𝗥𝗲 𝗥𝘆𝗱𝗲𝗿 [𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬] 𝗡𝗦𝗪𝗦𝗖 𝟴𝟵𝟱

A course of chemotherapy was determined to be in a child’s best interest notwithstanding the parents declining to consent. Relevantly the Court at [31] said: “𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 ... 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘙𝘺𝘥𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴.”

The case can be found here: https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/1734aa78353af23ef8528c89