Seamus Burns

The Nicklinson case confirms the supremacy of Parliament, says Seamus Burns

The tragic case of Rom Houben, the 46-year-old Belgian man who was mistakenly and wrongly assumed to be in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) for 23 years, raises a number of profound legal medical and ethical issues, including the accuracy of diagnosing the condition, the desirability of keeping patients alive in this “twilight” existence, and the implications of continuing to treat such patients.

Seamus Burns commends the move towards greater transparency in assisted suicide cases

Seamus Burns welcomes an attempt to prevent the wrongful diagnosis of death

Kay is a welcome boost for small but priceless freedoms. Seamus Burns explains why

Debbie Purdy’s case endorses the courts’ belief in the need for fl exibility, says Seamus Burns

The decision in Hoare represents a common sense approach to achieving justice, says Seamus Burns

Does the use of anonymous evidence weaken the principle of open justice? Seamus Burns reports