- Cited — St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v Andy Casey & Ors 2023-09-27
“…Between paragraphs 36 and 61 of his judgment, the judge set out the law referring in particular to Airedale NHS Trust v Bland [1993] AC 789 (‘Bland’). He also referred to a number of first instance decisions and the decisions of this court in Re M (Declaration of Death of Child) [2020] EWCA Civ 164…”
- Cited — JJ, R (on the application of) v Spectrum Community Health CIC 2023-07-25
“… decisions. Where, as here, the patient is unable to feed themselves, all foods such as boiled sweets are part of treatment or care: Airedale NHS Trust v Bland [1993] AC 789 at p 858G.…”
- Cited — Hollie Dance & Anor. v Barts Health NHS Trust & Anor. 2022-07-25
“…rting point is a strong presumption that it is in a person’s best interests to stay alive. As Sir Thomas Bingham MR said in the Court of Appeal in Bland’s case [1993] AC 789,808, “A profound respect for the sanctity of human life is embedded in our law and our moral philosophy. Nevertheless, they are also all agreed that this is no…”
- Applied — Hollie Dance & Anor. v Barts Health NHS Trust & Anor. 2022-07-25
“…The learned Judge failed to apply the well-established ‘strong presumption’ in favour of prolonging life: Airedale NHS Trust v Bland [1993] AC 789 at p.825 and made a manifestly incorrect finding that Archie’s LST treatment served “only to protract his death whilst being unable to prolong his life”.…”
- Cited — Parfitt v Guy's and St Thomas' Children's NHS Foundation Trust & Anor 2021-03-19
“…Davy developed these arguments by reference to a number of reported authorities, in particular the decision of the House of Lords in Airedale NHS Trust v Bland [1993] AC 789. I commend him for the thought and care with which he has prepared those submissions and I intend no disrespect to him in saying that I do not think it necessa…”
- Cited — H (A Child Parental Responsibility : Vaccination) 2020-05-22
“…d by the decision in An NHS Trust v Y [2018] UKSC 46, where the Supreme Court revised the requirements of good practice laid down in Airedale NHS Trust v Bland [1993] AC 789 in the light of greater understanding and experience of prolonged disorders of consciousness.…”
- Cited — M (Declaration of Death of Child) 2020-02-14
“…In the House of Lords decision in Airedale NHS v Bland [1993] AC 789 the medical consensus that death was to be diagnosed by an absence of brain stem function was expressly endorsed. Firstly, in the speech of Lord Keith (page 85…”
- Cited — Conway, R (on the application of) v The Secretary of State for Justice & Ors 2018-06-27
“…tence of an individual’s decision, free from coercion and undue influence. She gave Re B, Re Z, the King’s College Hospital case and Airedale NHS Trust v Bland [1993] AC 789 (“Bland”) as examples of the court respecting autonomy.…”