It is no coincidence that the near
unanimous judgment of science fiction writers is that a world dominated by technological hardware is a world in which individual
human self - identity is missing.
Purdy's solicitor, Saimo Chahal, partner at Bindmans, says: «It's a fantastic victory and all the sweeter for the fact that it is a
unanimous decision and the very last
judgment of the House of Lords which expands the ambit of Art 8 of the European Convention on
Human Rights.