To be clear, we have no formal objection to a judicial review, with a couple of caveats. Our concerns are those of limiting access through a complex process that may make it more difficult for the patient to actually achieve access to physician-assisted dying.
That is provided that, one, it is not overly bureaucratic and complex and does not make it difficult for the patient to access it, and, two, that there is clarity and understanding of what this process is so that patients can understand it fully.
Patients dealing with physicians in a trusting environment get their information about the process clearly and unequivocally through a physician with whom that trust and empathy exists. The court is a remote, legal, and much more fearful environment in which to try to make these decisions. Again, we have no objection to it, but we have concerns that, one, the patients will not understand it, and, two, that it will delay the access.