Skip to main content

This link is exclusively for students and staff members within this organisation.

Unauthorised use will lead to account termination.

Previous

law updates

landmarks in the common law

Is a foetus a person?

CP v CICA (2014)

The Court of Appeal case of CP (a child) v CICA (2014) deals with some interesting arguments about life before birth, and whether a foetus can be classed as a person

This ‘Landmarks in the common law’ is relevant to AQA AS Unit 2 and A2 Unit 3, and OCR A2 Unit G153.

This case concerns the ability of a child (CP) to claim criminal injury compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA), the injury being a direct consequence of her mother’s excessive alcohol drinking while pregnant, resulting in serious bodily harm to the child, who was born with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

Your organisation does not have access to this article.

Sign up today to give your students the edge they need to achieve their best grades with subject expertise

Subscribe

Previous

law updates

Related articles: