Judge hears baby life-support case

A judge has overseen the latest stage of a High Court lifesupport treatment dispute involving doctors and the parents of a brain-damaged baby.

Specialists at King’s College Hospital, London, have said giving further intensive care treatment to seven-month-old Isaiah Hasstrup is “futile”. But his mother, Takesha Thomas, and father, Lanre Hasstrup, want treatment to continue.

Mr Justice Macdonald examined a number of legal issues at a private hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London yesterday.