Akhtar, the widow of a man who […]
Court of Appeal gives judgment in case concerning the Pension Protection Fund
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions -v- Hughes and ors [2021] EWCA Civ 1093
These two linked appeals are brought in relation to the Order of Lewis J (as he then was) (‘the judge’) dated 30 July 2020, allowing the claimants’ judicial review claim. The claim, brought by twenty-four individual claimants and the British Airline Pilots Association (“BALPA”), (together referred to as the “Claimants”) concerns the level of compensation […]