Auckland Area Health Board v A-G

JurisdictionNew Zealand
Judgment Date1993
Date1993
CourtHigh Court
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24 cases
  • Seales v Attorney-General
    • New Zealand
    • High Court
    • 4 June 2015
    ...11 Amended Statement of Claim of L Seales, above n 4, at [40]. 12 For example, Auckland Area Health Board v Attorney-General [1993] 1 NZLR 235 Airedale NHS Trust v Bland [1993] AC 789 (HL). 13 For example, R (Nicklinson) v Ministry of Justice [2014] UKSC 38, [2014] 3 WLR 200. 14 For exam......
  • Re a Ward of Court (withholding medical treatment) (No. 2)
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 1 January 1996
    ...Attorney General v. X [1992] 1 I.R. 1; [1992] I.L.R.M. 401; [1992] 2 C.M.L.R. 277. Auckland Area Health Board v. Attorney-General [1993] 1 N.Z.L.R. 235. In re B. (A Minor) (Wardship: Medical Treatment) [1981] 1 W.L.R. 1421; [1990] 3 All E.R. 927. In re B. (A Minor) (Wardship: Sterilisation)......
  • Re A (Children) (Conjoined Twins: Surgical Separation)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 22 September 2000
    ...in his paper Treat Me Right, Essays in Medical Law and Ethics and by Thomas J. in Auckland Area Health Board v Attorney-General [1993] 1 N.Z.L.R. 235, 247. This is because the question is not whether it is in the best interests of the patient that he should die. The question is whether in ......
  • NHS Trust A v M. NHS Trust B v H
    • United Kingdom
    • Family Division
    • Invalid date
    ...[1993] 2 WLR 316, [1993] 1 FLR 1026, Fam D, CA and HL. Association X v UK (1978) 14 DR 31, E Com HR. Auckland Area Health Board v AG [1993] 1 NZLR 235, NZ HC. Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee [1957] 2 All ER 118, [1957] 1 WLR 582. Clarke v Hurst 1992 (4) SA 630, SA SC. Cruzan v ......
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6 books & journal articles
  • Refusing advance refusals: advance directives and life-sustaining medical treatment.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 30 No. 1, April 2006
    • 1 April 2006
    ...(1992) 86 DLR (4th) 385; Malette v Schulman (1990) 67 DLR (4th) 321. (4) Re G [1997] 2 NZLR 201; Auekland Area Health Board v A-G (NZ) [1993] 1 NZLR 235. See also New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (NZ) s 11, although it refers only to refusing medical treatment in general (5) Re B (Adult:......
  • Combating workplace discrimination on the basis of HIV status through disability law in Zambia
    • United Kingdom
    • International Journal of Discrimination and the Law No. 22-1, March 2022
    • 1 March 2022
    ...House ofLords decision in Chester v. Afshar [2004] 4 All ER 587 and the New Zealand case,Auckland Area Health Board v. Attorney General [1993] 1 NZLR 235.It was therefore the Court’s opinion that the absence of informed consent by thepetitioners was an affront to their fundamental rights an......
  • Combating workplace discrimination on the basis of HIV status through disability law in Zambia
    • United Kingdom
    • International Journal of Discrimination and the Law No. 22-1, March 2022
    • 1 March 2022
    ...House ofLords decision in Chester v. Afshar [2004] 4 All ER 587 and the New Zealand case,Auckland Area Health Board v. Attorney General [1993] 1 NZLR 235.It was therefore the Court’s opinion that the absence of informed consent by thepetitioners was an affront to their fundamental rights an......
  • THE 14TH SINGAPORE LAW REVIEW LECTURE TERMINATION OF NON-VIABLE LIFE1
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2001, December 2001
    • 1 December 2001
    ...drugs. 46 [1993] AC 789 at 865. 47 The New Zealand courts also lean towards this view: Auckland Area Health Board v Attorney General[1993] 1 NZLR 235. 48 See Re F[1990] 2 AC 1; Re J[1993] Fam 15; Re J (A Minor)[1991] Fam 33; Re T[1993] Fam 95; and Bland’s case op cit. 49 Although in Re A (M......
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