The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – Update and Emerging Flashpoints

Date and Time

Wednesday 2 April 2025 
3.30pm - 4.30pm

The Event

In this webinar, the second collaboration between 39 Essex Chambers and King's College London-based Complex Life and Death Decisions Research Group, expert speakers will provide an update on, and address three emerging flashpoints in relation to terminally  Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill currently before Parliament, namely:

1. The case of anorexia - the arguments around the concept of 'terminal anorexia,' and the specific issues anorexia throws up in the context of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life Bill)
2. Categorising the prescription of lethal substances - is this a medical treatment decision or not? And how do conventional rules relation to requesting or refusing medical treatment apply?
3. Changing the liability landscape - outlining liability for actions in relation to provision of assistance in dying, and impact of the Bill upon those discharging the State's Article 2 ECHR operational duty to secure life

There will be a time for questions at the end of the webinar.

Speakers:

• Professor Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon), 39 Essex Chambers barrister and Professor of Practice, Kings College London
• Professor Gareth Owen, Professor of Psychological Medicine, Ethics and Law, Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
• Dr Lucy Stephenson, Consultant Eating Disorder Psychiatrist, , South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Webinar Recording