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Validity and applicability of an Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment: A pre-trial review

By Celia Kitzinger, 14th May 2025 Editorial note: There are now three published judgments, as listed below. Click on the link in the name of the case (the protected party, “AB” can now be named as Carl Gardner) AB, Re (ADRT: Validity and Applicability) [2025] EWCOP 20 (T3) (10 June 2025) AB, Re (Disclosure ofContinue reading “Validity and applicability of an Advance Decision to Refuse Treatment: A pre-trial review”

Determining the legal status of a ‘Living Will’: Personal reflections on a case before Poole J

By Celia Kitzinger, 5th May 2025 Editorial note: There is a now published judgment, following the later hearing of 22nd and 23rd May) (which will be blogged separately). Click on the link in the name of the case: Re AB (ADRT: Validity and Applicability) [2025] EWCOP 20 (T3). In addition to the judgment dealing withContinue reading “Determining the legal status of a ‘Living Will’: Personal reflections on a case before Poole J”