10 January 2013
Widow of "locked-in" sufferer is granted leave to appeal
Tony Nicklinson’s widow has been granted leave to appeal his case that the law was incompatible with his Art 8 rights to a private life. Jane Nicklinson will continue her late husband’s challenge to the law on murder and assisted suicide, as the administrator of his estate, and has been granted a protective costs order.
Mr Nicklinson suffered ‘locked-in’ syndrome, and sought a court declaration that it was legal for a doctor to help him end his life, and to argue an Art 8 infringement. However, the High Court dismissed his case in August, before his death. He died of pneumonia a week later after refusing medical treatment and food.
