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Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Before :
THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE MCKENDRICK
Between :
AN NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | Applicant |
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(1) J (by his Children's Guardian) (2) A Council (3) FO (by her litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) Re J (A Child) (Withdrawal of Ventilation) | Respondent |
Mr Conrad Hallin (instructed by DAC Beachcroft LLP) for the Applicant
Ms Susannah Johnson KC (instructed by Larcomes Legal Limited) for the First Respondent
Mr Anthony Hand (instructed by local authority solicitor) for the Second Respondent
Mr Steven Howard (instructed by Aldridge Brownlee Solicitors LLP) for the Third Respondent
Hearing date: 28 August 2025
Approved Judgment
This judgment was handed down remotely at 10.30am on 29 August 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 on condition that (irrespective of what is contained in the judgment) in any published version of the judgment the anonymity of the children and members of their family must be strictly preserved. All persons, including representatives of the media, must ensure that this condition is strictly complied with. Failure to do so will be a contempt of court.
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