Terminally ill man gets go-ahead to fight assisted dying law

A man from Shrewsbury who is terminally ill with motor neurone disease has been given the go-ahead for a legal challenge against the law on assisted dying,

Retired college lecturer Noel Conway took his case to the Court of Appeal after he was refused permission to bring a judicial review over the blanket ban on providing a person with assistance to die.

Mr Conway, 67, was diagnosed with the disease in November 2014 and is not expected to live beyond 12 months.

His lawyers say that when he has less than six months to live and retains the mental capacity to make the decision, "he would wish to be able to enlistassistance to bring about a peaceful and dignified death".

Mr Conway wants a declaration that the Suicide Act 1961 is incompatible with Article 8, which relates to respect for private and family life, and Article 14, which protects from discrimination.The case has been remitted to the High Court to determine.

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