- Followed — Helen Timson, R (on the application of) v The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 2023-06-09
“…ement of law which is wrong and which will induce a person who follows the policy to breach their legal duty in some way (i e the type of case under in Gillick [1986] AC 112); (ii) where the authority which promulgates the policy does so pursuant to a duty to provide accurate advice about the law but fails to do so, either because …”
- Explained — MA & Anor., R (on the application of) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department 2022-12-19
“… reasons set out in this judgment, I consider that on a proper application of the principle set out in Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority [1986] AC 112 (“Gillick”) and explained by the Supreme Court in R(A) v SSHD and BF Eritrea, the KIU Guidance was not unlawful, and the Judge was wrong to conclude otherwise.…”
- Cited — Re: A (A Child) 2022-09-09
“… and their common law parental rights to give or withhold consent to medical treatment of their child (Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority [1986] AC 112;…”
- Cited — Harry Miller (R on the application of) v The College of Policing 2021-12-20
“…ness of policies. The standard of judicial review of a policy issued by a public authority derives from Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority[1986] AC 112. Such a policy must not direct officials to act in a way which is contrary to their legal obligations. Guidance in a policy should not sanction or positively a…”
- Cited — E v Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust 2021-12-14
“…apacity to make decisions about their medical treatment, i.e. to be Gillick competent (see Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority and Another [1986] AC 112). They had made their decisions independently and had the support of their parents.…”
- Cited — Newman v Southampton City Council & Ors 2021-03-25
“…ndividual rights and that she has a Guardian to protect those rights, she not being Gillick competent (Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority [1986] AC 112; [1985] 3 All ER 402);…”
- Cited — Bayer Plc & Anor v NHS Darlington CCG & Ors 2020-03-25
“…siderable weight on the Letts formulation (which derives from, but to some extent glosses, language used in Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Health Authority [1986] AC 112), but Green J was doing no more than providing a useful encapsulation of the law applicable in that case. It was not a situation where the silence of the guida…”
- Cited — Watson v KEA Investments Ltd 2019-10-23
“… to them by the parties. This feature of adaptability recalls the comment made by Lord Scarman, in an entirely different context, in Gillick v West Norfolk AHA [1986] AC 112 at 183 B-D. about changing social conditions. His Lordship said:…”
- Cited — C (A Child) (Schedule 2, Paragraph 19, Children Act 1989) 2019-10-17
“…horities in any detail during the hearing. I, therefore, very briefly mention that we were referred to Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority [1986] AC 112 and CS v SBH and Others [2019] EWHC 634 (Fam). The first of these is, of course, the seminal case on when a child has the right to make their own decisions bec…”
- Cited — BF (Eritrea) v Secretary of State for the Home Department 2019-05-23
“…clusion by rejecting a submission advanced by Mr Buttler based on a line of authorities beginning with Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority [1986] AC 112.…”
- Cited — Cleansing Service Group Limited, R (On the Application Of) v Environment Agency 2019-02-14
“… by a public body contained in a non-statutory document and to make an appropriate declaratory ruling: Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority [1986] AC 112. Mr Wignall argued that the Agency’s contention that the challenge was premature was wrong because the critical factual issue has crystallised, namely whether …”
- Cited — Hemmati & Ors, R (on the application of) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department 2018-10-04
“…ue legal position. This is a well-established basis for judicial review of policy statements: see e.g. Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority [1986] AC 112; R (Suppiah) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWHC 2 at [137] per Wyn Williams J (“… a policy which is in principle capable of being impleme…”