Case Law [2017] EWCA Civ 275 (12/04/2017)
Type: Judgment
Authority: National Courts England and Wales Court of Appeal
Date: 04/12/2017
Subject: The decision of the England and Wales Court of Appeal amends the decision of first instance, which denied Mr Conway, affected by a muscular neurodegenerative disease, the possibility to appeal against the compatibility with the norms of the ECHR of the Suicide Act’s norms, which prohibit euthanasia, in the light of the previous decision of 2014 in the case Nicklinson in which the Supreme Court established that only the Parliament could legislate in details in such matter; although there has not been such amendment, the court of second instance deems necessary to assess the compatibility between national norms and the ECHR and that the case of Mr. Conway is sufficiently detailed and precise to be judged
Parties: R(CONWAY) - and - THE SECRETARY OF STAT E FOR JUSTICE
Original language: English
Classification: Dignity - Art. 1 Human dignity - Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy
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