The parents of a 12-year-old boy who suffered a "devastating" brain injury three months ago are waiting for a High Court judge to rule in the latest round of a life-support treatment fight. Doctors treating Archie Battersbee say continued treatment is not in his best interests and should end.
Archie's parents, Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee, from Southend in Essex, disagree. Mr Justice Hayden on Monday reviewed evidence at a hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London.
He is due to deliver a ruling, about what moves are in Archie's best interests, on Friday. Another High Court judge had earlier concluded that Archie was dead, but Court of Appeal judges upheld a challenge, made by Archie's parents, to decisions taken by Mrs Justice Arbuthnot and said evidence should be reviewed.
