FD2500652 - [2025] EWHC 2782 (Fam)

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Before :

THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE MCKENDRICK

Between :

Re Q (A Child) (Withdrawal of Treatment)

Ms Eloise Power (instructed by An NHS Lawyer) for the Applicant

Mr Conrad Hallin (instructed by Bindmans) for the First Respondent

The Second Respondent appeared in person

Mr Christopher Osborne of Cafcass Legal for the Third Respondent

Hearing date: 24 October 2025

Approved Judgment

This judgment was handed down remotely at 10.30am on 28 October 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.

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THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE MCKENDRICK

This judgment was delivered in private. The judge has given leave for this version of the judgment to be published. Nobody may be identified by name or location. The anonymity of everyone other than the lawyers or anyone identified in this judgment must be strictly preserved in accordance with the Transparency Order dated 14 October 2025. All persons, including representatives of the media and legal bloggers, must ensure that this condition is strictly complied with. Failure to do so may be a contempt of court.

McKendrick J:

Introduction