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''Seales v Attorney-General'' () NZHC 1239 was a 2015 court case concerned with whether a doctor could assist a terminally ill patient in ending her own life. Wellington lawyer Lecretia Seales, terminally ill from a brain tumour, sought High Court declarations to the effect that her doctor would not be committing murder, manslaughter or assisting a suicide if he assisted in her euthanasia. 〔''Seales v Attorney-General'' () NZHC 1239 at ().〕 Seales also sought, as an alternative, that the court make declarations that the Crimes Act was not consistent with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990.〔''Seales v Attorney-General'' () NZHC 1239 at ().〕 The Court declined to make any of the declarations sought by Seales.〔''Seales v Attorney-General'' () NZHC 1239 at ().〕 Seales died of her illness the day after the judgment was delivered.〔''Seales v Attorney-General'' () NZHC 1239 at postscript.〕 ==Background== In 2011 Seales was diagnosed with a brain tumour. She received brain surgery, chemotherapy and radio therapy but her condition continued to deteriorate. In 2015 she put a case to the High Court to challenge New Zealand law for her right to die with the assistance of her GP, asking for a declaration that her GP would not risk conviction. The statutory background to the decision is the Crimes Act 1961 and its prohibitions on: homicide (section 160); aiding and abetting suicide (section 179(b)); consenting to death (section 63); and acceleration of death (section 164).〔''Seales v Attorney-General'' () NZHC 1239 at ().〕 In New Zealand these are the legal barriers to euthanasia. Seales's application relied on giving the word suicide an alternative meaning to the ordinary dictionary definition, as required by section 6 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990.〔''Seales v Attorney-General'' () NZHC 1239 at ().〕 Accordingly, during the hearing, "Mr Curran, who appeared with Dr Butler as counsel for Ms Seales, submitted s 63 of the Crimes Act should be construed so as not to preclude consent as a defence to either murder or manslaughter where the deceased has lawfully asserted his or her NZBORA rights."〔''Seales v Attorney-General'' () NZHC 1239 at ().〕 This legal argument was summarised in a law journal article prior to the hearing; 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Seales v Attorney-General」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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