Purdy and the DPP’s guidelines

Date: 6 November 2009

Time: 2pm

Venue: Grange Holborn Hotel, 50-60 Southampton Row, London, WC1B 4AR (Tube: Holborn)

Details:

Queen Mary Centre for Criminal Justice and Centre for Law and Medical Ethics present a half-day conference:

'Purdy and the DPP's guidelines'

In 2009 the House of Lords decided in R (on the application of Purdy) v Director of Public Prosecutions (2009) UKHL 45 that the Director should issue guidance on the question whether and when prosecutions should be brought for aiding and abetting the suicide of someone who was helped to travel to a jurisdiction where assisted suicide is lawful, and then helped to commit suicide. The Director subsequently published interim policy guidance on the prosecution of the offence of assisted suicide and launched a public consultation exercise which will end in December. The litigation and the guidelines raise a range of questions which are of interest to students of criminal law, jurisprudence, medical law and disability studies.

Speakers include:

Debbie Purdy, 'My Case'
Peter Alldridge, 'Purdy, Criminal Law and Disability Rights'
David Schiff and Richard Nobles, 'Disobedience to Law'
Richard Ashcroft, 'Purdy and the Working Clinician'

Admission:

To reserve a place please contact: Janette Monk (j.a.monk@qmul.ac.uk).
Charge of £20 to cover refreshments.
Concessions available.

 

Contact information:

Janette Monk
Law
email: j.a.monk@qmul.ac.uk

 

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This event has been authorised by the Events office.
Contact tel: 020 7882 5147 or email events@qmul.ac.uk

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