22 Aug 2013
Auckland District Health Board v E [2013] NZHC 2154
- Citation
- [2013] NZHC 2154
- Court
- High Court
Because there was a real and substantial risk that the child would require blood transfusion in the course of accepted medical treatment for neuroblastoma and because transfusion was necessary to avoid life‑threatening complications and to allow curative treatment with a high chance of long‑term survival, the Court, applying the paramountcy of the child's welfare under s4 and the Re J two‑step test, validly placed the child under guardianship and appointed the treating physicians as court agents to consent to blood and blood product transfusions limited to treatment consented to by the parent…