In this guest post, Simon Hunter, of Three Stone Chambers, reviews the tragic case of Re AB in which the Court of Appeal overturned the decision of the Court of Protection to permit an NHS Trust to perform an abortion on a 24-year-old woman
Re AB [2019] EWCOP 26, [2019] EWCA Civ 1215[1]
The recent case of Re AB has been widely reported. In it, Lieven J held in the Court of Protection that an NHS Trust was permitted to perform an abortion on a 24-year-old woman. The Court of Appeal overturned that decision. The case created headlines around the world, shining a spotlight on the work of the Court of Protection and the difficult decisions that it has to make on a daily basis. Continue reading