Read the full judgment text of HCMP 001218/1993 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 28 May 1993.
1. At about 3.30 p.m. on Friday, 14th May 1993, on the application of the Director of Social Welfare, I made an order making an, as yet, unnamed 15-day old baby girl, a ward of this Court. I committed the care and control of the ward to its parents and I authorised doctors at the Prince of Wales Hospital to perform an immediate emergency operation upon the ward. Because of certain observations of Lord Donaldson in Re. C (A minor) (Wardship: Medical Treatment) [1989] 3 WLR 240, I said that I woul