Life support for Archie Battersbee is expected to be switched off on Tuesday after the Court of Appeal rejected a last-minute bid to postpone the ending of his treatment. The 12-year-old’s parents, Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee, were granted a hearing on Monday after the Government asked judges to urgently consider a request from a UN committee to keep treating Archie.
But after considering the case, judges refused to postpone the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment beyond midday on Tuesday. They also refused to grant permission to appeal against their ruling at the Supreme Court, the UK’s highest court.
Ms Dance has indicated she and Mr Battersbee will make an application for Supreme Court justices to consider their application for permission to appeal. Archie’s care was due to end at 2pm at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel on Monday.
