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Toddler’s parents wait for decision in life-support treatment fight

Mr Justice Hayden is due to deliver a ruling on Alfie Evans after a High Court hearing in Liverpool.

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A High Court judge is preparing to rule on whether doctors can stop providing life-support treatment to 21-month-old Alfie Evans (PA/Peter Byrne)

The parents of a seriously ill boy are waiting to see whether they have won a High Court treatment fight with doctors.

Specialists at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool want a judge to give them permission to stop providing life-support treatment to 21-month-old Alfie Evans.

They say continuing to provide treatment is “unkind, unfair and inhumane”.

Alfie’s parents, Kate James and Tom Evans – who are in their 20s – disagree.

Tom Evans and Kate James (Jonathan Brady/PA)
Tom Evans and Kate James arrive at the High Court in London (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Mr Justice Hayden analysed the dispute in a hearing at the Family Division of the High Court in Liverpool earlier this month and is due to deliver a ruling on Tuesday.

The judge visited Alfie in hospital and praised the boy’s parents.

He said they had tried to explore every avenue and left no stone unturned.

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