40 Years of Gillick: Legal and Clinical Reflections on Children as Decision‑Makers

The landmark decision in Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority transformed how young people participate in decisions about their own healthcare. Four decades on, Gillick remains central to clinical practice, legal argument, and broader debates about children’s rights, autonomy, agency and privacy. Yet new challenges, from emerging clinical fields to evolving understandings of capacity and inequality, expose tensions in how the principle works on the ground. This one‑day interdisciplinary event brings together legal scholars and clinicians from all career stages, practitioners, and young people to reflect on the legacy, limits and future direction of Gillick in contemporary clinical and legal practice. Through discussion‑based sessions and collaborative exploration, the day aims to bridge socio‑legal research with real‑world practice, highlighting the barriers young people face in exercising meaningful autonomy over their health.

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