Podcast: What next for the Assisted Dying Bill in Parliament and the Courts?

11/12/24

In the first of our public law series of podcasts, Lord Anderson of Ipswich KC, Paul Bowen KC and Jennifer MacLeod discuss the Terminal Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill which passed its first hurdle in the House of Commons on 29 November 2024.  Under the expert questioning of Public Law and Human Rights Junior of the year Jennifer MacLeod, Lord Anderson KC looks at the hurdles the Bill faces as a Private Members’ Bill from his perspective as a Cross-Bench peer while Paul Bowen KC addresses its human rights implications from his experience as Counsel on key right to die cases.

After an introduction to the topic, listen out for Lord Anderson’s consideration of the hurdles that the Bill will have to overcome in Parliament at 14 minutes in and Paul Bowen KC’s assessment of the key objections to the bill at 25 minutes in.