a distinction between passively allowing death through omission and active assistance in suicide, as per R v Brown (1993) 2 All ER 75 (the famous Spanner case), which ruled that a person cannot lawfully consent to anything more than the infliction of minor injury. Thus, the standing adjudication in English common law is that, as dying is an inevitable consequence of life, the right to life under the Convention necessarily implies the obligation to have nature take its course. See also Suicide legislation (United Kingdom) References External links The Suicide Act 1961, as amended from the National Archives. English criminal law United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1961 Suicide in the United Kingdom Mental health law in the United Kingdom