Several members of Chambers acted in these highly sensitive High Court proceedings concerning a Health Board’s request for a declaration under the court’s inherent powers to sanction the withdrawal of life‑sustaining treatment from a child diagnosed with Leigh Syndrome, a rare, progressive and incurable neurometabolic disorder.

Janet Bazley KC and Tahmina Rahman, instructed by RWK Goodman, represented the Mother, and Denise Gilling KC and Gemma Kelly, instructed by Duncan Lewis, represented the Father. Both parents opposed the Health Board’s application.

The case engaged complex and profound issues of medical ethics, parental rights and religious belief. The Court ultimately granted the declaration sought, finding that withdrawal of treatment was in the child’s best interests.