“…ly necessary to spend a short time summarising the approach that is to be found in the Supreme Court decision of Aintree University Hospitals NHS Trust v James [2013] UKSC 67. I am only going to make one or two short quotations from this judgment. The first is to identify the relevant test on appeal. At [42], Baroness Hale of Richmo…”
“…l of treatment from a child, the principles were succinctly summarised by Baroness Hale of Richmond in Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v James [2013] UKSC 67, [2014] AC 591, a case concerning an adult patient receiving clinically-assisted nutrition and hydration. At paragraph 22 she said:…”
“…The Judge referred to the decision in Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v James [2013] UKSC 67, which confirms that the starting point is that it is in the best interest of a person to stay alive, but that this is not absolute and that every case must be…”
“…In the leading case of Aintree University Hospital v NHS Foundation Trust v James [2013] UKSC 67, [2014] AC 591 the Supreme Court considered the proper approach to ‘best interests’ with reference to the report of the Law Commission on which the MCA is base…”