Re F. (in Utero)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date1988
Date1988
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
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  • Re M B (Caesarian section)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 26 Marzo 1997
    ...appeal: see Paton v British Pregnancy Advisory Service TrusteesELR([1979] QB 276), C v SELR ([1988] QB 135) and In re F (in Utero)ELR ([1988] Fam 122). The foetus up to the moment of birth did not have any separate interests capable of being taken into account when a court had to consider a......
  • Winnipeg Child and Family Services (Northwest Area) v. G. (D.F.), [1997] 3 SCR 925
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • 31 Octubre 1997
    ...a governmental agency, had the requisite standing to apply for an order. Cases Cited By McLachlin J. Referred to: F (in utero), Re, [1988] 2 All E.R. 193; Tremblay v. Daigle, [1989] 2 S.C.R. 530; Montreal Tramways Co. v. Léveillé, [1933] S.C.R. 456; Paton v. British Pregnancy Advisory Servi......
  • Tameside and Glossop Acute Services Trust v CH
    • United Kingdom
    • Family Division
    • Invalid date
    ...2 FCR 151; [1994] 1 WLR 290; [1994] 1 All ER 819. F v Riverside Mental Health NHS Trust[1994] 2 FCR 577. F (In Utero), Re [1988] FCR 529; [1988] Fam 122; [1988] 2 WLR 1288; [1988] 2 All ER 193. F (Mental Patient: Sterilization), Re [1990] 2 AC 1. GF (A Patient), Re [1991] FCR 786. LB v Croy......
  • Re Termination of Pregnancy Law
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Northern Ireland)
    • 29 Junio 2017
    ...2010. The same applies to Northern Ireland although disability discrimination protection here is less developed. 104. In Re F (In Utero)[1988] 2 WLR 1288, the Court of Appeal approved the decision in Paton. Balcombe LJ said at page 142: However, in Paton v. United Kingdom(1980) 3 EHRR 408 o......
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  • Care and Supervision Proceedings
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill Child Care and Protection Law and Practice - 6th Edition Contents
    • 29 Agosto 2019
    ...No proceedings may normally be brought in relation to a child until after the child’s birth, as set out in Re F (In Utero) (Wardship) [1988] Fam 122, but in later cases, the local authority was granted a declaration to remove the child from mother’s care immediately at birth, but without 10......
  • Harriton v. Stephens, Waller v. James: wrongful life and the logic of non-existence.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 30 No. 3, December 2006
    • 1 Diciembre 2006
    ...Paton v British Pregnancy Advisory Service Trustees [1979] QB 276, 279 (Baker P); C v S [1988] QB 135, 140 (Heilbron J); Re F (In Utero) [1988] Fam 122, 138 (May LJ); B v Islington Health Authority [1991] QB 638, 644 (Potts J); De Martell v Merton and Sutton Health Authority [1993] QB 204, ......
  • Abortion, Autonomy and Prenatal Diagnosis
    • United Kingdom
    • Social & Legal Studies No. 9-4, December 2000
    • 1 Diciembre 2000
    ...value thanthe life of the pregnant woman’. In summarizing the decision of the Commis-sion in Paton, Balcombe LJ in Re F (in utero) [1988] Fam. 122 said that ‘on itstrue construction article 2 is apt only to apply to persons already born andcannot apply to a foetus’ (at 142). In this article......
  • Tortious Liability for a Negligently Performed Surgery In Utero under English and Irish Law
    • Ireland
    • Hibernian Law Journal No. 15-2016, January 2016
    • 1 Enero 2016
    ...in the law related to antenatal injuries. 32 Paton v British Pregnancy Advisory Service Trustees [1979] Q.B. 276 33 Re F. (In Utero) [1988] Fam. 122 34 C. v S. [1988] Q.B. 135 35 Duval v Seguin (1972) 26 D.L.R. (3d) 418 36 See Watt v Rama, supra note 31 37 Montreal Tramways v Léveillé [1933......
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