R v Cambridge Health Authority, ex parte B (a minor)

(1995) 6 Med LR 250

CIVIL DIVISION

and Lord Justice SIMON

Administrative law — Certiorari — Funding of medical treatment — Decision by health authority not to fund further medical treatment of child, aged 10 1/2, suffering from myeloid leukaemia — Opinion by child's doctors that no further treatment could usefully be administered — Differing opinion by expert in field — Certiorari granted on grounds that decision was flawed — Whether judge's criticisms of authority's decision were valid