1. Mr Justice Holman said the issues in the case of ‘A‘, who cannot be identified, were "truly ones of life and death". But, her case "also raises profound issues of parental autonomy in our society". The judge, who gave his ruling in public following a private hearing in London, granted the unnamed NHS Trust a declaration that the procedure could go ahead if two members of the team treating her certified that in all the circumstances immediately prior to treatment it had at least a 50 per cent prospect of curing her haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH). He ruled that in the event of failure, or life threatening complications after transplant, the doctors might treat A in accordance with her parents‘ wishes, and should at all times administer treatment in such a way as to cause her the least distress and pain and retain the greatest dignity.