Simms v Simms & Anr

[2004] Lloyd's Rep Med 236

FAMILY DIVISION

and Dame Elizabeth BUTLER-SLOSS President

Experimental medical treatment — Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) — Capacity to consent to treatment — Whether Bolam test satisfied — Whether risks of treatment were unacceptable — Concept of benefit to patient — Articles 2 and 8 ECHR — Weight to be attached to parents' views — Whether experimental treatment lawful and in patient's best interests — Declaratory relief