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An NHS Trust v MB [2006] EWHC 507
Huw Lloyd represented the NHS Trust in this very high profile case involving a child with spinal muscular atrophy. The doctors in charge of MB’s care felt that it was “unethical (the word ‘cruel’ has been used) to continue artificially to keep him alive” and wished to remove his endo-tracheal tube.
Trust A & anor v H [2006] EWHC 1230 (Fam)
Instructed by the Official Solicitor, Huw represented H in this case concerning an adult female detained under the Mental Health Act 1983, who needed considerable surgery, against her wishes, to treat apparent ovarian cancer.
R (on the application of) SR v Huntercombe Maidenhead Hospital & ors [2005] EWHC 2361 (Admin)
Huw successfully represented the hospital in this mental health case involving a mentally disabled girl of fifteen who wished to be released from residential care. The case was unusual in that the hospital’s managers had agreed that the girl should be released, and the hospital itself had gone to court to prevent this from happening.
The NHS Trust v Ms. D [2005] EWHC 2439 (Fam)
Huw acted on behalf of this very public case involving an adult woman suffering from mitochondrial cytopathy, a terminal genetic neurological condition. The NHS Trust successfully sought a declaration, against the family’s wishes, that it was not in Ms. D’s best interests to resuscitate her should she suffer a crisis such as cardiac arrest or an infection, or to undergo invasive procedures such as mechanical ventilation or general anaesthetic.
P v Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust [2004] EWHC 1392 (QB)
Huw acted successfully on behalf of the claimant in this case alleging negligent antenatal care, specifically in failing to diagnose cloacal exstrophy.
Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Trust & anor v C [2004] EWHC 1657 (Fam)
Huw Lloyd, instructed by the Official Solicitor, represented C in this case, which involved an elderly lady suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. The medical professionals caring for C were of the opinion that she needed a CT scan and sought an order to undertake this scan against C’s wishes.
Halsey v Milton Keynes General NHS Trust [2004] EWCA Civ 576
Huw, led by Christopher Purchas QC, acted on behalf of Milton Keynes General NHS Trust in this complex appeal concerning the imposition of costs sanctions against successful litigants on the grounds that they have refused to take part in alternative dispute resolution.
An NHS Trust v D [2003] EWHC 2793 (Fam)
Huw acted on behalf of the claimant in this case concerning the termination of a pregnancy in a young adult suffering from schizophrenia who was admitted to hospital in 2002 under the Mental Health Act 1983.
Re: A (conjoined twins) [2000] EWCA Civ 254
Huw, led by Adrian Whitfield QC, represented the Central Manchester Health Area NHS Trust (second respondent) in this very high profile case concerning the surgical separation of conjoined twins.
Re JT (Adult. Refusal of Medical Treatment) [1998] 1 F.L.R. 48
Tameside and Glossop Acute Services Trust v CH [1996] 1 FLR 762. (Caesarean Section under the Mental Health Act 1983)
Re R (Adult: Medical Treatment) [1996] 2 FLR 99. Re C (Adult Patient: Restriction of Publicity after Death) [1996] 2 FLR 251
R v Mid Glamorgan FHSA and another, ex parte Martin [1995] WLR 110 (Judicial review of FHSA and HA decision to withhold medical records).
Re S (Hospital Patient: Foreign Curator) [1995] Fam 123 pregnant woman refusing to undergo Caesarean Section
Secretary of State for Home Department v Robb [1995] 2 WLR 722 (Doctor’s right to observe prisoner’s right to refuse sustenance)
Re T [1977] FLR (Parental refusal to undergo liver transplantation).
Re J (a minor) (child in Care: Medical Treatment)[1972] 3 W.L.R. 507
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