Archie Battersbee

Parents want life support to continue for Archie, who has been unconscious since he suffered 'catastrophic' brain damage.

She had urged the judge to give her son, a keen gymnast, “more time”. “Everyone is in such a rush,” she told the PA news agency. Bosses at the hospital’s governing trust, Barts Health NHS trust, asked the judge to rule that a brain-stem test would be in Archie’s best interests. A campaign organisation called the Christian Legal Centre said it was supporting Archie’s family.

Specialists should try to establish whether a 12-year-old boy who has not regained consciousness since suffering “catastrophic” brain damage in an incident ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. “I’m asking the judge to just give him more time – give him time to fight back.” Mrs Justice Arbuthnot concluded that a brain-stem test would be in Archie Battersbee’s best interests, at a hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London on Friday.

Specialists treating Southend 12-year-old Archie Battersbee, think it “highly likely” the youngster is brain-dead, and say life-support treatment should ...

“We are fighting to give Archie every chance to recover. “I’m asking the judge to just give him more time – give him time to fight back.” “We want to give him every chance of life.” “We are standing with Archie and his family every step of the way,” said the centre’s chief executive, Andrea Williams. Specialists treating Archie at the hospital think it “highly likely” that he is dead and say life-support treatment should end. Specialists treating the schoolboy think it “highly likely” the youngster is dead, and say life-support treatment should stop.

Doctors should establish whether a boy sent into a coma last month after suffering 'catastrophic injuries' is dead, judges have ruled.

She told reporters: ‘Everyone is in such a rush.’I’m asking the judge to just give him more time – give him time to fight back.’ Bosses at the hospital’s governing trust, Barts Health NHS Trust, asked the judge to rule that a brain-stem test would be in Archie’s best interests. Since then, his parents have been fighting to keep his hospital treatment going in a challenge at the High Court in London.

Archie Battersbee, 12, 12, who's mother Hollie Dance, 46, is at the centre of a High Court life-treatment dispute has urged a judge to give the youngster ...

"The family as well as the clinicians need to know the results of this test," said Mrs Justice Arbuthnot, in her ruling on Friday. "I'm asking the judge to just give him more time - give him time to fight back." Barrister Bruno Quintavalle, who represented Archie's family, told the judge: "The family will need some time to reflect on things." Bosses at the hospital's governing trust, Barts Health NHS Trust, asked the judge to rule that a brain-stem test would be in Archie's best interests. Mrs Justice Arbuthnot concluded that a brain-stem test would be in Archie Battersbee's best interests, at a hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London on Friday. A judge has backed testing to determine whether a 12-year-old boy who suffered "catastrophic" brain damage in an incident at home is brain-dead, despite his mother begging for "more time".

A High Court judge concluded late on Friday that a brain-stem test would be in Archie Battersbee's best interests.

A spokeswoman for the hospital’s governing trust, Barts Health NHS Trust, said, after the private hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London, that a brain-stem test would be arranged for next week. Mrs Justice Arbuthnot oversaw a private hearing but said Archie could be named in media reports of the case. A High Court judge concluded late on Friday that a brain-stem test would be in Archie Battersbee’s best interests after a doctor told her that the brain stem was responsible for the functions which kept people alive.

A High Court judge concluded late on Friday that a brain-stem test would be in Archie Battersbee's best interests.

A spokeswoman for the hospital’s governing trust, Barts Health NHS Trust, said, after the private hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London, that a brain-stem test would be arranged for next week. A High Court judge concluded late on Friday that a brain-stem test would be in Archie Battersbee’s best interests after a doctor told her that the brain stem was responsible for the functions which kept people alive. A High Court judge concluded late on Friday that a brain-stem test would be in Archie Battersbee’s best interests

Southend schoolboy Archie Battersbee, 12, is on life support in a hospital in London. The mother of a 12-year-old boy who suffered “catastrophic” brain damage ...

She added after the ruling: “What happened to Archie because of his accident is a tragedy. “We are standing with Archie and his family every step of the way,” said the centre’s chief executive, Andrea Williams. A Barts Health NHS Trust spokesperson said on Friday: “This is an incredibly sad situation and our thoughts and sympathies are with Archie and his family at this time. Specialists treating Archie at the hospital think it “highly likely” that he is dead and say life-support treatment should end. Specialists treating the youngster think it “highly likely” the youngster is brain-dead following the incident, and say life-support treatment should stop. The mother of a 12-year-old boy who suffered “catastrophic” brain damage in an incident at his home says she believes he is still aware of what is going on around him.