Unforced errors by Archie’s lawyers

Hospital deserves credit for patience and forbearing

Archie Battersbee died on Saturday. His parents deserve our deepest sympathy.

As I wrote here on 26 July, the legal challenges they brought against the proposed withdrawal of his life support could have been better handled by the two High Court judges who dealt with the case in its earlier stages.

Since then, though, Archie’s parents have made several unf…