organ donation – Promoting Open Justice in the Court of Protection

Is a kidney transplant in his best interests?

By Bonnie Venter, 1st-4th March 2022 UPDATE: The judgment in this case is now published: Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust v WV [2022] EWCOP 9 (08 March 2022). Latest news: “Autistic kidney-row teen’s transplant ‘a success’“ I’m watching a four-day Court of Protection hearing centred around the legal question of whether a kidney transplant isContinue reading “Is a kidney transplant in his best interests?”

Ethical complexity in a life-sustaining treatment case

By Bonnie Venter, 23rd February 2021 Editorial Notes: (1) A tweet thread about the hearing is available here. (2) The judgment has been published here. (3) A different perspective on the same hearing (by Bridget Penhale) has been published here. There are moments in life that cause a monumental shift in who we used to be and who we areContinue reading “Ethical complexity in a life-sustaining treatment case”