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Sept 2021
Harrogate law firm leads legal challenge over child vaccines
A Harrogate law firm is to lead a legal challenge against the government's decision to recommend covid vaccines for 12 to 15-year-olds.
Truth Legal has been instructed by Consent, a Gloucestershire-based healthcare charity, to challenge the government and stop children getting vaccinated without fully informed consent from their parents.
Professor Chris Witty, the government's chief medical officer, today recommended administering a single vaccine for 12 to 15-year-olds after concluding it would have wider benefits for mental health and education.
Ministers will now decide on whether to accept the recommendation.
However, Consent is set to launch a legal challenge after raising concerns that experts still have mixed views over the decision.
Andrew Gray, founder and solicitor at Truth Legal, which is representing the charity, said:
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, which advises the government on immunisation, previously recommended against vaccinating children because the “individual health benefits” were small.
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However, Professor Whitty said a single dose of a vaccine would “make a material difference”.
Oliver Müller, a trustee for Consent, said:
Truth Legal, whose head office is on Victoria Avenue, also has offices in Leeds.
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