2022-05-10 18:34:58
On 19 September 2021, we reported that in Bell v Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust [2021] EWCA Civ 1363, the Court of Appeal had overtunred the Divisional Court’s decision on the the continuing practice of the Tavistock Cliniic to prescribe puberty-suppressing hormone blockers to children under the age of 18 who experience gender dysphoria. The case turned on the ability of minors to give consent. The Supreme Court has refused permission to appeal because an arguable point of law was not raised.