Objections to right-to-die plea – BBC News
“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.”
BBC News, 23rd January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: euthanasia
Parliament’s moral duty on assisted dying – The Guardian
“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.”
The Guardian, 1st January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Change ‘unsafe’ law on assisted dying, says ex police chief – The Independent
“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.”
The Independent, 1st Janaury 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Wiltshire ‘right to die’ man seeks High Court ruling – BBC News
“A severely disabled man from Wiltshire is to ask the High Court to allow a doctor to end his life.”
BBC News, 29th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
W v M and others – WLR Daily
W v M and others [2011] EWHC 2443 (Fam); [2011] WLR (D) 283
“Pursuant to section 4 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 it was not in the best interests of a patient diagnosed as being in a minimally conscious state to authorise the withdrawal of all life sustaining treatment including nutrition and hydration by artifical means (‘ANH’).”
WLR Daily, 28th September 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘M’ and the law: a difficult case heard in the right court – The Guardian
“A brain-damaged woman’s family didn’t get the judgment it wanted, but in the past it was more painful for such cases even to be brought.”
The Guardian, 29th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Brain-damaged woman should not be allowed to die, high court rules – The Guardian
“A brain-damaged, minimally-conscious woman should not be allowed to die, a high court judge has ruled.”
The Guardian, 28th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Wife-killing Yorkie advert man walks free from court – BBC News
“A man who appeared in the original Yorkie chocolate bar adverts has walked free from court after he admitted killing his terminally-ill wife.”
BBC News, 23rd September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Yorkie advert star admits killing terminally-ill wife – BBC News
“The star of the original Yorkie chocolate bar adverts has admitted killing his terminally-ill wife.”
BBC News, 28th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court judge gives brain-damaged sister right to die – Daily Telegraph
“A woman today broke down in tears yesterday she asked a High Court judge to allow her brain-damaged sister to die.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Suicide drugs could be made available over the counter if euthanasia laws are changed – Daily Telegraph
“Suicide drugs could be made available from pharmacists if assisted dying was legalised, two of Britain’s most highly-regarded legal and medical experts have claimed.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Mother seeks to let daughter with brain damage die – Daily Telegraph
“The mother of a brain-damaged woman has asked a judge to allow her daughter’s life support to be switched off, in the latest of a series of controversial cases to come before one of the country’s most powerful courts.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th April 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Edward Chopping spared jail for manslaughter of wife – BBC News
“An 84-year-old man from east London who killed his wife so she did not have to go to a care home has been spared jail.”
BBC News, 18th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
OAP spared jail over wife’s death – The Independent
“A frail 84-year-old who killed his ailing wife after becoming terrified that she would be taken into a care home wept as he was spared jail today.”
The Independent, 18th March 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
NHS chiefs back calls to reform assisted suicide law – Daily Telegraph
“One of England’s largest health authorities has said it is not opposed to assisted suicide and called for a change in the law to give patients more ‘choice’ over how they die.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Pensioner cleared of murdering wife in mercy killing – The Guardian
“A pensioner who smothered his 75-year-old wife in a “mercy killing” has been jailed for two years.”
The Guardian, 9th December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The law on mercy killing is badly in need of an overhaul – Daily Telegraph
“The mandatory life sentence for murder is unknown in other countries and distorts the law.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd December 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina v Inglis – WLR Daily
Regina v Inglis [2010] EWCA Crim 2637; [2010] WLR (D) 289
“When determining the minimum specified term to be served by an individual who genuinely believed that the murder she had committed constituted an act of mercy, the facts that there had been a significant degree of planning or premeditation, that the victim had been particularly vulnerable because of disability and that there had been abuse of a position of trust should not be taken to be aggravating factors.”
WLR Daily, 15th November 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Mother who killed brain damaged son loses appeal – The Guardian
“A mother who gave her severely disabled son a lethal heroin injection to end his ‘living hell’ lost her appeal against her life sentence for murder today, but has had her sentenced reduced to five years.”
The Guardian, 12th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Mother challenges conviction for murdering son – The Independent
“A mother who gave her brain-damaged son a lethal heroin injection to end his ‘living hell’ challenges her conviction today.”
The Independent, 20th October 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
