Re M (Child: Refusal of Medical Treatment)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date1999
Year1999
Date1999
CourtFamily Division
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6 cases
  • NHS Trust v T (adult patient: refusal of medical treatment)
    • United Kingdom
    • Family Division
    • 28 May 2004
    ...are bound by his decision. If not, they are free to treat him in what they believe to be his best interests.' Thorpe J, in Re C (Refusal of Medical Treatment) [1994] 1 FLR 31, formulated the test to be applied where the issue arose as to capacity to refuse treatment. In that case a man of 6......
  • Re O; Re J (Children) (Blood Tests: Constraint)
    • United Kingdom
    • Family Division
    • 24 January 2000
    ...1 FCR 662, [1995] Fam 133, [1995] 1 All ER 683, [1995] 1 WLR 294, [1995] 1 FLR 470. M (child: refusal of medical treatment), Re[1999] 2 FCR 577, [1999] 2 FLR 1097. Nottingham City Council v October Films Ltd[1999] 2 FCR 529, [1999] 2 FLR 347. Nottinghamshire CC v P[1994] 1 FCR 624, [1994] F......
  • RE O and J (Paternity: Blood Tests)
    • United Kingdom
    • Family Division
    • Invalid date
  • Re R (A Child) (IVF: Paternity of Child)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 20 July 2001
    ...[1991] FCR 370, [1991] Fam 33, [1990] 3 All ER 930, [1991] 2 WLR 140, [1991] 1 FLR 366, CA. M (child: refusal of medical treatment), Re[1999] 2 FCR 577, [1999] 2 FLR 1097. MB (an adult: medical treatment), Re[1997] 2 FCR 541, [1997] 2 FLR 426, CA. Mercury Communications Ltd v Director Gener......
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2 books & journal articles
  • Is it a competent child’s prerogative to refuse medical treatment?
    • South Africa
    • Sabinet De Jure No. 52-1, April 2019
    • 1 April 2019
    ...This case is the only case where the court actuallyoverrode the decision of a child found by the court to be competent. 72 At 643.73 2000 52 BMLR 124. Is it a competent child’s prerogative to refuse medical treatment? 253have been the same had the child been found to be competent as it hadt......
  • Is it a competent child’s prerogative to refuse medical treatment?
    • South Africa
    • Sabinet De Jure No. 52-2, August 2019
    • 20 August 2019
    ...This case is the only case where the court actuallyoverrode the decision of a child found by the court to be competent. 72 At 643.73 2000 52 BMLR 124. Is it a competent child’s prerogative to refuse medical treatment? 253have been the same had the child been found to be competent as it hadt......

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