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Need for the High Court to sign off on every assisted death 'could be dropped amid fears of lengthy court backlogs' By SAM MERRIMAN, SOCIAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT Published: 21:27, 4 December 2024 | Updated: 21:44, 4 December 2024 e-mail 3 View comments The need for the High Court to sign off on every assisted death could be dropped amid fears of lengthy court backlogs, it has been suggested. Jake Richards, a co-sponsor of the end-of-life Bill, said it 'may suffice' for judges to become involved only if there are concerns somebody has not met other eligibility needs. The Labour MP also admitted there 'remain questions about the judicial oversight function' in the process. Last week, MPs approved the Terminally Ill (End of Life) Bill by 330 votes to 275. It will now move to committee stage, where it can be amended, before further votes in the Commons and Lords. The Bill states that mentally competent adults with less than six months to live will be able to seek an assisted death with the approval of two independent doctors and a High Court judge. However, Mr Richards, writing for news website LabourList, said: 'Perhaps the general challenge is to ensure the rules of court and other regulations provide for an exercise which is not mere 'rubber stamping' but not so time-consuming as to make the purpose redundant. 'It may suffice for legislation to provide for third-party applications should they feel the statutory criteria had not been met. 'Indeed, perhaps this should have been the only means by which courts were involved.' The need for the High Court to sign off on every assisted death could be dropped amid fears of lengthy court backlogs, it has been suggested. Pictured: Disabled people and their supporters gather outside Houses of Parliament to demonstrate their opposition to assisted dying Jake Richards, a co-sponsor of the end-of-life Bill, said it 'may suffice' for judges to become involved only if there are concerns somebody has not met other eligibility needs Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, who proposed the landmark private member's bill on assisted dying, holds her face with emotion as she meets campaigners after a parliamentary vote was passed in support of assisted dying on November 29, 2024 in London, England Dr Gordon Macdonald, head of anti-assisted dying group Care Not Killing, said the suggestion showed 'so-called safeguards are being exposed as not worth the paper they are written on'. Former justice secretary Sir Robert Buckland said it demonstrated the 'lack of proper preparation' of the Bill. He added: 'At best, this is an acknowledgement of the flawed nature of the judicial brake – at worst, it exposes the hollowness of the assurances being made by the Bill's proponents about the key role that judges were to play in all cases.' Mr Richards insisted he was not proposing removing the safeguard and he had put forward the idea as 'food for thought' amid wider considerations of what the role of judges might look like. He added he had made the suggestion due to concerns around the length of time it can currently take for a case to reach court – in some instances many months – which would mean the system would not work for somebody with less than six months to live. Sir James Munby, former head of the High Court's family division, ahead of last Friday's vote said it was not the 'proper function' of a judge to rule whether someone would be eligible for such a death, and described the Bill as 'defective' and its safeguards as open to abuse. Share or comment on this article: Need for the High Court to sign off on every assisted death 'could be dropped amid fears of lengthy court backlogs' e-mail Add commentNone