EUTHANASIA
By Nicola Laver
In November the High Court rejected a judicial review of assisted dying policy, stating that 'courts are not the venue for arguments which have failed to convince parliament'. The case was brought by 49-year-old Phil Newby, who has motor neurone disease and wished to establish whether the ban on assisted dying contravened his human rights. However, divisional court justices Irwin and May agreed: 'We struggle to see why any public conclusion judges might reach on matters beyond the resolution of evidence should carry more weight than those of any other adult citizen.' 19 November 2019