Where a court had to recincile conflicting interests involving children, the court must normally undertake a balancing exercise to achieve the situation of least detriment.
Citations:
[1995] 1 FLR 581
Cited by:
Cited – In Re A (Minors) (Conjoined Twins: Medical Treatment); aka In re A (Children) (Conjoined Twins: Surgical Separation) CA 22-Sep-2000
Twins were conjoined (Siamese). Medically, both could not survive, and one was dependent upon the vital organs of the other. Doctors applied for permission to separate the twins which would be followed by the inevitable death of one of them. The . .
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Updated: 30 April 2022; Ref: scu.213670