We are disappointed that the judge has refused permission for a full judicial review of the controversial puberty blocker trial. In our view the trial as proposed is unethical, experimental…
The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment today that the previous judgment to dismiss proceedings once a child turned 16 was wrong. In the case of Child Q, where…
A judgment was handed down on Wednesday by Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division, on a case in the family court concerning an adolescent girl (J) who had…
Photo by Alexander Grey on Unsplash Transgender Trend has seen a copy of letters sent from NHS England to all 17-yr-olds currently on the GIDS waiting list, offering a transfer…
The decision by the Supreme Court to deny Keira Bell and Mrs A permission to appeal the Court of Appeal judgment is disappointing. But it is not a loss. Keira…
The Tavistock appeal against the High Court judgment in the Keira Bell and Mrs A judicial review will be heard on June 23rd and June 24th. The hearing is expected…
by Susan Matthews The issue that the High Court had to consider in the Bell v. the Tavistock Judicial Review was whether (or at what age) children can give informed…
by Michael Biggs, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford. Keira Bell’s and Mrs A’s claim against the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust led to a momentous judgment on 1…
The following post examines two cases concerned with the transitioning of preschool children, both heard in the High Court, but which had very different outcomes. We wrote about both these…