In early August the Court of Appeal upheld the High Court’s decision in the joint case brought by Paul Lamb and the family of the late Tony Nicklinson.
The case was dismissed by three judges who ruled that it was unlawful for a doctor to end the life of a patient on request and that it was for Parliament, not the courts, to decide whether the law should be changed. Andrea Williams said: ‘It was always unlikely that the court would rule in [their] favour. The legal battle is part of a bigger strategy of the anti-life lobby.’
