Press office

This afternoon, some of the most senior judges in the UK have controversially ruled that the Italian intervention in Indi Gregory's case under the Hague Convention is 'wholly misconceived' and 'not in the spirit of the convention'.

With the clock ticking, Indi Gregory's Italian guardian has made an urgent application to the UK High Court calling on Mr Justice Robert Peel to cede jurisdiction of the case to him under Article 9§2 of the 1996 Hague Convention.

At the last moment, a Court of Appeal judge has given Indi's family permission to appeal where life-support can be removed, and, it is understood, could also consider the Italian intervention in the case. 

This afternoon, Mr Justice Robert Peel has ruled that Indi Gregory's life-support must be removed at the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham or a hospice and not at home, contrary to the wishes of her parents. 

At the request of Indi Gregory's family, the Italian consul in Manchester, Dr Matteo Corradini, in his capacity as guardianship judge for the 8-month-old, has today issued an emergency measure recognising the authority of the Italian courts in this case.