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Airedale NHS Trust v Bland [1993] AC 789; Tan Te Lam v Superintendent of Tai A Chau Detention Centre [1997] AC 97; Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale v Islington London Borough Council [1996] AC 669; R v Bow Street Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate, Ex p Pinochet Ugarte (No 2) [2000] 1 AC 119; R v Bow Street Metropolitan Stipendiary ...
The Airedale NHS Trust v. Bland case was an English House of Lords decision for a 17-year-old comatose survivor of the Hillsborough disaster. He had been artificially fed and hydrated via life support for about three years, but he had not shown any improvement while in his persistent vegetative state.
Indeed, Lord Goff ruled in Airedale NHS Trust v Bland that doctors who intentionally do everything necessary and appropriate to relieve a patient’s pain and suffering, even with the foresight of possible terminal consequences, are considered legally protected when a death is hastened. [9]
Airedale NHS Trust v Bland Main article: Hillsborough disaster Anthony Bland was a 17-year-old Liverpool supporter who had travelled with two friends to Hillsborough Stadium for an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest on 15 April 1989.
A third legal case which resulted from the Hillsborough disaster was Airedale N.H.S. Trust v Bland [1993] A.C. 789, a landmark House of Lords decision in English criminal law, that allowed the life-support machine of Tony Bland, a Hillsborough victim in a persistent vegetative state, to be switched off.
During legal deliberations, they were given the public pseudonyms "Mary" and "Jodie", respectively. [4] The medical evidence showed that Gracie was the stronger sibling, sustaining the life of Rosie. Rosie had severe brain damage, very little heart function and no functioning lungs, and survived only due to a shared common artery supplied by ...
However, in Airedale NHS Trust v Bland, [c 2] cessation of brain stem function, one form of brain death, was considered the definition by the House of Lords. Much medical law – for example, that conferring the right to remove organs for transplant – is predicated on this decision and it is unlikely to be overturned. [ 8 ]
Airedale General Hospital is an NHS district General Hospital based in Steeton with Eastburn, West Yorkshire, England and is operated by the Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. [1] Airedale was opened for patients in July 1970 [ 2 ] and officially opened by the Prince of Wales on 11 December of the same year. [ 3 ]