We provide impartial legal advice on these matters to assist you.
As lawyers, we adopt a neutral and impartial position in relation to end-of-life legal advice, assisted dying law, advance decisions, advance statements, terminal illness planning and wider end-of-life choices. Our role is not to promote or oppose any particular ethical, moral or political view, but to explain the current legal position clearly and advise you on the legal consequences of any decisions or concerns arising in this area.
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, sometimes referred to as the Assisted Dying Bill, was proposed legislation which sought to change the law for certain terminally ill adults by allowing, in defined circumstances and subject to safeguards, a request for assistance to end life. However, the Bill has not become law, and the current legal position in England and Wales remains unchanged.
Assisted dying is not lawful in England and Wales, and any act intended to encourage or assist another person’s suicide may give rise to criminal liability under section 2 of the Suicide Act 1961. We can provide advice on the existing law, advance decisions to refuse treatment, advance care planning, lasting powers of attorney, mental capacity, best interests decision-making, palliative care issues, safeguarding concerns, hospital and hospice legal advice, and the legal framework surrounding end-of-life choices.
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We are experts in advising on end of life matters.
We will draft for you an end of life statement to be used as and when consent is sought regarding assisted dying.
We will discuss making an advance decision where, if you lack mental capacity you may decline certain types of treatment.
Call us on 0207 060 1210 or contact@emergencywill.co.uk to discuss drafting an end of life statement for you.