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  • 20 July 2023
    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
  • 30 June 2023
    Cabinet Office appears to have misled the High Court over Boris Johnson’s phone messages

    Last year, during our legal challenge in the High Court, we were told by the government that none of Boris Johnson’s messages from his mobile phone prior to April 2021 were available.

    Cabinet Office appears to have misled the High Court over Boris Johnson’s phone messages
  • 29 June 2023
    Injunctions – how afraid should we be?

    Lochlinn Parker, Director of Good Law Practice, writes on how injunctions are being used to suppress protest in the UK.

    Injunctions – how afraid should we be?
  • 29 June 2023
    We’ve settled a number of pandemic procurement cases

    The Government has done everything it can to make it as hard as possible to challenge their decisions.

    We’ve settled a number of pandemic procurement cases
  • 22 June 2023
    We’re supporting doctors fighting the climate crisis

    The General Medical Council is investigating retired GP Diana Warner for campaigning against climate change. Good Law Project is supporting her as she argues doctors must take global heating seriously to protect their patients.

    We’re supporting doctors fighting the climate crisis
  • 12 June 2023
    We’re supporting abuse victims in the Scouts

    Survivors of child sexual abuse during their time in the Scouts fear that ‘systemic failures’ are still putting young people in danger today. Good Law Project is supporting a new campaigning organisation called ‘Yours in Scouting’, which is demanding The Scout Association improves its safeguarding practices.

    We’re supporting abuse victims in the Scouts
  • 12 June 2023
    Guardian News & Media to act on sexual misconduct

    Guardian News & Media has instructed Howlett Brown, a consultancy specialising in workplace culture, to improve its process for handling current and non-recent claims of sexual misconduct.

    Guardian News & Media to act on sexual misconduct
  • 8 June 2023
    REVEALED: A Government taskforce set up to tackle the sewage crisis has met just once in the past year

    Last year, raw sewage was dumped into rivers and coastal areas across England by private water companies for a total of 1.7 million hours – the equivalent of 4,808 hours every single day.  

    REVEALED: A Government taskforce set up to tackle the sewage crisis has met just once in the past year
  • 3 June 2023
    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
  • 31 May 2023
    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
    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
    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
  • 19 May 2023
    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
    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
    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
    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