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Rules of court mean we cannot appeal the decision of the High Court to bless the Metropolitan Police’s Partygate investigation into former Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Tomorrow, we will be in the High Court to support a campaigning group in their bid to resume a legal challenge against fossil fuel drilling on the edge of the Surrey Hills. 

Lawyers acting for Good Law Project have today written to the Information Commissioner’s Office asking it to refer the Department of Health and Social Care to the High Court for potential contempt of court proceedings after the DHSC, once again, failed to release Matt Hancock’s WhatsApp messages.

The Supreme Court today ruled in favour of a Good Law Project-funded case about whether planning permission should have been granted for a piece of sold-off parkland. The ruling will help set a new precedent for how public green spaces are sold by local authorities in years to come.

Last July, we won a legal challenge, brought together with Client Earth, Friends of the Earth and environmental campaigner, Joanna Wheatley, against the Government to force it to improve its inadequate and unlawful Net Zero Strategy.

Victoria Aitken claimed “I had it fast-tracked” and demanded commission on “all the contracts that came via [her] connections”. But the Government’s published record of the VIP lane doesn’t mention Victoria Aitken at all.

VIDEO: A year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, we look back on our partnership with Asylum Aid to fund a legal caseworker to assist those displaced by the war in Ukraine and help them claim asylum.

Bear with us, because we’re about to explain how a small piece of charity law could have big consequences for the UK’s efforts to reach net zero; that the Charity Commission is letting it happen, and how the Good Law Project is teaming up with RSPB to call on the Commission to act.

Good Law Project has seen emails revealing that former No.10 advisor Dominic Cummings referred an offer from two middlemen representing US-based Innova Medical Group within a single hour of being approached.

The Department of Health & Social Care have now been ordered to reply to our request for a copy of all WhatsApp messages between Matt Hancock and his publican friend, Alex Bourne. The Information Commissioner’s office ruled that the DHSC breached Freedom of Information guidelines.

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We’re disappointed not to have been given permission in our legal challenge against the Metropolitan Police.

Last month, we shared the news that the High Court had rejected our attempt to challenge the extreme delays faced by the trans community when trying to access healthcare from NHS England.

Tomorrow we will be in court for a hearing where it will be decided if we can push forward with our case against the Metropolitan Police’s handling of the Partygate investigation. The decision about whether our legal challenge will be heard in full in the High Court may be made that same day.

Good Law Project has written to the Metropolitan Police Service asking it to investigate apparent breaches of the coronavirus regulations by Matt Hancock and Gina Coladangelo.

Our Executive Director, Jo Maugham, is pleased to announce his upcoming book.