Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts United Kingdom Supreme Court

Date: 07/30/2018

Subject: The decision of the United Kingdom Supreme Court confirms the appeal sentence in which it was stated that the decision to suspend artificial feeding for patients in a vegetative state did not require, according to English law, authorization by the judicial authority

Parties: An NHS Trust and others v Y (by his litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) and another

Original language: English

Classification: Dignity - Art. 2 Right to life - Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Art. 9 Right to found a family - Justice - Art. 47 Fair trial, public hearing

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