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  • 11th August 2023
    News Facing prison for holding a placard

    Trudi Warner held up a sign reminding jurors they could decide a verdict according to their conscience and now could face up to two years in prison. We’re helping her fight back.

    Facing prison for holding a placard
  • 10th August 2023
    News Top Tory failed to declare shares in Shell whilst Environment Secretary

    Evidence of a lack of transparency in Boris Johnson’s Government just continues, way after he’s departed. The latest revelation is that the MP Theresa Villiers, who held the post of Environment Secretary, did so while having shares in the oil and gas giant, Shell. And this fact has only just come to light.    

    Top Tory failed to declare shares in Shell whilst Environment Secretary
  • 10th August 2023
    Case Update Millions go to shareholders linked to illegal mine

    REVEALED: Firm pays out £50m while leaving a massive hole in the fund to restore the mining site.

    Millions go to shareholders linked to illegal mine
  • 3rd August 2023
    Case Update Stop fossil fuel drilling in Surrey – we aren’t backing down

    We’re supporting Protect Dunsfold as they appeal a High Court judgment which upheld the Government’s decision to allow drilling for gas in the Surrey Hills.

    Stop fossil fuel drilling in Surrey – we aren’t backing down
  • 1st August 2023
    Case Update Home Office promises to report on drink spiking thanks to our challenge

    Government has responded to our legal threat and pledged to publish their long overdue report on drink spiking.

    Home Office promises to report on drink spiking thanks to our challenge
  • 31st July 2023
    Case Update Court dismisses appeal in trans healthcare case

    We are disappointed to let you know that the Court of Appeal has dismissed the case challenging the years-long waits faced by transgender people in the UK when trying to access healthcare.

    Court dismisses appeal in trans healthcare case
  • 25th July 2023
    Case Update We’re taking action against illegal coal mining in Wales

    Good Law Project is supporting Coal Action Network and the local residents they work with living in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, to end the illegal extraction of coal at the Ffos-y-Fran open-cast coal mine.

    We’re taking action against illegal coal mining in Wales
  • 20th July 2023
    News NEW: Scale of election greeters enforcing voter ID at last May’s elections revealed

    An investigation by Good Law Project can reveal for the first time the number of greeters deployed at last May’s local elections to help enforce the government’s voter ID rules – and the possible under-reporting of those turned away because they lacked the correct ID.

    NEW: Scale of election greeters enforcing voter ID at last May’s elections revealed
  • 20th July 2023
    Case Update Should NHS England hand your medical records to a spy-tech firm run by a billionaire Trump supporter?

    People trust their healthcare providers with the most intimate kinds of personal information – and the NHS can’t do its job without that trust.

    Should NHS England hand your medical records to a spy-tech firm run by a billionaire Trump supporter?
  • 20th July 2023
    Case Update Court upholds Government approval of fossil fuel drilling scheme

    We are incredibly disappointed that the High Court has ruled against a legal challenge we are supporting to force the Government to reconsider its approval of a gas exploration scheme on the edge of the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.  

    Court upholds Government approval of fossil fuel drilling scheme
  • 13th July 2023
    Case Update This week in Court: the trans healthcare appeal

    On Tuesday, we were in Court to support the appeal challenging the years-long waits faced by transgender people in the UK when trying to access healthcare.

    This week in Court: the trans healthcare appeal
  • 12th July 2023
    Case Update Sewage scandal: Government will pay some of our legal costs

    The Government has already agreed to consult on expanding its plan to tackle sewage in coastal waters as a result of our legal challenge. We’re pushing for more action.

    Sewage scandal: Government will pay some of our legal costs
  • 12th July 2023
    Case Update We’re challenging the Home Office’s lack of action on spiking

    The Home Office has failed to publish a plan to tackle drink spiking. Good Law Project is teaming up with The Gemini Project to challenge their lack of action.

    We’re challenging the Home Office’s lack of action on spiking
  • 7th July 2023
    Case Update Net zero: we are taking the Government back to court

    Good Law Project is taking legal action with Friends of the Earth and ClientEarth to ensure the Government tackles the climate crisis.

    Net zero: we are taking the Government back to court
  • 6th July 2023
    Case Update Mermaids’ challenge to the Charity Commission’s decision to register LGB Alliance as a charity has been dismissed

    Mermaids’ appeal was dismissed on the technical ground that it did not have standing. 

    Mermaids’ challenge to the Charity Commission’s decision to register LGB Alliance as a charity has been dismissed
  • 30th June 2023
    Case Update We’re in court to tackle sewage dumping

    Good Law Project is backing a High Court legal challenge to toughen Government action on sewage discharges. Success could open up new ways to protect our rivers and seas.

    We’re in court to tackle sewage dumping