Court: Court of Session (Inner House)

The Lord Advocate’s failure to provide guidance on assisted suicide prosecution policy was not incompatible with ECHR, art 8

Ross v Lord Advocate [2016] CSIH 12

The court rejected the petitioner’s challenge to the Lord Advocate’s prosecution policy on assisted suicide, on the grounds that the lack of specific guidance amounted to an interference with ECHR, art 8 that was not adequately provide by law.