The parents of brain damaged Archie Battersbee, 12, have been given permission to appeal against a court ruling that his life support should be stopped
He also said the judge had not taken into account the religious views of Archie and his family.
These included that the court had erred in extending the common law definition of death to include brain stem death, and that its analysis of best interests was flawed. The legal fight will now continue after she gave Archie's parents, Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee, approval to start an appeal and said the standard of proof issue was a"compelling reason" why the higher court should look at the case.13 June: Mum 'sickened' by brain death rulingAndrea Williams, its chief executive, said:"A ruling that says death can be declared on the balance of probabilities sets a troubling precedent for our society and must be appealed.
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