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Re C (1993) NLJR 1642 (adult: refusal of medical treatment)

Court decision

Thorpe J concluded that C understood the 'nature, purpose and effects' of the proposed treatment. Therefore, it did not matter that he suffered from delusions of grandeur and that he believed that he had his own international medical practice. Therefore, the Court decided that he had the competence/capacity to refuse the treatment in this case and the injunction was granted in his favour.

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