Chapter 9 Links to key cases

Organ donation and the ownership of body parts

CM v Executor of the Estate of EJ [2013] EWHC 1680 (Fam) http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2013/1680.html
This case explores when a person can claim ownership over bodies and body parts.





Yearworth v North Bristol NHS Trust [2009] EWCA Civ 37 http://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/markup.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2009/37.html
This is a leading case on when a man may be said to own his sperm.

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