References: (Unreported), 18 September 1992, Times 02-Dec-1992, [1992] CLY 886
Coram: Ognall J
Whether the questioning of a suspect in a police station amounted to an interview was a question of fact dependant upon all the circumstances, including the rest, arrival at the police station, caution, the notification of rights, and the nature of the questions asked. The defendant doctor administered potassium chloride to a dying patient. The court had to look to the ‘primary purpose’ of his act.
This case is cited by:
- Cited – Airedale NHS Trust -v- Bland CA (lip, [1993] 2 WLR 316)
The official Solicitor appealed a decision that doctors could withdraw medical treatment including artificial nutrition, from a patient in persistent vegetative state.
Held: The doctors sought permission to act in accordance with recommended . . - Cited – Airedale NHS Trust -v- Bland HL (lip, [1993] AC 789, [1993] 2 WLR 316, Bailii, [1992] UKHL 5)
The patient had been severely injured in the Hillsborough disaster, and had come to be in a persistent vegetative state (PVS). The doctors sought permission to withdraw medical treatment. The Official Solicitor appealed against an order of the Court . . - Cited – In Re A (Minors) (Conjoined Twins: Medical Treatment); aka In re A (Children) (Conjoined Twins: Surgical Separation) CA (Times 10-Oct-00, Bailii, [2000] EWCA Civ 254, [2001] 1 FLR 267, [2000] 4 All ER 961, [2001] Fam 147, [2001] 2 WLR 480, [2001] 9 BHRC 261, [2000] 3 FCR 577, [2001] Fam Law 18, (2001) 57 BMLR 1, [2000] Lloyd’s Rep Med 425, [2001] UKHRR 1)
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 . .