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  • 3 June 2023
    News REVEALED: Good Law Project, like the Covid Inquiry, is refused vital access to WhatsApps by Cabinet Office

    The extraordinary standoff between the Cabinet Office and the Covid Inquiry over messages sent by Boris Johnson during the pandemic has been quite a drama to witness. 

    REVEALED: Good Law Project, like the Covid Inquiry, is refused vital access to WhatsApps by Cabinet Office
  • 2 June 2023
    Case Update UPDATE: Appeal we have been supporting to protect the dying River Wye/Afon Gwy refused permission by Supreme Court

    We are disappointed the Supreme Court has refused permission to bring an appeal we have been supporting against a new livestock development on the banks of a tributary of the River Wye/Afon Gwy. This means that this legal case cannot go any further. 

    UPDATE: Appeal we have been supporting to protect the dying River Wye/Afon Gwy refused permission by Supreme Court
  • 31 May 2023
    News Livestream: #MeToo in the Media

    Watch Lucy Siegle in conversation with Jo Maugham on the British media’s culture of silence around sexual misconduct within its own ranks.

    Livestream: #MeToo in the Media
  • 30 May 2023
    News The power to tell the truth

    Our Executive Director, Jo Maugham, writes about the power to tell the truth.

    The power to tell the truth
  • 27 May 2023
    News Firm that hired Liam Fox MP to lobby the Prime Minister fined for breaching rules

    Earlier this year, it was revealed that Conservative MP, Liam Fox, lobbied the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, on behalf of an advisory group that had paid him £16,000 for just 21 hours’ work. According to reports, Fox wrote to the PM lobbying for a tax break for exporters.

    Firm that hired Liam Fox MP to lobby the Prime Minister fined for breaching rules
  • 20 May 2023
    Case Update We are pushing ahead with legal action to help end the sewage crisis – despite water companies’ promises

    Overwhelming public pressure has finally forced water companies to say they will take action to start cleaning up their colossal mess – built up over decades of inaction and after having made billions from scandalous profiteering.

    We are pushing ahead with legal action to help end the sewage crisis – despite water companies’ promises
  • 19 May 2023
    News REVEALED: Rishi Sunak sought to “evade” US securities law

    US court documents show how the hedge fund that Sunak worked for used ‘exotic derivatives’ to keep share prices down.

    REVEALED: Rishi Sunak sought to “evade” US securities law
  • 18 May 2023
    News EXCLUSIVE: WhatsApp messages reveal Matt Hancock helped Tory donor win covid contract that cost the taxpayer £38m

    Mustafa Mohammed, who had donated over £230,000 to the Conservative party, lobbied Hancock on behalf of two companies.

    EXCLUSIVE: WhatsApp messages reveal Matt Hancock helped Tory donor win covid contract that cost the taxpayer £38m
  • 16 May 2023
    News Revealed: PM refuses to answer questions on secretive “business council”

    The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has refused to reveal the names of the companies on his PM’s Business Council (PMBC). No.10 also refused to release copies of minutes from the PM’s meeting with the group, held last December.

    Revealed: PM refuses to answer questions on secretive “business council”
  • 15 May 2023
    News Gagging Juries

    If juries cannot hear all the evidence, justice cannot prevail. Our Executive Director, Jo Maugham, writes on the threat that gagging juries poses to our justice system – and to our planet.

    Gagging Juries
  • 10 May 2023
    News “Like a vampire from sunlight”: Rishi Sunak and transparency

    What if Rishi Sunak had invested part of his fortune in Oil and Gas shares? You’d want to know, right, because his failure to adopt a meaningful windfall tax on the obscene war-profits of Oil majors would then have a different complexion?

    “Like a vampire from sunlight”: Rishi Sunak and transparency
  • 9 May 2023
    News Good Law Practice Parish Notices

    Good Law Project and Good Law Practice are delighted to announce the hiring of the nationally renowned protest lawyer, Lochlinn Parker.

    Good Law Practice Parish Notices
  • 5 May 2023
    Case Update Trans healthcare appeal: what you need to know

    We’re fundraising to appeal a High Court judgment which rejected our attempt to tackle the extreme waiting times faced by trans people seeking help from NHS England. We need to reach our funding deadline, but we’ve only got one month left to raise the money. Here’s what you need to know:

    Trans healthcare appeal: what you need to know
  • 3 May 2023
    News REVEALED: Tory MP secretly lobbied ministers on behalf of gambling industry

    With the government finally publishing the long-awaited white paper on gambling, our investigation has found that Conservative Party MP, Philip Davies, lobbied ministers to reduce regulations on behalf of an exclusive, London-based casino.  

    REVEALED: Tory MP secretly lobbied ministers on behalf of gambling industry
  • 3 May 2023
    Case Update WATCH: Cross-party MPs back our legal challenge to tackle sewage dumping

    A group of cross-party MPs has backed our legal challenge to force the Government to take tougher and quicker action to tackle the sewage dumping scandal.

    WATCH: Cross-party MPs back our legal challenge to tackle sewage dumping
  • 30 April 2023
    News We’re ready to take action to protect the voting rights of young people and marginalised communities

    Good Law Project plans to bring forward a legal challenge ahead of the next General Election to ensure new rules of mandatory photo ID don’t disenfranchise people and deprive them of their democratic rights.

    We’re ready to take action to protect the voting rights of young people and marginalised communities