HIGH Court judges have refused permission for the case of locked-in syndrome sufferer Tony Nicklinson, who died shortly after losing a landmark right-to-die legal battle, to go to the Court of Appeal.
But they announced that a second sufferer of the syndrome, who also lost his case at the High Court, has been given the go-ahead for his action against the Director of Public Prosecutions to be heard by appeal judges.
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