Archie Battersbee

Supreme court 'with a heavy heart' refuses to allow appeal in 12-year-old's case.

Permission to appeal against that decision was refused by the court of appeal. Speaking to reporters outside the Royal London hospital, Archie’s mother said she would not give up the fight but appeared to accept that there was little hope of success. A high court judge ruled in May that it was in Archie’s best interests for life support treatment to be withdrawn. The panel reaches this conclusion with a heavy heart and wishes to extend its deep sympathy to Archie’s parents at this very sad time.” The court of appeal in its careful judgment delivered by its president, Sir Andrew McFarlane, yesterday, has exercised its discretion in refusing a stay. “It is nonetheless the task of the court to apply the law which requires judges to give paramount consideration to Archie’s welfare.

It comes after the parents of the brain-damaged 12-year-old lost a Supreme Court bid to block the withdrawal of his life-sustaining treatment.

We aim to provide the best possible support to everyone at this difficult time." She told reporters that she was with her son 24/7, and he was "progressing in so many ways. Is that the way forward in this country that we are allowed to execute children. there is no prospect of any meaningful recovery (by Archie)". It's wrong." The announcement came hours after the parents of the brain-damaged 12-year-old lost a Supreme Court bid to block the withdrawal of his life-sustaining treatment.

Supreme Court verdict says the Court of Appeal "made the correct decision" over the 12-year-old's care.

The precedent his case sets can go an incredibly long way to fixing a system which has no room for error." "Legislation must be passed reforming the system. The ruling said it was "not clear that Archie has any more extensive rights in international law" nor was the decision to end treatment a "breach of international law". But the Supreme Court said it was "not persuaded that there is an arguable case that the Court of Appeal has so erred and accordingly refuses permission to appeal to this Court". It also said the Court of Appeal "made the correct decision". Barts NHS Health Trust, which runs the Royal London Hospital in east London where Archie is being treated, said it would continue to "work with the family to prepare for the withdrawal of treatment".

Britain's Supreme Court yesterday refused to prevent a hospital from withdrawing life support from a 12-year-old boy with catastrophic brain damage, ...

Under British law, it is common for courts to intervene when parents and doctors disagree on the treatment of a child. The judges agreed with a lower court that continuing treatment "serves only to protract his death." In several cases, including this one, the families have been backed by a religious pressure group, Christian Concern. "It's disgraceful, it's absolutely shameful. It's wrong," Dance said. "It's not right, Archie's my child.

Tragically, for a small number of children who become critically ill each year, medicine reaches its limits.

The managers don't want to go to court. The doctors don't want to go to court. The parents don't want to go to court. Sometimes, all medicine can do is to prolong the inevitable." Sometimes medical teams may need external help to reach an agreement. Archie's case had been heard in several top courts.

An appeal against the decision to end treatment was refused by the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Mum Hollie Dance said the latest court bid needed to be made by 09: ...

We will not give up on Archie until the end." But it said the Court of Appeal had "made the correct decision". An appeal against the decision to end treatment was refused by the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

Family submit application to Strasbourg-based court in attempt to postpone withdrawal of life support.

The panel reaches this conclusion with a heavy heart and wishes to extend its deep sympathy to Archie’s parents at this very sad time.” We will not give up on Archie until the end.” “To give effect to the application for a stay in the circumstances of this case would be to act unlawfully, in conflict with the court’s duty under domestic law to treat Archie’s best interests as paramount, as the committee envisages a procedure for its consideration of the application which will extend into 2023,” said the three-judge panel, led by the court’s deputy president, Lord Hodge.

The family of Archie Battersbee submitted their bid to the European Court of Human Rights shortly before the 9am deadline they had to meet.

1 August 2022 - A last-minute hearing organised at the request of the health secretary. 20 June 2022 - The family mount an appeal to the same judge, arguing that evidence had not shown “beyond reasonable doubt” that the youngster was dead. Once again, Archie's family say they will appeal the decision. 6-8 June 2022 - Court hearing held to decide if Archie's life support treatment should continue. 26 April 2022 - Barts Health Trust, which runs the Royal London Hospital, starts High Court proceedings to run brain stem tests. 13 June 2022 - Mrs Justice Arbuthnot rules that Archie is dead based on MRI scan results. 31 July 2022 - The UK government asks the High Court to delay the withdrawal of treatment so that the UN has time to consider the case. 27 July 2022 - As the stay expires, Archie's family are given a further 24 hours to appeal to European Court of Human Rights. However, they say that court has a "track record" of rejecting cases such as Archie's and instead want to go to the United Nations. They apply to the Supreme Court to be allowed to appeal to the UN. We will not give up on Archie until the end." "I find that Archie died at noon on Monday 31 May 2022, which was shortly after the MRI scans taken that day," she rules. She believes he was taking part in an online challenge. She believes he was taking part in an online challenge.

The family of a comatose British boy at the center of a life-support battle said Wednesday that it has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights in a ...

"I promised Arch, same with his dad, that we will fight till the bitter end, and that's exactly what we're going to do," she said. Under British law, it is common for courts to intervene when parents and doctors disagree on the treatment of a child. The judges agreed with a lower court that continuing treatment "serves only to protract his death." "We will not give up on Archie until the end." In several cases, including this one, the families have been backed by a religious pressure group, Christian Concern. Speaking outside the hospital, Dance said the family was "up against the whole system."

On April 7, Hollie Dance got back to her home in Essex, UK, to find her 12-year-old boy Archie Battersbee unconscious, a ligature over his head.

But in Archie’s case, despite the boy being unconscious and said to be unable to one day recover from a catastrophic lack of oxygen his brain, this diagnosis could not be made clear. “The difficulty in Archie Battersbee's case is that, for various reasons, they couldn't apply the diagnostic test for brain stem death. And for all the judges in all the court cases that are pointed in one direction, that life-sustaining treatment should be withdrawn”. “It is not just a matter of medical expertise, it's also about fine ethical judgement,” Bratton said. But at the end of the day, they have a very clear legal principle to follow and apply. “When patients can decide for themselves, there's no problem because the patient makes a decision and the doctors have to treat them in their best interests.

The family applied to the the ECHR after an appeal against the decision to end treatment was refused by the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Archie was found ...

But it said the Court of Appeal had "made the correct decision". But the ECHR said it "considered the conditions of admissibility...were not fulfilled". "As directed by the courts, we will work with the family to prepare for the withdrawal of treatment, but we will make no changes to Archie's care until the outstanding legal issues are resolved." The ECHR ruling said it would not grant an interim measure to continue treatment and declared Archie's parents' complaints "inadmissible". But the ECHR said it "would not interfere" with the UK courts' rulings. The family applied to the the ECHR after an appeal against the decision to end treatment was refused by the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

Application was final legal avenue for 12-year-old's parents to stop removal of treatment.

Archie was described by one judge as having had an “infectious enthusiasm for life”. He was a talented gymnast, and a lover of mixed martial arts. In Archie’s case the ECHR decided that they were not appropriate, ruling the application inadmissible. Its decision means the Royal London hospital can stop treatment at any time, although it is likely to allow Archie’s parents some time to come to terms with the ruling.

His parents lost their latest legal application tonight to stop doctors ending life-sustaining hospital treatment for their brain-damaged son after a ...

The trust said it "continues to put Archie's welfare and best interests at the forefront of its decision making about his care. Archie is now obviously on palliative care, so there is no reason whatsoever for him not to take his last moments at a hospice. obviously that was our last option". Now Barts Health NHS Trust in London has said the treatment will end at 11am tomorrow unless the family apply to the High Court by 9am to move him to a hospice. It comes after they lost their latest legal application to stop doctors ending life-sustaining hospital treatment for their brain-damaged son after a European court said it "will not interfere" with the decisions of UK courts. His parents lost their latest legal application tonight to stop doctors ending life-sustaining hospital treatment for their brain-damaged son after a European court said it "will not interfere" with the decisions of UK courts.

The European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday refused a request from the family of a comatose British boy to intervene and prevent his life-support ...

The judges agreed with a lower court that continuing treatment "serves only to protract his death". Under British law, it is common for courts to intervene when parents and doctors disagree on the treatment of a child. In several cases, including this one, the families have been backed by a religious pressure group, Christian Concern. It's just unfair." The court said it would not "interfere with the decisions of the national courts to allow the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from [Archie] to proceed". The European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday refused a request from the family of a comatose British boy to intervene and prevent his life-support treatment from being ended.