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St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v Casey and others  | 
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| Issue:  | 
Whether a declaration should be made that a person was dead, given an irreversible absence of brain stem function; whether consequential declarations that it would be lawful to withdraw ventilatory support should be made. | 
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| Court:  | 
High Court, Family Division | 
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| Reference:    | 
FD23P00419 | 
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| Neutral Citation:    | 
[2023] EWHC 2244 (Fam) | 
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| Judge(s):  | 
MacDonald J | 
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| Date:  | 
12 September 2023 |