Re G - [1997] 2 NZLR 201

Medicine, pharmacy and related professions — Medical practitioners — Patient not in permanent vegetative state — Survival dependent on life support measures — No prospect of recovery — Tests for establishing whether consent be given for treatment to be discontinued — Ethical considerations — Whether treatment should be discontinued — Meaning of "Everyone" in s 11 of New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 — Whether consent can be given on behalf of patient by Court — Whether appropriate test is "substituted judgment" or "best interests" — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 11.

Practice and procedure — Jurisdiction — Application to terminate life support — Whether application should be heard in chambers or in open Court — Relevance of public and private interests.