{"id":9211,"date":"2017-09-21T08:12:57","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T12:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=9211"},"modified":"2017-09-21T08:17:02","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T12:17:02","slug":"right-die-cases-no-longer-need-court-approval-landmark-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2017\/09\/21\/right-die-cases-no-longer-need-court-approval-landmark-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"Right-to-die cases no longer need court approval after landmark ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0 Caroline Mortimer<\/a><\/p>\n

Doctors and relatives of patients with debilitating illnesses will no longer have to get court permission before withdrawing life support treatment, a high court<\/a> judge has ruled.<\/p>\n

It means that if relatives and doctors agree and all medical guidelines are being observed, they will no longer have to go through a long winded legal process to get permission.<\/p>\n

Judge\u00a0Peter Jackson’s ruling\u00a0in the Court of Protection came after a\u00a0case brought on behalf of a woman, identified only as \u201cM\u201d, who\u00a0suffered\u00a0from Huntington\u2019s disease \u2013\u00a0a\u00a0rare, crippling genetic condition which affects the nervous system and for which there is no cure.<\/a><\/p>\n

She was believed to be in a minimally conscious state at\u00a0a hospital in the Midlands when the application on her behalf was issued in April,\u00a0The Guardian<\/em><\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n

The judge granted permission in June and her feeding tubes were withdrawn on 24 July.\u00a0She died, aged 50, on 4 August after suffering from the disease for more than 25 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was no statutory obligation to bring the case to court,” Judge\u00a0Jackson said in\u00a0his\u00a0comments on the case, which have only just been released.<\/p>\n

He added:\u00a0“A mandatory litigation requirement may deflect clinicians and families from making true best-interests decisions and in some cases lead to inappropriate treatment continuing by default.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIndeed, the present case stands as an example, in that M received continued CANH\u00a0(clinically assisted nutrition and hydration)\u00a0that neither her doctors nor her family thought was in her best interests for almost a year until a court decision was eventually sought.\u201d<\/p>\n

Decisions made by the High Court in London set a binding precedent which must be observed by all lower courts<\/a> in England and Wales.<\/p>\n

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Source independent.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

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