UK MPs have backed proposals to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales in a historic vote which paves the way for a change in the law. In the first Commons vote on the issue […]
This is a day like few others at Westminster. MPs have a free vote on an issue of profound social change, an issue of conscience where many have wrestled with questions ranging from morality to […]
New guidance on when someone could avoid prosecution in a ‘mercy killing’ case has been published. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) set out updated public interest factors – both for and against – when weighing […]
Dozens of people in the UK died after buying a poisonous substance from a seller in Canada, who is accused of helping people to take their own lives. The National Crime Agency (NCA) could not […]
A British man freed by a Cypriot court after being sentenced for killing his seriously ill wife said he could not find words to describe his release. David Hunter was convicted of the manslaughter of […]
A man who lives with chronic and excruciating pain has begun a fresh legal challenge to the law that criminalises assisted suicide. Paul Lamb, 63, was paralysed from the neck down following a car crash […]
Two men have filed a legal bid to prevent the Swiss assisted suicide association Exit from helping their older brother kill himself. The exceptional case is being heard by a civilian court in Geneva. An 82-year-old […]
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