This decision is one in a sequence regarding best-interest decisions in the context of clinically-assisted nutrition and hydration. Background: In December 2017, XR, a 62-year-old man, suffered a
Some treatments may cease to enhance quality of life
Lex situs still applies, so properties in England cannot form part of a foreign bankrupt’s estate
The Supreme Court was faced with a very peculiar case in which one of the parties tried to enforce a foreign judgement on a property situated in the UK. The…
Recognition of Nigerian adoption
The High Court had to apply the common law test for the recognition of foreign adoption. Background: Mrs. O, a Nigerian-born born in 1972, moved to live in the UK…