7 April 2022
Archie’s mom, Hollie Dance, finds him unconscious at her dwelling in Southend, Essex, with a ligature round his neck, which leads her to imagine he could have been doing a web-based problem that went improper. He’s taken to hospital with traumatic head accidents.
26 April
Barts Well being, the NHS belief in command of Archie’s care on the Royal London hospital, begins proceedings within the excessive court docket to check his mind stem and to withdraw mechanical air flow. Medical doctors imagine it’s “extremely probably” that the kid is in impact lifeless and that it’s in his finest pursuits to cease life-support therapy. However Archie’s dad and mom, Dance and Paul Battersbee, are opposed.
13 Could
Justice Arbuthnot, a excessive court docket decide, guidelines {that a} mind stem check can be in Archie’s finest pursuits.
16 Could
Specialists perform a nerve stimulation check on Archie however don’t detect a response.
6-8 June
Within the household division of the excessive court docket, Justice Arbuthnot oversees three days of proof and argument about Archie’s therapy. In line with medical doctors, it’s “very probably” that he’s “brain-stem lifeless” however attorneys representing his household argue that his coronary heart is thrashing and that they wish to proceed with care.
13 June
The excessive court docket decide guidelines that Archie is lifeless and that medical doctors can legally cease his therapy, however Archie’s household say they are going to enchantment.
20 June
Archie’s dad and mom are given permission to enchantment in opposition to the excessive court docket’s choice.
29 June
Archie’s dad and mom are “delighted” after three enchantment judges rule that proof relating to what’s in Archie’s finest pursuits ought to be reconsidered by one other excessive court docket decide.
11 July
Justice Hayden hears proof within the excessive court docket from medical doctors that carrying on Archie’s therapy will merely “delay the inevitable”. However Dance says he’s a “natural-born fighter” and asks medical doctors to proceed their care.
15 July
Justice Hayden guidelines in favour of the hospital belief, saying: “There could be no hope in any respect of restoration.” Archie’s dad and mom say they are going to look for his choice to be overturned by the court docket of enchantment.
21-22 July
Andrew McFarlane, the president of the excessive court docket’s household division and probably the most senior household court docket decide in England and Wales, and two different judges are advised in a listening to that Archie is in a “comatose state”.
25 July
The three court docket of enchantment judges rule that medical doctors can cease offering life assist to Archie, after which his household say they are going to enchantment to the European court docket of human rights (ECHR).
28 July
The supreme court docket denies Archie’s household’s request to intervene.
29 July
Archie’s household apply for a UN committee to step in.
31 July
Royal London hospital units a date for Archie’s therapy to be withdrawn, on 1 August at 2pm. The court docket of enchantment grants a digital listening to for 11am on the identical day after the British authorities asks it to “urgently contemplate” a UN request to hold on therapy whereas they have a look at the case.
1 August
The court docket of enchantment rejects a request to postpone ending his therapy and that his care will finish at noon the following day.
2 August
Archie’s dad and mom are refused permission to enchantment in opposition to the supreme court docket’s ruling and Dance says Barts Well being will begin withdrawing his life assist on 3 August at 11am until they’ve submitted an utility to the ECHR by 9am.
3 August
The ECHR refuses their utility and Archie’s household say they plan to ask the excessive court docket to maneuver Archie to a hospice.
4 August
His dad and mom formally lodge excessive court docket proceedings to maneuver Archie to hospice care, which the hospital is in opposition to, and there’s a listening to on the royal courts of justice.
5 August
Justice Theis guidelines that it isn’t within the youngster’s finest pursuits to be moved to a hospice and refuses the household permission to enchantment. Their bid to the ECHR, arguing that the excessive court docket’s ruling violated the European conference on human rights, fails.
The household is advised that Archie’s life assist shall be turned off at 10am on Saturday.
6 August
Archie’s mom publicizes exterior the Royal London hospital that her son has died.
