
Caroline Watson
Partner
Shoosmiths LLP
England
WSG Leadership
WSG Group LeadersIs the COVID-19 Vaccination in a Child’s Best Interest?
Shoosmiths LLP, January 2021
If parents cannot agree whether their children should be vaccinated, they can make an application under Section 8 of the Children Act 1989 to ask a judge to determine the issue. In M v H (Private Law Vaccination) [2020], the mother objected to the parties' two children aged six-years-old and four-years-old being given routine childhood vaccines in accordance with the NHS vaccination schedule...
Is the COVID-19 Vaccination in a Child’s Best Interest?
Shoosmiths LLP, January 2021
If parents cannot agree whether their children should be vaccinated, they can make an application under Section 8 of the Children Act 1989 to ask a judge to determine the issue. In M v H (Private Law Vaccination) [2020], the mother objected to the parties' two children aged six-years-old and four-years-old being given routine childhood vaccines in accordance with the NHS vaccination schedule...
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