‘As the Assisted Dying Bill is scrutinised in parliament, the debate over whether terminally ill people should have the right to die is heating up again. So, what could a right to die look like in the UK?’
Each Other, 20th January 2022
Source: eachother.org.uk
‘A last-ditch legal attempt to save Geronimo the alpaca has been rejected by a high court judge.’
The Guardian, 18th August 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A paralysed ex-builder has lost a High Court bid to challenge the law on assisted dying.’
BBC News, 19th December 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who lives with chronic and excruciating pain has begun a fresh legal challenge to the law that criminalises assisted suicide.’
BBC News, 7th May 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Recorded rape offences have been rising in England and Wales, but the proportion of offences making it to court has fallen significantly over the past few years.’
BBC News, 29th April 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘More than 90% of the UK’s population believe assisted dying should be legalised for those suffering from terminal illnesses, according to an opinion poll that shows growing support for change to the law.’
The Guardian, 3rd March 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A high court judge has endorsed an end-of-life care plan for a 23-month-old boy who has been at the centre of a life-support treatment legal battle.’
The Guardian, 11th April 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The father of seriously-ill Alfie Evans said his son had been “failed disgracefully by the system” after losing a last-ditch legal bid at the European court of human rights.’
The Guardian, 29th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A paralysed elderly woman whose care became the focus of a family dispute can have her life-sustaining treatment discontinued, a judge has ruled.’
BBC News, 30th October 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A family is in dispute over the ongoing care of a woman with brain damage who had suggested she would want to die in such circumstances, a court has heard.’
The Guardian, 16th October 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A judge has made a landmark ruling that legal permission will no longer be required by a court before life-supporting treatment is withdrawn from patients suffering from severely debilitating illnesses, lawyers say.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st September 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A woman has asked a judge to give doctors permission to stop providing life-support treatment to her severely ill daughter.’
The Guardian, 29th May 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘There are so many reasons why we value and promote choice and autonomy. The country and news media quite rightly protests with outrage when bad things happen to good people as their lives and civil liberties are destroyed by acts of terrorism and grievous crimes.’
OUP Blog, 21st April 2017
Source: www.blog.oup.com
‘A terminally ill former lecturer has gone to court seeking permission to change the law so that he may be given assistance to die at home surrounded by his family.’
The Guardian, 21st March 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘On 6 March 2017, the House of Lords held a short debate on assisted dying. Baroness Jay of Paddington asked Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they had made of recent legislation on assisted dying in North America; and whether those laws provide an appropriate basis for legislation in England and Wales.’
Law & Religion UK, 9th March 2017
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
‘A woman who was attacked by two dogs at a boarding kennels has won her case to have one of the animals destroyed.’
BBC News, 12th February 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Disability rights campaigners have failed in a bid to challenge the Director of Public Prosecution’s policy on assisted dying which they fear leaves vulnerable people “at risk from dodgy doctors”.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th January 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Doctors should stop providing life support treatment to a police officer who was left in a minimally conscious state after a road accident, a judge has ruled.’
The Guardian, 20th December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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