Judge has Faced Many Big Decisions in Family Law Career

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Mr Justice Hedley's ruling on the fate of baby Charlotte is perhaps one of the most heart-rending decisions he has ever had to deliver The man given the job of choosing whether Darren and Debbie Wyatt's seriously ill 11-month-old daughter should be allowed to live or die has faced many unenviable judgements during his career in family law.

Sir Mark Hedley, who became a High Court judge three years ago, once concluded that an infertile man whose ex-partner became pregnant after IVF with the sperm of an anonymous donor had the right to be legally regarded as the child's father.

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Judge has Faced Many Big Decisions in Family Law Career

He made his decision, which is still being disputed, on the basis that the man had signed the or...

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