‘A carer who claimed she suffocated her father because of his “intolerable” multiple sclerosis has been found guilty of murder.’
The Guardian, 26th February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A legal ban preventing identification of a 50-year-old mother who died after refusing lifesaving kidney treatment has been extended by the court of protection.’
The Guardian, 9th December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Disability rights campaigners who say the assisted suicide policy in England and Wales is too “liberal” have lost a High Court legal challenge.’
BBC News, 4th December 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A businessman who used LinkedIn to reveal his plan to end his life on Monday wants his death to support a new drive to change the law on assisted dying, a group supporting him has said.’
The Guardian, 17th October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘MPs are debating whether some terminally ill adults in England and Wales should be allowed to end their lives with medical supervision.’
BBC News, 11th September 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘When suicide was decriminalised in 1961, assisting suicide continued to be a crime. This was in part an acceptance of the theological view of suicide as murder, but it was also a recognition of the difficulty in many cases, with the main actor by definition unable to testify, of distinguishing assisted dying from culpable homicide. The simple binary system that resulted, however, failed to take account of cases in which the deceased’s wish to die was explicit, considered and rational, and the need for help in accomplishing it demonstrable.’
London Review of Books, 27th August 2015
Source: www.lrb.co.uk
‘A man with locked-in syndrome has lost a High Court battle over guidelines which prevent doctors from assisting patients to end their lives.’
BBC News, 20th July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Private member’s bill to adopt Lord Falconer’s draft regulations that would allow terminally ill people the right to die subject to checks by doctors and a judge.’
The Guardian, 9th June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Shadow justice secretary pushing private member’s bill that he hopes could reform a law he sees as no longer enforceable.’
The Guardian, 1st June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Nearly 300 Britons have travelled to Zurich to die with the help of the Swiss suicide group Dignitas.’
BBC News, 26th May 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman who supplied a friend with the gas she used to kill herself has been cleared of assisting suicide.’
The Independent, 14th May 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Disability rights campaigners who say assisted suicide policy in England and Wales is too “liberal” have won permission to bring a legal challenge.’
BBC News, 28th April 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A coalition of cross-party peers has moved to water down proposed legislation that would let the terminally ill request and receive help to end their lives.’
The Independent, 11th January 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The widow of right-to-die campaigner Tony Nicklinson is taking his fight to the European Court of Human Rights.’
BBC News, 16th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Judiciary, the Executive and Parliament: Relationships and the Rule of Law (PDF)
Speech by Lord Chief Justice
Institute for Government, 1st December 2014
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘A change in the law that will allow terminally ill people to be helped to end their lives is inevitable and will happen within as little as a couple of years, according to the deputy chair of the British Medical Association (BMA).’
The Guardian, 8th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Director of Public Prosecutions has today clarified the CPS Policy on cases of encouraging or assisting suicide in light of the recent comments of the Supreme Court in the case of Nicklinson and others.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 16th October 2014
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
The Supreme Court and the Rule of Law (PDF)
Lord Neuberger
The Conkerton Lecture 2014, Liverpool Law Society, 9th October 2014
Source: www.supremecourt.uk
‘From euthanasia to high-speed rail, the highest in the land has an almost limitless remit.’
The Independent, 12th October 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘This week, the Conservative Party will unveil its plans for human rights reform in the UK. In other news, Chris Grayling’s decision to drastically reduce the number of legal aid contacts granted is successfully challenged, while a prosecution for assisted suicide keeps the assisted dying debate alive.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 28th September 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
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