Is the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill as radical as many critics would have us believe? In this week’s NLJ, Professor Graham Zellick KC, a Senior Master of the Bench, asserts it is not.
Prof Zellick writes: ‘Given that assisted dying for the sick has been on the agenda for nearly a century and has been much discussed in Parliament and outside in recent years, the argument as to speed is risible. The drafting is actually rather impressive.’
Whatever your feelings about the Bill, Professor Zellick’s column provides valuable reading. He writes a clear, persuasive takedown of many of the arguments against the Bill.RELATED ARTICLES
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