Healthcare
The Bell judgment was over turned.
Case number: CO/60/2020Cite as: [2021] EWCA Civ 1363, [2022] 1 All ER 416, (2022) 183 BMLR 34, [2021] WLR(D) 490, [2022] 1 FLR 69, [2022] PTSR 544- http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2021/1363.html
- https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Bell-v-Tavistock-judgment-170921.pdf
Added: 2 May, 2023This Judgment has been overturned Based on the Bell ruling the High Court has ruled that children under the age of 16 are unlikely to be able to give informed consent to treatment with puberty blockers. The court also ruled that it is 'highly unlikely' that a child aged 13 or under would be competent to give consent to the administration of puberty blockers.
Case number: FD21P00063Cite as: (2021) 179 BMLR 139, [2021] EWHC 741 (Fam), [2021] Med LR 365
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Added: 2 May, 2023This Judgment has been overturned Keira Bell who is referred to as Quincy Bell through these legal proceedings, took the Tavistock GIDS service to court to argue that Gillick competance didn't apply to trans children and that the Tavistock GIDS service should not be allowed to prescribe puberty blockers to children under the age of 18. The court ruled in her favour and the Tavistock GIDS service was not allowed to prescribe puberty blockers to children under the age of 18.
Case number: CO/60/2020Cite as: [2021] PTSR 593, (2021) 177 BMLR 115, [2021] ACD 22, [2022] 1 FLR 30, [2020] EWHC 3274 (Admin), [2020] WLR(D) 655- http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2020/3274.html
- https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Bell-v-Tavistock-Judgment.pdf
Added: 2 May, 2023