High Court passes vaccine row to AG

A High Court judge has referred a legal row over a boy’s vaccination shots to the Attorney General, saying he could not give a “snap judgment”.

The development comes after the estranged parents of the 5-year-old boy went to court in a row over whether their son should have his MMR and 4-in-1 booster vaccination shots.

Mr Justice Michael Moriarty said constitutional arguments arise in the case. He has already heard evidence from the boy’s mother, who does not want her son to have the vaccinations, and the father, who wants the injections to be given as quickly as possible.