Nicklinson v Ministry of Justice

[2012] LS Law Med 383

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION

and Before Mr Justice CHARLES

Locked in syndrome — Application for declarations permitting voluntary active euthanasia — Application to strike out — Whether voluntary active euthanasia might be deemed not unlawful on grounds of necessity — Whether criminalisation of voluntary active euthanasia and assisted suicide compatible with article 8 of ECHR — Whether current law and practice regulating active euthanasia compatible with article 2 of ECHR.