Hemachandran & anr (appellants) v University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (respondents)

Wednesday 1 – Thursday 2 May 2024

By an Appellant’s Notice filed on 29 September 2023, this is an appeal against the decision of Mrs Justice Roberts, sitting in the Court of Protection, dated 15 September 2023. The applicant parents seek to appeal the judgment in relation to their daughter’s capacity to conduct proceedings and in respect of her agreement to medical treatment.

On 25 August 2023, Roberts J handed down judgment finding that she had neither litigation capacity nor capacity to give or withhold her agreement to medical treatment, including palliative treatment. Sadly, she passed away on 13 September 2023.

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