Charlie Gard: Timeline of parents' legal battle

danishrafique (25)in #news • 7 years ago

Chris Gard and Connie Yates announce decision as high court judge was preparing to oversee latest round of five-month legal battle.

3 March 2017: Mr Justice Francis starts to analyse the case at a hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London.

11 April: Mr Justice Francis says doctors can stop providing life-support treatment.

3 May: Charlie's parents ask Court of Appeal judges to consider the case.

23 May: Three Court of Appeal judges analyse the case.

25 May: Court of Appeal judges dismiss the couple's appeal.

8 June: Charlie's parents lose fight in the Supreme Court.

20 June: Judges in the European Court of Human Rights start to analyse the case after lawyers representing Charlie's parents make written submissions.

27 June: Judges in the European Court of Human Rights refuse to intervene.

3 July: The Pope and US President Donald Trump offer to intervene.

7 July: Great Ormond Street Hospital applies for a fresh hearing at the High Court.

24 July: Charlie's parents end their legal fight to take him to the US for treatment.