31/07/2013

Court Of Appeal Rules Against Right-To-Die Case

The Court of Appeal has ruled against the latest right-to-die challenge.

Paul Lamb, left paralysed after a road accident, and the family of the late Tony Nicklinson, who suffered from locked-in syndrome, brought the appeal against a previous decision that a doctor did not have the right to help Mr Nicklinson end his life.

Mr Lamb is also seeking to have the law changed so that a doctor can help him end his life.

Announcing that they had lost the appeal, the family of Mr Nicklinson said that would launch another appeal.

(MH/CD)

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