Read the full judgment text of CACV 000129/1986 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment.
1. This is an appeal against a decision of Hopkinson, J. in chambers, whereby he refused to give leave for a surgical operation to be performed on an infant who had been made a ward of court. This infant is only a matter of days old. It was born with spina bifida and developed hydrocephalus and meningitis.