The pair, from Liverpool, have lost cases in the high court, court of appeal, supreme court and European court of human rights after judges concluded that the child was in a semi-vegetative state and further treatment would be futile. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Alfie Evans. The basis of Evans and James’s latest legal appeal is that their son is being wrongly detained by Alder Hey hospital in Liverpool. A spokesman for Alder Hey hospital said: “The supreme court will consider the application for permission to appeal [against] the decision of the court of appeal. The professionalism and care for severely ill children shown at Alder Hey hospital is to be recognised and affirmed.

Source: The Guardian April 18, 2018 11:52 UTC