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Campaigners for the right to die are to have their arguments heard by the Supreme Court in the latest round of their legal battle.
The case involves the family of the late locked-in syndrome sufferer Tony Nicklinson, of Wiltshire, and paralysed road crash victim Paul Lamb, of Leeds.
They want the law changed so they can be allowed to die with the help of a doctor.
Judgement is likely to be issued at a later date.
The court will have to decide if the law prohibiting assisted suicide is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights by denying Mr Lamb, and others like him. the right to choose the timing of their death.
There will be nine judges on the panel, rather than the normal five, overseeing the four-day hearing.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25363947
The case involves the family of the late locked-in syndrome sufferer Tony Nicklinson, of Wiltshire, and paralysed road crash victim Paul Lamb, of Leeds.
They want the law changed so they can be allowed to die with the help of a doctor.
Judgement is likely to be issued at a later date.
The court will have to decide if the law prohibiting assisted suicide is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights by denying Mr Lamb, and others like him. the right to choose the timing of their death.
There will be nine judges on the panel, rather than the normal five, overseeing the four-day hearing.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25363947