2015
Stransham-Ford v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division (Pretoria)
Junior counsel for the applicant — team led by HB Marais SC
Urgent constitutional application for a declaratory order that a willing medical doctor may assist a terminally ill applicant to end his life without civil, criminal or professional reprisal. Judge Hans Fabricius granted the order on 30 April 2015, finding that the absolute common-law prohibition on assisted suicide unjustifiably limited the applicant's rights to dignity (s 10) and bodily integrity (s 12). Reported as 2015 (4) SA 50 (GP); the SCA appeal is reported as Minister of Justice v Estate Stransham-Ford 2017 (3) SA 152 (SCA).
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