View source for QJ v A Local Authority (2020) EWCOP 3

{{Case
|Date=2020/01/21
|NCN=[2020] EWCOP 3
|Essex issue=101
|Essex page=3
|Court=Court of Protection
|Judges=Hayden
|Parties=QJ, A Local Authority
|Judicial history=*[[QJ v A Local Authority (2020) EWCOP 7]]
*[[QJ v A Local Authority (2020) EWCOP 3]]
|Sentence=Finely-balanced treatment decision
|Summary=(1) This s21A appeal was adjourned for medical evidence in relation to whether QJ had capacity (a) to decide on whether to receive nutrition and hydration either orally or artificially; (b) to decide more generally on medical treatment; and (c) to decide on admission to hospital. (2) On the day of the hearing QJ had for the first time indicated a willingness to be put on a drip. Even if QJ were now found to have capacity, the case should still come back before the court because: (a) it may very well be a "finely balanced" decision (and so within [[Practice Guidance (Court of Protection: Serious Medical Treatment) (2020) EWCOP 2]]); and, in any event, (b) where there is already an application in relation to the central issue the matter should only be concluded within court proceedings and not left to clinical decisions.
|Subject=Medical treatment cases
|News=Yes
|RSS pubdate=2020/07/03 01:32:12 PM
}}