Suicide law campaigner Debbie Purdy hopes for crucial law lords ruling

Debbie Purdy is expected to secure the backing of the highest court in the land today with an historic final ruling on her plea for clarity in the law on assisted suicide. Legal experts believe that the law lords will back Ms Purdy, 46, who who has multiple sclerosis, in her request for a declaration by the Director of Public Prosecutions on his policy for bringing prosecutions in such cases. Such a ruling would give hope to thousands of people who, like Ms Purdy, may want to know in what circumstances prosecutions would be brought against those who helped relatives to die. Times Online