“…s from the authorities cited to him by the mother’s counsel on the weight to be attached to the views of a child’s parents – Re T (Wardship: Medical Treatment) [1997] 1 FLR 502, Re G [2012] EWCA Civ 1233, and Yates – he concluded:…”
“…determining the weight to be attached to a parent’s views when making a best interests evaluation was set out by Waite LJ in Re T (Wardship: Medical Treatment) [1997] 1 FLR 502 which, they say, was approved by this Court in Yatesand followed by MacDonald J in Raqeeb. They acknowledged that the judge took the mother’s views into accoun…”
“… a real issue about what decision will best serve the welfare of a child. In the course of his judgment Hayden J referred to Re T (Wardship: medical treatment) [1997] 1 FLR 502. In that case, the issue was whether a 1 year old boy should be given a life-saving liver transplant against the wishes of his parents, who were themselves hea…”