Article 6SGE8 ‘No one has grappled’ with how courts should deal with assisted dying requests, says expert

‘No one has grappled’ with how courts should deal with assisted dying requests, says expert

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Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor
from World news | The Guardian on (#6SGE8)

Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, a former lord chief justice, says details of the legal process have not been worked out

A former lord chief justice has warned that assisted dying could have a major impact on the court system, saying no one has grappled with the detail" of the impact of the legislation on family courts.

Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, who held the role between 2013 and 2017, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the process of the assisted dying requests coming before the courts needed working out precisely."

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