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| A paralysed road accident victim has won the right to continue the right-to-die campaign started by locked-in syndrome sufferer Tony Nicklinson, who died last year. | A paralysed road accident victim has won the right to continue the right-to-die campaign started by locked-in syndrome sufferer Tony Nicklinson, who died last year. |
| The 57-year-old man, who can only be identified as L, is immobile except for limited movement in his right hand and has been in significant pain since the accident in 1990. | The 57-year-old man, who can only be identified as L, is immobile except for limited movement in his right hand and has been in significant pain since the accident in 1990. |
| Giving evidence before London's high court, he said he wanted a doctor to help him die in a dignified way, preferably by a lethal injection, at home with his family around him, as he felt fed up of going through the motions of life rather than living it. | Giving evidence before London's high court, he said he wanted a doctor to help him die in a dignified way, preferably by a lethal injection, at home with his family around him, as he felt fed up of going through the motions of life rather than living it. |
| The divorced father of two added: "I feel that I cannot and do not want to keep living, I feel trapped by the situation and have no way out." | The divorced father of two added: "I feel that I cannot and do not want to keep living, I feel trapped by the situation and have no way out." |
| Nicklinson, 58, died at home in Melksham, Wiltshire, in August, a week after he lost his high court fight to end his life with a doctor's help. He had been refusing food and contracted pneumonia after he was left "crestfallen" by the decision of Lord Justice Toulson, Justice Royce and Justice Macur. | Nicklinson, 58, died at home in Melksham, Wiltshire, in August, a week after he lost his high court fight to end his life with a doctor's help. He had been refusing food and contracted pneumonia after he was left "crestfallen" by the decision of Lord Justice Toulson, Justice Royce and Justice Macur. |
| Refusing judicial review, they agreed the current law did not breach human rights and it was for parliament, rather than the courts, to decide whether it should be changed. | Refusing judicial review, they agreed the current law did not breach human rights and it was for parliament, rather than the courts, to decide whether it should be changed. |
| After Nicklinson's death, his widow, Jane, vowed to continue his battle and a four-day appeal hearing has been scheduled for the summer. | After Nicklinson's death, his widow, Jane, vowed to continue his battle and a four-day appeal hearing has been scheduled for the summer. |
| On Wednesday Lord Justice Elias allowed L to be added to the litigation, permitted Mrs Nicklinson to amend her case so she can bring a human rights claim on her own account, and gave the go-ahead for them to pursue their appeal. | On Wednesday Lord Justice Elias allowed L to be added to the litigation, permitted Mrs Nicklinson to amend her case so she can bring a human rights claim on her own account, and gave the go-ahead for them to pursue their appeal. |
| Paul Bowen QC said at that hearing he would be asking for the high court decision to be set aside and for the case to be sent back to a different panel of judges to be reconsidered. He told the judge that the high court had refused to address the substantive issue and admit further evidence: "We are here because the court ducked the issue," he said. | Paul Bowen QC said at that hearing he would be asking for the high court decision to be set aside and for the case to be sent back to a different panel of judges to be reconsidered. He told the judge that the high court had refused to address the substantive issue and admit further evidence: "We are here because the court ducked the issue," he said. |
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