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Gillick competence is a term originating in England and Wales and is used in medical law to decide whether a child (a person under 16 years of age) is able to consent to their own medical treatment, without the need for parental permission or knowledge.
Victoria D. M. Gillick (née Gudgeon; born 1946, in Hendon) is a British activist and campaigner best known for the eponymous 1985 UK House of Lords ruling [1] that considered whether contraception could be prescribed to under-16s without parental consent or knowledge.
Gillick competence. Test for a police force, when approached for information regarding a person about whom concerns are raised relating to their contact with children, is obliged in law to seek representations from the person before disclosing any information. [10] R (on the application of BF (Eritrea)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
By contrast, people aged 16 or older were presumed to have the ability to consent to medical treatment (Gillick did not apply). The High Court (Administrative Court) ruling, [3] [4] which was overturned on appeal, said that it was unlikely that a child under the age of 16 could be Gillick competent to consent to puberty blocking treatment. The ...
17 October – The House of Lords decides the legal case of Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority, [42] which sets the significant precedent of Gillick competence, i.e. that a child of sixteen or under may be competent to consent to contraception or – by extension – other medical treatment without requiring parental ...
Age UK (2017), Powers of Attorney, Age UK. NSPCC (2017), A child's legal rights: Gillick competency and Fraser guidelines, NSPCC. Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech AHA, British and Irish Legal Information Institute, 1986
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The main legal debate that arose was who has the legal authority to authorise the operation. Three options existed: the parents (as legal guardians of their daughter), Marion or an order of a competent court, such as the Family Court of Australia. The Full Court of the Family Court was asked to decide: 1.