R (on the application of Nicklinson and another) v Ministry of Justice; R (on the application of AM) v DPP

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeLord Neuberger,Lord Mance,Lord Wilson,Lord Sumption,Lord Hughes,Lord Clarke,Lord Reed,Lady Hale,Lord Kerr
Judgment Date25 June 2014
Neutral Citation[2014] UKSC 38
CourtSupreme Court
Date25 June 2014
    • This document is available in original version only for vLex customers

      View this document and try vLex for 7 days
    • TRY VLEX
67 cases
  • An application by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland)
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 7 June 2018
    ...Couple) [2009] AC 173 and indeed by the majority of this Court in R (Nicklinson) v Ministry of Justice (CNK Alliance Ltd intervening) [2015] AC 657. 39 Third, Parliament has expressly given the higher courts the power to rule upon the compatibility or incompatibility of legislation with t......
  • Kenward v Director of Public Prosecutions
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 17 January 2017
    ...not satisfy the litigants in the case of R (on the application of Nicklinson) v Ministry of Justice and R (on the application AM) v DPP [2015] AC 657. 8 Mr AM in particular, said that the policy in relation to doctors, nurses and other health care professionals was still unclear, since ther......
  • Letitia Bosman v Public Prosecutor
    • Malaysia
    • Federal Court (Malaysia)
    • Invalid date
  • Recovery of Medical Costs for Asbestos Diseases (Wales) Bill: Reference by the Counsel General for Wales
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 9 February 2015
    ...Clarke agreed at para 20 and Lord Neuberger agreed at para 166, and R (Nicklinson) v Ministry of Justice (CNK Alliance Ltd intervening) [2014] UKSC 38, [2014] 3 WLR 200. There are four stages, which I can summarise as involving consideration of (i) whether there is a legitimate aim which ......
  • Request a trial to view additional results
20 books & journal articles
  • A COMMON LAW TORT OF PRIVACY?
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2015, December 2015
    • 1 December 2015
    ...26; [2004] 2 AC 323 at [20], stating the so-called “mirror principle”. 107 See R (on the application of Nicklinson) v Ministry of Justice[2014] UKSC 38; [2015] AC 657 at [70], per Lord Neuberger. This question is further discussed in R (Chester) v Secretary of State for Justice[2013] UKSC 6......
  • Notes
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Supreme Court on Trial Beyond Judicial Activism
    • 23 June 2016
    ...Public Law 206. 133 Carter v. Canada (Attorney General) , 2016 SCC 4. 134 R . (on the application of Nicklinson) v. Ministry of Justice , [2014] UKSC 38. 135 Report of the Special Joint Committee on Physician Assisted Dying, Medical Assistance in Dying: A Patient-Centred Approach (Ottawa: P......
  • Necessity as a Defence to Murder: An Anglo-Canadian Perspective
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Journal of Criminal Law, The No. 78-4, August 2014
    • 1 August 2014
    ...necessity and murder cases. Secondly, the article demonstrates2R (on the application of Nicklinson) (AP) vMinistry of Justice [2014] UKSC 38; R (on theapplication of Nicklinson) vMinistry of Justice [2013] EWCA Civ 961. See broadly forcommentary: F. Stark, ‘Necessity and Nicklinson’ [2013] ......
  • From ‘Doctor Knows Best’ to Dignity: Placing Adults Who Lack Capacity at the Centre of Decisions About Their Medical Treatment
    • United Kingdom
    • Wiley The Modern Law Review No. 81-2, March 2018
    • 1 March 2018
    ...rights and humandignity in the resolution of certain ethical questions in biomedicine’ (2000) 3 European HumanRights Law Review 312.113 [2014] UKSC 38 at [263].262 C2018 The Author. The Modern Law Review C2018 The Modern Law Review Limited.(2018) 81(2) MLR Emily Jacksonprepared to do thin......
  • Request a trial to view additional results

VLEX uses login cookies to provide you with a better browsing experience. If you click on 'Accept' or continue browsing this site we consider that you accept our cookie policy. ACCEPT