Multiple sclerosis sufferer Debbie Purdy has won permission to bring a High Court challenge to clarify the law on assisted suicide.
The 45-year-old went to court to discover whether her husband would be prosecuted if he helps her travel to a clinic in Belgium or Zurich, Switzerland, to commit suicide, if her condition becomes unbearably painful.
Two judges gave Ms Purdy leave to challenge the alleged refusal of Director of Public Prosecutions to set out a clear policy on whether people might be prosecuted if they help loved ones to die.
Lord Justice Latham, sitting with Mr Justice Nelson, ruled that "without wishing to give Ms Purdy any optimism that her arguments will ultimately succeed", she did have an arguable case.............
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