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Kate Davenport QC will appear as counsel for one of the interveners in the ground breaking case to be heard in the High Court in Wellington in May 2015. The plaintiff, who is suffering from terminal cancer, seeks a declaration that her doctors will not face criminal prosecution if they prescribe her medication to enable her to die when she wishes to do so. Kate Davenport will appear as counsel for one of the interveners - the Voluntary Euthanasia Society New Zealand. The intervention case is reported as Seales v Attorney General [2015] NZHC 828.