Current Awareness » assisted suicide http://www.innertemplelibrary.com from the Inner Temple Library Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:56:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Moors murderer Ian Brady appears in public at ‘right-to-die’ hearing – The Guardian http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/06/moors-murderer-ian-brady-appears-in-public-at-right-to-die-hearing-the-guardian/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/06/moors-murderer-ian-brady-appears-in-public-at-right-to-die-hearing-the-guardian/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:39:10 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=84443 “Moors murderer Ian Brady began a legal attempt to prove that he is sane in the hope that he will be discharged from the secure psychiatric hospital where he is incarcerated and sent to a high security jail so he can starve himself to death.”

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The Guardian, 17th June 2013

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/06/moors-murderer-ian-brady-appears-in-public-at-right-to-die-hearing-the-guardian/feed/ 0 ‘Death contracts’ could give terminally ill the right to die – The Independent http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/05/death-contracts-could-give-terminally-ill-the-right-to-die-the-independent/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/05/death-contracts-could-give-terminally-ill-the-right-to-die-the-independent/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 08:14:50 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=83737 “Terminally ill people could sign a ‘death contract’ allowing doctors to help them end their lives under new legal proposals.”

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The Independent, 16th May 2013

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/05/death-contracts-could-give-terminally-ill-the-right-to-die-the-independent/feed/ 0 Assisted suicide should be regulated by courts, senior judges told – The Guardian http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/05/assisted-suicide-should-be-regulated-by-courts-senior-judges-told-the-guardian/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/05/assisted-suicide-should-be-regulated-by-courts-senior-judges-told-the-guardian/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 08:14:12 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=83638 “Courts should be able to regulate individual requests for assisted suicide without reference to parliament, senior judges have been told.”

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The Guardian, 13th May 2013

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/05/assisted-suicide-should-be-regulated-by-courts-senior-judges-told-the-guardian/feed/ 0 Peers clash over right-to-die ‘spin’ – Daily Telegraph http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/05/peers-clash-over-right-to-die-spin-daily-telegraph/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/05/peers-clash-over-right-to-die-spin-daily-telegraph/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 08:31:01 +0000 tracey http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=83592 “Lord Carlile of Berriew QC said that plans due to be put before Parliament by
Lord Falconer on Wednesday to allow doctors to help terminally ill people to die
would not ‘pass the public safety test’. Lord Carlile makes his warning, in an
article in today’s Sunday Telegraph, as the biggest combined assault on
Britain’s ban on euthanasia for a generation is about to be instigated.”

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Daily Telegraph, 11th May 2013

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/05/peers-clash-over-right-to-die-spin-daily-telegraph/feed/ 0 The dilemma of assisted suicide – CrimeLine http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/05/the-dilemma-of-assisted-suicide-crimeline/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/05/the-dilemma-of-assisted-suicide-crimeline/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 09:53:15 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=83517 “The controversy of mercy killing is unresolved. It is capable of being either an act of compassion or that of unconscionable self interest. The law recognises no difference between these motivations. Despite challenges from Diane Pretty and Debbie Purdy, mercy killing remains an offence in the UK. Assisting a person to commit suicide is an offence under the Suicide Act 1961. Killing a person not capable of committing suicide even at their request is murder or manslaughter. It is no defence to say that the best interests of the victim were served. While the DPP have been forced to publicise their policy upon which factors will be considered when a prosecution is contemplated that goes only to the public interest in any prosecution. The law recognises no offence or defence, full or partial, of mercy killing.”

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CrimeLine, 29th April 2013

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/05/the-dilemma-of-assisted-suicide-crimeline/feed/ 0 Lord Falconer to press on assisted dying law – BBC News http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/05/lord-falconer-to-press-on-assisted-dying-law-bbc-news/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/05/lord-falconer-to-press-on-assisted-dying-law-bbc-news/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 08:46:34 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=83508 “Parliament is to be asked to consider the case for legalising assisted dying for terminally ill patients who have less than six months to live.”

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BBC News, 7th May 2013

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/05/lord-falconer-to-press-on-assisted-dying-law-bbc-news/feed/ 0 Paralysed builder to carry on Tony Nicklinson’s right-to-die battle – The Guardian http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/04/paralysed-builder-to-carry-on-tony-nicklinsons-right-to-die-battle-the-guardian/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/04/paralysed-builder-to-carry-on-tony-nicklinsons-right-to-die-battle-the-guardian/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:10:04 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=83066 “A paralysed builder who has required round-the-clock care since a car accident 23 years ago has applied to the high court to be allowed to die with the help of a doctor, carrying on the legal fight begun by another seriously disabled man last year.”

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The Guardian, 18th April 2013

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/04/paralysed-builder-to-carry-on-tony-nicklinsons-right-to-die-battle-the-guardian/feed/ 0 Paralysed man to continue right-to-die battle – The Guardian http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/03/paralysed-man-to-continue-right-to-die-battle-the-guardian/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/03/paralysed-man-to-continue-right-to-die-battle-the-guardian/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:44:24 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=82410 “A paralysed road accident victim has won the right to continue the right-to-die campaign started by locked-in syndrome sufferer Tony Nicklinson, who died last year.”

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The Guardian, 13th March 2013

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/03/paralysed-man-to-continue-right-to-die-battle-the-guardian/feed/ 0 Assisted suicide: GMC signals doctors safe to provide medical records to Dignitas patients – Daily Telegraph http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/02/assisted-suicide-gmc-signals-doctors-safe-to-provide-medical-records-to-dignitas-patients-daily-telegraph/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/02/assisted-suicide-gmc-signals-doctors-safe-to-provide-medical-records-to-dignitas-patients-daily-telegraph/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:41:58 +0000 tracey http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=81581 “Doctors will be able to provide medical records to patients who want them to
travel abroad for an assisted suicide without being struck off, new guidelines
make clear for the first time.”

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Daily Telegraph, 1st February 2013

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/02/assisted-suicide-gmc-signals-doctors-safe-to-provide-medical-records-to-dignitas-patients-daily-telegraph/feed/ 0 Nicklinson posthumous right-to-die appeal – Law Society’s Gazette http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/01/nicklinson-posthumous-right-to-die-appeal-law-societys-gazette/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/01/nicklinson-posthumous-right-to-die-appeal-law-societys-gazette/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:57:08 +0000 tracey http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=81186 “A widow has been granted leave to continue her late husband’s challenge to the existing law on murder and assisted suicide.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 4th January 2013

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2013/01/nicklinson-posthumous-right-to-die-appeal-law-societys-gazette/feed/ 1 End of life – where are we now? – Thirty Nine Essex Street http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/10/end-of-life-where-are-we-now-thirty-nine-essex-street/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/10/end-of-life-where-are-we-now-thirty-nine-essex-street/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:03:02 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=79948 “Since the multitude of reflections provoked by the case of W v M and others [2011] EWHC 2443 (CoP) at the end of last year, there have been yet more difficult end of life decisions for the Courts this year. The tension between concepts of autonomy and dignity on the one hand, and respect for the sanctity of life and the duty to take steps to preserve it on the other, remain real and not easily resolved.”

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Thirty Nine Essex Street, 24th October 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/10/end-of-life-where-are-we-now-thirty-nine-essex-street/feed/ 0 Dignity, Death and Deprivation of Liberty: Human Rights in the Court of Protection – The Guardian http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/10/dignity-death-and-deprivation-of-liberty-human-rights-in-the-court-of-protection-the-guardian/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/10/dignity-death-and-deprivation-of-liberty-human-rights-in-the-court-of-protection-the-guardian/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:24:35 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=79695 “Wednesday’s debate on current key topics in the Court of Protection was a hard-hitting discussion on matters which elicit strong views, such as voluntary euthanasia, assisted suicide, the role of ‘dignity’ and ‘sanctity of life’, and whether the latter two principles can ever be reconciled.”

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The Guardian, 12th October 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/10/dignity-death-and-deprivation-of-liberty-human-rights-in-the-court-of-protection-the-guardian/feed/ 0 Tony Nicklinson right-to-die refused Court of Appeal hearing – BBC News http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/10/tony-nicklinson-right-to-die-refused-court-of-appeal-hearing-bbc-news/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/10/tony-nicklinson-right-to-die-refused-court-of-appeal-hearing-bbc-news/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:36:35 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=79362 “High Court judges have refused permission for the case of a man who fought for the right to die to go to the Court of Appeal.”

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BBC News, 2nd October 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/10/tony-nicklinson-right-to-die-refused-court-of-appeal-hearing-bbc-news/feed/ 0 Tony Nicklinson and the right-to-die debate: the questions that still need answering – Halsbury’s Law Exchange http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/09/tony-nicklinson-and-the-right-to-die-debate-the-questions-that-still-need-answering-halsburys-law-exchange/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/09/tony-nicklinson-and-the-right-to-die-debate-the-questions-that-still-need-answering-halsburys-law-exchange/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:04:12 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=79233 “The ruling in the recent case brought by the late Tony Nicklinson and another man, known only as ‘Martin’, who both had ‘locked-in’ syndrome, before the High Court ([2012] EWHC 2381 (Admin)), has raised many complicated questions about death in our society. The most difficult of these questions has been to what extent it is for an individual to decide that they wish their life to be ended. The particular complexity in this specific case was that, as both men had ‘locked-in’ syndrome, they were physically incapable of committing suicide, even with the assistance of another person (a situation which no longer carries automatic prosecution under guidelines issued recently by the DPP; Policy for Prosecutors in Respect of Cases of Encouraging or Assisting Suicide, February 2010,).”

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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 24th September 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/09/tony-nicklinson-and-the-right-to-die-debate-the-questions-that-still-need-answering-halsburys-law-exchange/feed/ 0 Man with locked-in syndrome prepares to appeal for right to assisted death – The Guardian http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/09/man-with-locked-in-syndrome-prepares-to-appeal-for-right-to-assisted-death-the-guardian/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/09/man-with-locked-in-syndrome-prepares-to-appeal-for-right-to-assisted-death-the-guardian/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:47:17 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=79027 “Lawyers for a man with locked-in syndrome, who says his life is intolerable and wants help to die, are to take his case to the appeal court within weeks and are then prepared to go to the highest court in the land, the supreme court, if necessary.”

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The Guardian, 20th September 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/09/man-with-locked-in-syndrome-prepares-to-appeal-for-right-to-assisted-death-the-guardian/feed/ 0 Tony Nicklinson’s widow appeals over right-to-die ruling – BBC News http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/09/tony-nicklinsons-widow-appeals-over-right-to-die-ruling-bbc-news/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/09/tony-nicklinsons-widow-appeals-over-right-to-die-ruling-bbc-news/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:36:54 +0000 tracey http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=78519 “The wife of Tony Nicklinson, a man with locked-in syndrome who died a week after losing a legal bid to end his life, is to appeal against the ruling.”

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BBC News, 7th September 21012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/09/tony-nicklinsons-widow-appeals-over-right-to-die-ruling-bbc-news/feed/ 0 Tony Nicklinson’s family back call to carry on legal fight with new claimant – The Guardian http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/09/tony-nicklinsons-family-back-call-to-carry-on-legal-fight-with-new-claimant-the-guardian/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/09/tony-nicklinsons-family-back-call-to-carry-on-legal-fight-with-new-claimant-the-guardian/#comments Mon, 03 Sep 2012 08:47:35 +0000 tracey http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=78203 “Lawyers of man with locked-in syndrome who died after losing legal bid to end his life say much of their evidence was not heard.”

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The Guardian, 1st September 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/09/tony-nicklinsons-family-back-call-to-carry-on-legal-fight-with-new-claimant-the-guardian/feed/ 0 “No precedent? Then set one!” – Nicklinson right to die case – UK Human Rights Blog http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/08/no-precedent-then-set-one-nicklinson-right-to-die-case-uk-human-rights-blog/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/08/no-precedent-then-set-one-nicklinson-right-to-die-case-uk-human-rights-blog/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:53:27 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=77753 “This is Richard Dawkin’s battle cry in response to the recent High Court rejection of the challenge by locked-in sufferers to the murder and manslaughter laws in this country that have condemned them to an unknowable future of suffering.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 20th August 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/08/no-precedent-then-set-one-nicklinson-right-to-die-case-uk-human-rights-blog/feed/ 0 Regina (Nicklinson) v Ministry of Justice (Attorney General and another intervening); Regina (AM) v Director of Public Prosecutions and others (Same intervening) – WLR Daily http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/08/regina-nicklinson-v-ministry-of-justice-attorney-general-and-another-intervening-regina-am-v-director-of-public-prosecutions-and-others-same-intervening-wlr-daily/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/08/regina-nicklinson-v-ministry-of-justice-attorney-general-and-another-intervening-regina-am-v-director-of-public-prosecutions-and-others-same-intervening-wlr-daily/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:13:40 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=77696 Regina (Nicklinson) v Ministry of Justice (Attorney General and another intervening); Regina (AM) v Director of Public Prosecutions and others (Same intervening) [2012] EWHC 2381 (Admin); [2012] WLR (D) 248

“The court should not depart from the long established position that voluntary euthanasia was murder unless article 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms required that it be recognised as a possible defence to a murder charge under the doctrine of necessity, which was not the case.”

WLR Daily, 16th August 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/08/regina-nicklinson-v-ministry-of-justice-attorney-general-and-another-intervening-regina-am-v-director-of-public-prosecutions-and-others-same-intervening-wlr-daily/feed/ 0 “Locked-in” sufferer’s challenge to ban on voluntary euthanasia fails in the high court – UK Human Rights Blog http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/08/locked-in-sufferers-challenge-to-ban-on-voluntary-euthanasia-fails-in-the-high-court-uk-human-rights-blog/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/08/locked-in-sufferers-challenge-to-ban-on-voluntary-euthanasia-fails-in-the-high-court-uk-human-rights-blog/#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:18:16 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=77592 “Lord Justice Toulson, sitting with Mrs Justice Royce and Mrs Justice Macur, has handed down judgment in the case of Tony Nicklinson and that of another ‘locked-in’ syndrome sufferer, ‘Martin’. On all the issues, they have deferred to parliament to take the necessary steps to address the problems created by the current law of murder and assisted suicide.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 16th August 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/08/locked-in-sufferers-challenge-to-ban-on-voluntary-euthanasia-fails-in-the-high-court-uk-human-rights-blog/feed/ 0 Locked-in syndrome victims lose ‘right to die’ case – The Guardian http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/08/locked-in-syndrome-victims-lose-right-to-die-case-the-guardian/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/08/locked-in-syndrome-victims-lose-right-to-die-case-the-guardian/#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:58:58 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=77589 “Two victims of locked-in syndrome, including Tony Nicklinson who has sought to be able to end his ‘dull, miserable, demeaning, undignified and intolerable’ life, have lost their high court battle to die with medical help.”

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The Guardian, 16th August 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/08/locked-in-syndrome-victims-lose-right-to-die-case-the-guardian/feed/ 0 Legalising assisted dying ‘doesn’t lead to more opting for death’: Lancet – Daily Telegraph http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/07/legalising-assisted-dying-doesnt-lead-to-more-opting-for-death-lancet-daily-telegraph/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/07/legalising-assisted-dying-doesnt-lead-to-more-opting-for-death-lancet-daily-telegraph/#comments Wed, 11 Jul 2012 08:26:04 +0000 tracey http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=75314 “Legalising assisted dying does not lead to more people opting to end their lives early, claim academics who have looked at the situation in The Netherlands.”

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Daily Telegraph, 11th July 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/07/legalising-assisted-dying-doesnt-lead-to-more-opting-for-death-lancet-daily-telegraph/feed/ 0 BC Supreme Court grasps the nettle in right to die case – UK Human Rights Blog http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/06/bc-supreme-court-grasps-the-nettle-in-right-to-die-case-uk-human-rights-blog/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/06/bc-supreme-court-grasps-the-nettle-in-right-to-die-case-uk-human-rights-blog/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:41:46 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=74346 “Interest in the ‘locked-in syndrome’ cases currently before the High Court runs high. We posted here on the permission granted to locked-in sufferer Tony Nicklinson to seek an advance order from the court that would allow doctors to assist him to die under the common law defence of necessity.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 21st June 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/06/bc-supreme-court-grasps-the-nettle-in-right-to-die-case-uk-human-rights-blog/feed/ 0 Man with locked-in syndrome calls for change to murder law – The Guardian http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/06/man-with-locked-in-syndrome-calls-for-change-to-murder-law-the-guardian/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/06/man-with-locked-in-syndrome-calls-for-change-to-murder-law-the-guardian/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:18:52 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=74217 “A a 58-year-old victim of locked-in syndrome has told the high court that a decision not to allow him to be helped to die would condemn him “to a ‘life’ of increasing misery”.”

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The Guardian, 19th June 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/06/man-with-locked-in-syndrome-calls-for-change-to-murder-law-the-guardian/feed/ 0 Locked-in syndrome: high court hears right-to-die pleas – The Guardian http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/06/locked-in-syndrome-high-court-hears-right-to-die-pleas-the-guardian/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/06/locked-in-syndrome-high-court-hears-right-to-die-pleas-the-guardian/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2012 08:34:13 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=74169 “Two people with locked-in syndrome who find their lives ‘undignified and intolerable’ are taking their right-to-die pleas to the high court.”

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The Guardian, 19th June 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/06/locked-in-syndrome-high-court-hears-right-to-die-pleas-the-guardian/feed/ 0 Clashes between politicians and judges – BBC Law in Action http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/06/clashes-between-politicians-and-judges-bbc-law-in-action/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/06/clashes-between-politicians-and-judges-bbc-law-in-action/#comments Wed, 13 Jun 2012 09:17:49 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=73931 “Major confrontations between the courts and the government in Britain and the United States are looming. Just this week, the Home Secretary has warned British judges to take account of the views of MPs on foreign offenders who claim the right to family life. But the courts are also poised to rule on the contentious issue of assisted dying, where those who wish to end their own life are seeking new rights.”

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BBC Law in Action, 12th June 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/06/clashes-between-politicians-and-judges-bbc-law-in-action/feed/ 0 ‘Living wills’ need to be completely clear, rules judge – Daily Telegraph http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/05/living-wills-need-to-be-completely-clear-rules-judge-daily-telegraph/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/05/living-wills-need-to-be-completely-clear-rules-judge-daily-telegraph/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 08:59:16 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=71742 “‘Living wills’ that stipulate exactly how a person wants to die should be drawn up with absolute clarity, a judge has ruled after concluding a 67-year-old man with motor neurone disease had made a ‘valid decision’ to refuse treatment.”

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Daily Telegraph, 1st May 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/05/living-wills-need-to-be-completely-clear-rules-judge-daily-telegraph/feed/ 0 Tony Nicklinson questions Lord Falconer over right to die report – BBC News http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/04/tony-nicklinson-questions-lord-falconer-over-right-to-die-report-bbc-news/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/04/tony-nicklinson-questions-lord-falconer-over-right-to-die-report-bbc-news/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:49:30 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=70865 “A man from Wiltshire who has ‘locked-in syndrome’ has asked for an explanation on why he should not be allowed to die.”

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BBC News, 16th April 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/04/tony-nicklinson-questions-lord-falconer-over-right-to-die-report-bbc-news/feed/ 0 Assisted dying policy put to Commons vote – The Guardian http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/03/assisted-dying-policy-put-to-commons-vote-the-guardian/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/03/assisted-dying-policy-put-to-commons-vote-the-guardian/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:26:11 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=69604 “Parliament will this week be forced to confront the question of whether people who help loved ones end their lives should escape prosecution. MPs will be asked to vote in support of guidance drawn up by the director of public prosecutions two years ago that distinguishes between compassionate amateur assistance, which is unlikely to result in prosecution, and malicious encouragement, which can carry a maximum 14-year sentence.”

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The Guardian, 25th March 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/03/assisted-dying-policy-put-to-commons-vote-the-guardian/feed/ 0 Assisted suicide: the two broad questions – Halsbury’s Law Exchange http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/03/assisted-suicide-the-two-broad-questions-halsburys-law-exchange/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/03/assisted-suicide-the-two-broad-questions-halsburys-law-exchange/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:57:34 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=68915 “Recently Halsbury’s Law Exchange (HLE) concluded its student competition by asking the five finalists to provide a video submission on whether or not assisted suicide should be legalised. The videos were all of a high standard and can be viewed on YouYube here.”

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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 14th March 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/03/assisted-suicide-the-two-broad-questions-halsburys-law-exchange/feed/ 0 Right-to-die hearing for man with locked-in syndrome gets go-ahead – The Guardian http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/03/right-to-die-hearing-for-man-with-locked-in-syndrome-gets-go-ahead-the-guardian/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/03/right-to-die-hearing-for-man-with-locked-in-syndrome-gets-go-ahead-the-guardian/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:27:43 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=68632 “A high court judge has ruled that the right-to-die case of a man who can only communicate by blinking and wants his ‘suffering to end’ should be allowed to proceed.”

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The Guardian, 12th March 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/03/right-to-die-hearing-for-man-with-locked-in-syndrome-gets-go-ahead-the-guardian/feed/ 0 Judge to rule on assisted suicide case – The Guardian http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/03/judge-to-rule-on-assisted-suicide-case-the-guardian/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/03/judge-to-rule-on-assisted-suicide-case-the-guardian/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:21:43 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=68552 “A high court judge is to rule on whether a case brought by a man with ‘locked-in syndrome’ who wants his ‘suffering to end’ should be allowed to proceed.”

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The Guardian, 12th March 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/03/judge-to-rule-on-assisted-suicide-case-the-guardian/feed/ 0 ‘Locked-in syndrome’ man seeks assisted suicide ruling – BBC News http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/02/locked-in-syndrome-man-seeks-assisted-suicide-ruling-bbc-news/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/02/locked-in-syndrome-man-seeks-assisted-suicide-ruling-bbc-news/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:48:35 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=66734 “A severely disabled man with ‘locked-in syndrome’ has urged a judge not to decide to halt his High Court action to let a doctor end his life.”

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BBC News, 8th February 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/02/locked-in-syndrome-man-seeks-assisted-suicide-ruling-bbc-news/feed/ 0 Assisted suicide cases guidelines issued by GMC – BBC News http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/02/assisted-suicide-cases-guidelines-issued-by-gmc-bbc-news/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/02/assisted-suicide-cases-guidelines-issued-by-gmc-bbc-news/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:42:20 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=66574 “The General Medical Council is launching its first ever guidelines on assisted suicide.”

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BBC News, 6th February 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/02/assisted-suicide-cases-guidelines-issued-by-gmc-bbc-news/feed/ 0 Are lawyers in right-to-die cases breaking the law? – UK Human Rights Blog http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/02/are-lawyers-in-right-to-die-cases-breaking-the-law-uk-human-rights-blog/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/02/are-lawyers-in-right-to-die-cases-breaking-the-law-uk-human-rights-blog/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:58:03 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=66308 “Albert Camus famously wrote: ‘there is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide.’ However profound a philosophical problem, the question of suicide or, more precisely, assisted suicide is proving quite a legal conundrum.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 31st January 2012

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/02/are-lawyers-in-right-to-die-cases-breaking-the-law-uk-human-rights-blog/feed/ 0 Lawyers in right-to-die case can act without fear of prosecution – The Guardian http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/01/lawyers-in-right-to-die-case-can-act-without-fear-of-prosecution-the-guardian/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/01/lawyers-in-right-to-die-case-can-act-without-fear-of-prosecution-the-guardian/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:24:48 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=66152 “Lawyers for a stroke victim who wants help to end his life can continue to act on his behalf without fear of prosecution or disciplinary action following a high court ruling.”

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The Guardian, 27th January 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/01/lawyers-in-right-to-die-case-can-act-without-fear-of-prosecution-the-guardian/feed/ 0 A Critical Consideration of the Director of Public Prosecutions Guidelines in Relation to Assisted Suicide Prosecutions and their Application to the Law – Halsbury’s Law Exchange http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/01/a-critical-consideration-of-the-director-of-public-prosecutions-guidelines-in-relation-to-assisted-suicide-prosecutions-and-their-application-to-the-law-halsburys-law-exchange/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/01/a-critical-consideration-of-the-director-of-public-prosecutions-guidelines-in-relation-to-assisted-suicide-prosecutions-and-their-application-to-the-law-halsburys-law-exchange/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:21:49 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=66046 “The Suicide Act 1961 changed the law under which it had been a crime for a person to commit suicide.”

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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 26th January 2012

Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk

]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/01/a-critical-consideration-of-the-director-of-public-prosecutions-guidelines-in-relation-to-assisted-suicide-prosecutions-and-their-application-to-the-law-halsburys-law-exchange/feed/ 0 Objections to right-to-die plea – BBC News http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/01/objections-to-right-to-die-plea-bbc-news/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/01/objections-to-right-to-die-plea-bbc-news/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:35:40 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=65798 “The court case of a severely disabled man seeking permission for a doctor to ‘lawfully’ end his life should not go ahead, the Ministry of Justice says.”

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BBC News, 23rd January 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/01/objections-to-right-to-die-plea-bbc-news/feed/ 0 Locked-in syndrome sufferer begins high court battle for right to die – The Guardian http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/01/locked-in-syndrome-sufferer-begins-high-court-battle-for-right-to-die-the-guardian/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/01/locked-in-syndrome-sufferer-begins-high-court-battle-for-right-to-die-the-guardian/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:26:41 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=65697 “A man paralysed from the neck down after suffering a stroke that left him with locked-in syndrome will on Monday begin a high court battle to allow doctors to end his life.”

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The Guardian, 23rd January 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/01/locked-in-syndrome-sufferer-begins-high-court-battle-for-right-to-die-the-guardian/feed/ 1 Assisted suicide – institutionalised murder? – Halsbury’s Law Exchange http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/01/assisted-suicide-institutionalised-murder-halsburys-law-exchange/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/01/assisted-suicide-institutionalised-murder-halsburys-law-exchange/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:17:29 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=64455 “A recent report by a Commission on Assisted Suicide funded by euthanasia advocates, Terry Pratchett and Bernard Lewis, ushered in by euthanasia supporter and Labour peer, Charles Falconer, and sponsored by Dignity in Dying (formerly the Voluntary Euthanasia Society), has found, predictably, that a legal framework should be investigated that would allow medical complicity in suicide. The fact that the 11-strong commission was made up of nine well-known proponents of euthanasia, led, inexorably, to an early-stage boycott of the inquiry by over 40 organisations, including the British Medical Association.”

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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 19th January 2012

Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk

]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/01/assisted-suicide-institutionalised-murder-halsburys-law-exchange/feed/ 0 A step closer to the legalisation of assisted suicide? – UK Human Rights Blog http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/01/a-step-closer-to-the-legalisation-of-assisted-suicide-uk-human-rights-blog/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/01/a-step-closer-to-the-legalisation-of-assisted-suicide-uk-human-rights-blog/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:40:33 +0000 tracey http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=63644 “The Commission on Assisted Dying, set up in September 2010 and chaired by former Lord Chancellor Charles Falconer, has issued its monumental report on assisted dying in England and Wales.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 5th January 2012

Source: http://ukhumanrightsblog.com

 

]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/01/a-step-closer-to-the-legalisation-of-assisted-suicide-uk-human-rights-blog/feed/ 0 Church of England calls assisted suicide plan morally unacceptable – Daily Telegraph http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/01/church-of-england-calls-assisted-suicide-plan-morally-unacceptable-daily-telegraph/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/01/church-of-england-calls-assisted-suicide-plan-morally-unacceptable-daily-telegraph/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:40:35 +0000 tracey http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=63601 “The Rt Rev James Newcome, Bishop of Carlisle, said the best safeguard for vulnerable people would be to keep the existing law in place. He also claimed the Commission on Assisted Dying, a group of peers and academics chaired by the former Labour minister Lord Falconer, was a ‘self-appointed’ group that excluded anyone who objected to legalising assisted suicide.”

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Daily Telegraph, 5th January 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/01/church-of-england-calls-assisted-suicide-plan-morally-unacceptable-daily-telegraph/feed/ 0 Allow assisted suicide for those with less than a year to live – Daily Telegraph http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/01/allow-assisted-suicide-for-those-with-less-than-a-year-to-live-daily-telegraph/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/01/allow-assisted-suicide-for-those-with-less-than-a-year-to-live-daily-telegraph/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:25:43 +0000 tracey http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=63558 “The independent Commission on Assisted Dying, whose members include several prominent peers and medics, wants GPs to be able to prescribe lethal doses of medication for dying people to take themselves. The report, published today, calls for the ‘inadequate and incoherent’ law against assisted suicide to be scrapped following a series of high profile cases where patients have used the Dignitas suicide clinic to take their own lives.”

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Daily Telegraph, 5th January 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/01/allow-assisted-suicide-for-those-with-less-than-a-year-to-live-daily-telegraph/feed/ 0 Parliament’s moral duty on assisted dying – The Guardian http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/01/parliaments-moral-duty-on-assisted-dying-the-guardian/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/01/parliaments-moral-duty-on-assisted-dying-the-guardian/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:04:28 +0000 tracey http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=63429 “There has been a lull in the media recently about the rights and wrongs of assisted dying, but the conflict is sure to break out again with the imminent publication of the report from Lord Falconer’s commission, established to consider changes to the law.”

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The Guardian, 1st January 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/01/parliaments-moral-duty-on-assisted-dying-the-guardian/feed/ 0 Change ‘unsafe’ law on assisted dying, says ex police chief – The Independent http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/01/change-unsafe-law-on-assisted-dying-says-ex-police-chief-the-independent/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/01/change-unsafe-law-on-assisted-dying-says-ex-police-chief-the-independent/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:05:04 +0000 tracey http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=63409 “The law on assisted dying is ‘incoherent and unsafe’ and must be changed, the former Metropolitan Police commissioner Ian Blair warns today, ahead of a landmark report on helping the terminally ill to take their own lives.”

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The Independent, 1st Janaury 2012

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2012/01/change-unsafe-law-on-assisted-dying-says-ex-police-chief-the-independent/feed/ 0 Assisted suicide: GMC to publish guidance – BBC News http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2011/12/assisted-suicide-gmc-to-publish-guidance-bbc-news/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2011/12/assisted-suicide-gmc-to-publish-guidance-bbc-news/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:14:42 +0000 tracey http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=63028 “Guidance on how to deal with complaints against doctors who may have assisted in suicides will be published by the General Medical Council.”

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BBC News, 16th December 2011

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2011/12/assisted-suicide-gmc-to-publish-guidance-bbc-news/feed/ 0 Suicide of Dan James convinced Lord Falconer that the law had to change – The Guardian http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2011/10/suicide-of-dan-james-convinced-lord-falconer-that-the-law-had-to-change-the-guardian/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2011/10/suicide-of-dan-james-convinced-lord-falconer-that-the-law-had-to-change-the-guardian/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:04:01 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=59603 “Lord Falconer has read or listened to more than 1,000 submissions, endured foul abuse from an array of angry voices and, as head of the commission examining reforms to the law on assisted suicide, is predicting trouble even from his more rational critics when the conclusions are published next month.”

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The Guardian, 16th October 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2011/10/suicide-of-dan-james-convinced-lord-falconer-that-the-law-had-to-change-the-guardian/feed/ 0 44 assisted suicide cases since CPS guidelines published – Daily Telegraph http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2011/09/44-assisted-suicide-cases-since-cps-guidelines-published-daily-telegraph/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2011/09/44-assisted-suicide-cases-since-cps-guidelines-published-daily-telegraph/#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 09:29:51 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=57536 “More than 40 people have killed themselves with the help of their friends or family since new guidelines were introduced that effectively decriminalised assisted suicide, official figures obtained by The Daily Telegraph have disclosed.”

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Daily Telegraph, 3rd September 2011

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2011/09/44-assisted-suicide-cases-since-cps-guidelines-published-daily-telegraph/feed/ 0 Assisted suicide prosecutions – CPS News Brief http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2011/08/assisted-suicide-prosecutions-cps-news-brief/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2011/08/assisted-suicide-prosecutions-cps-news-brief/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:57:43 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=57009 “A report in the Guardian this evening (18 August) states ‘the case of Debbie Purdy in 2009 established that friends and family could help someone who is terminally ill travel to Dignitas without fear of prosecution on their return.’”

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CPS News Brief, 18th August 2011

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]]> http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2011/08/assisted-suicide-prosecutions-cps-news-brief/feed/ 0 Assisted suicide could be ‘legalised’ in groundbreaking case – The Guardian http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2011/08/assisted-suicide-could-be-legalised-in-groundbreaking-case-the-guardian/ http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/2011/08/assisted-suicide-could-be-legalised-in-groundbreaking-case-the-guardian/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:54:33 +0000 sally http://www.innertemplelibrary.com/?p=57007 “A 46-year-old-man who wants to die after a stroke that left him almost completely paralysed is bringing a groundbreaking legal action that could effectively lead to the legalisation of assisted suicide in the UK.”

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The Guardian, 18th August 2011

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