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Assisted suicide: The last word
Recent case law sets out the position of the courts and the expected role of Parliament on assisted suicide. David Foster discusses ‘The Court of Appeal felt that there was no doubt that Parliament was a far better body than the courts for determining the difficult policy issue in relation to assisted suicide in view …
Cases Referenced
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- Airedale NHS Trust v Bland [1993] UKHL 17
- Briggs v Briggs & ors (2) [2016] EWCOP 53
- Carter v Canada (Attorney General) [2015] SCC 5
- Haas v Switzerland [2011] ECHR 2422
- Pretty v United Kingdom [2001] UKHL 61; [2002] ECHR 427
- R (on behalf of Conway) v the Secretary of State for Justice [2018] WTLR 597
- R (on the application of Nicklinson & anor) v Ministry of Justice; R (on the application of AM) (AP) v The Director of Public Prosecutions [2014] UKSC 38
- R (on the application of Purdy) v Director of Public Prosecutions [2009] UKHL 45
- R (Quila & anor) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] UKSC 45