Re D. (A Minor) (Wardship: Sterilisation)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1976
CourtFamily Division
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39 cases
  • Re B. (A Minor) (Wardship: Sterilisation)
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 30 April 1987
    ...then what legal courses would be open in the circumstances. 8We were invited to consider the decision of Heilbron J. in In Re D. (A Minor) (Wardship: Sterilisation) [1976] Fam. 185, 193, when the judge rightly referred to the irreversible nature of such an operation and the deprivation, wh......
  • Re B (A Minor) (Wardship: Sterilization)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • Invalid date
  • North Western Health Board v H.W.
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 8 November 2001
    ...COURTS OF JUSTICE ACT 1936 CONSTITUTION ART 41.1.2 BUCK V BELL 1927 274 US 200 WHITE & WENDELL HOLMES LAW AND THE INNER SELF 407 D, RE 1976 FAM 185 SECONDARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & COMMUNITY SERVICES V JWB & SNB (MARIONS CASE) 1992 175 CLR 218 KENNEDY PATIENTS DOCTORS AND HUMAN RIGHTS CHI......
  • Re J (A Minor)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 10 July 1992
    ...of the child. This is not to say that it could not happen. This is clear from the facts of In re D (A Minor) (Wardship: Sterilisation) [1976] Fam. 185, where the child concerned had neither the intelligence nor understanding either to consent or refuse. There medical ethics did not prove a......
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4 books & journal articles
  • Essential Practice Guidance
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill The Single Family Court: a Practitioner's Handbook - 2nd Edition Contents
    • 30 August 2017
    ...(Fam) and Re B (A Child) (Habitual Residence) (Inherent Jurisdiction) [2015] EWCA Civ 886. 2 In re D (A Minor) (Wardship: Sterilisation) [1976] Fam 185. 148 The Single Family Court: A Practitioner’s Handbook (a) the Designated Family Judge must be notified immediately; (b) the Designated Fa......
  • The Role of the Family Court of Australia in Child Welfare Matters
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 21-1, March 1992
    • 1 March 1992
    ...aboutthe existence of aresidual jurisdiction capableofbeing exercised in acase such as InreD(AMinor) (Wardship: Sterilisation) [1976] 1All ER 326. This was asterilisation case and itis not clear whether the view expressed was intended to apply to all wardship matters.94Supra 14-17.9SWatson ......
  • Bodily Integrity, Embodiment, and the Regulation of Parental Choice
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Law and Society No. 44-4, December 2017
    • 1 December 2017
    ...helping tocontest intrusive interventions on the bodies of children , approaches528168 Elliston, op. cit., n. 140, p. 98.169 ReD[1976] 1 All E.R. 326, at 333.170 D. Davies, `Genetic Dilemmas and the Child's Right to an Open Future' (1997) 28Rutgers Law J. 547, at 570.171 D. Cornell, `Are Wo......
  • Expanding Eugenics or Improving Health Care in China: Commentary on the Provisions of the Standing Committee of the Gansu People’s Congress Concerning the Prohibition of Reproduction by Intellectually Impaired Persons
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Law and Society No. 24-2, June 1997
    • 1 June 1997
    ...Re B. (a minor)(wardship: sterilisation) [1987] 2 All E.R. 206. But seethe earlier decision in Re D. (a minor)(wardship: sterilisation) [1976] Fam. 185.52 Morgan and Lee, op. cit., n. 23. See, also, Between L and GM, applicants and MM,respondent and Director General of the Department of Fam......

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