Source: TOI

The judge called the case that began in the family division of the court unprecedented. “It is no surprise that this application is the only one of its kind to have come before the courts in this country, and probably anywhere else,” Jacksonsaid, calling the case “an example of the new questions that science poses to the law”. The girl’s lawyer, Zoe Fleetwood, told BBC the girl learned of the favourable ruling on October 6, 11 days before her death. “She was delighted,” said Fleetwood, adding that the girl described the judge as a hero. His ruling cleared the way for the girl’s remains to be taken to a specialist facility in the US for the start of the preservation process. Lawyers say that has been done, but details have been kept private.