Thirumalesh Chellamal Hemachandran and another -v- Sudiksha Thirumalesh and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

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Summary: The situation in which a person appears not to believe their doctor or other professionals and therefore might or might not lack capacity is a difficult one.  This judgment in the posthumous case of Sudiksha Thirumalesh overturned a long-standing legal precedent stating that if someone does not accept their medical diagnosis or prognosis, they […]

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