Application for leave to appeal from refusal of declaration of incompatibility of section 2(1) of the 1961 Act with the claimant’s Article 8 human rights. The case concerns the issue of the provision of assistance to a person with a terminal degenerative disease who wishes to commit suicide, so as to be able to exercise control over the time of his death as the disease reaches its final stage.
Held: Permission was given.
Judges:
Sir Ernest Ryder SPT, Underhill LJ
Citations:
[2017] EWCA Civ 16
Links:
Statutes:
Suicide Act 1961 2(1), European Convention on Human Rights 8, Human Rights Act 1998 4(2)
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
At Admn – Conway, Regina (on The Application of) v The Secretary of State for Justice Admn 5-Oct-2017
The court was asked as to the issue of provision of assistance to a person with a serious wasting disease who wishes to commit suicide, so as to be able to exercise control over the time of his death as the disease reaches its final stages. . .
Cited by:
Leave to Appeal – Conway, Regina (on The Application of) v The Secretary of State for Justice and Others CA 27-Jun-2018
Appeal from rejection of claim that section 2(1) of the 1961 infringed the claimant’s human rights. . .
Leave to Appeal – Conway, Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for Justice SC 27-Nov-2018
Application for leave to appeal after refusal of order allowing withdrawal of his treatment leading to his death within an hour. He wished to argue as to the difference between letting someone die and taking active steps to bring about their death . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Crime, Human Rights
Updated: 29 May 2022; Ref: scu.602950
