Wednesday 18 January 2017

Couple fails in Court of Appeal challenge over change to assisted dying policy

Couple fails in Court of Appeal challenge over change to assisted dying policy 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”.

The Court of Appeal today told Nikki and Merv Kenward it was “futile” to allow them permission to appeal against an earlier High Court ruling that Alison Saunders’s updated advice does not breach the Suicide Act. The Daily Telegraph

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