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Court-authorised caesarean with chemical and physical restraint if required: A 14-minute final hearing

By Claire Martin and Nell Robson, 13th June 2024 This is a case we’ve blogged about before: “Caesarean: A directions hearing”. At that point, just under a week before, Deputy High Court Judge Victoria Butler-Cole KC, asked for a full-day final hearing to deal with an application for a court-authorised caesarean for a woman who (probably)Continue reading “Court-authorised caesarean with chemical and physical restraint if required: A 14-minute final hearing”

Family tragedy and institutional delay in best interests decisions about life-prolonging treatment

By Celia Kitzinger and Jenny Kitzinger, 9th April 2024 In July 2020, a woman identified as “OO”, collapsed at home with a cardiac arrest. This was totally unexpected: she was otherwise fit and well (and only in her early 30s). Despite resuscitation from her family and then from the Ambulance service, her heart stopped beating forContinue reading “Family tragedy and institutional delay in best interests decisions about life-prolonging treatment”