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  • 25 September 2023
    Hundreds copy Trudi Warner’s banner in backlash against Solicitor General

    With Trudi Warner facing up to two years in jail for holding a sign, over 200 people have turned up at courts around England with the same banner.

    Hundreds copy Trudi Warner’s banner in backlash against Solicitor General
  • 21 September 2023
    We’re demanding answers from Government about how it can still expect to hit net zero

    Despite his rowing back on climate pledges, Rishi Sunak claims that his Government can somehow still hit its legally binding net zero target, so we have asked it to show its working.

    We’re demanding answers from Government about how it can still expect to hit net zero
  • 20 September 2023
    As the PM goes cold on net zero we are keeping up the legal heat

    Rishi Sunak’s shameful rowing back on key climate pledges shows why the legal challenge we are bringing with Friends of the Earth and ClientEarth is more important than ever. We are holding the Government to account to ensure their plans to reduce emissions are effective and transparent.

    As the PM goes cold on net zero we are keeping up the legal heat
  • 20 September 2023
    Government gives Tory donor £137m in hidden payments

    Frank Hester, who gave the Conservatives £5m, continues to rake in £800,000 a week.

    Government gives Tory donor £137m in hidden payments
  • 19 September 2023
    Solicitor General launches proceedings for holding a placard

    Attorney General’s Office claims that a case against Trudi Warner, who could face up to two years in prison for reminding jurors of their rights, is ‘in the public interest’.

    Solicitor General launches proceedings for holding a placard
  • 18 September 2023
    Brexit deal was only ever a ‘starting point’

    Research from Good Law Project shows that Keir Starmer would have plenty of room to renegotiate Boris Johnson’s disastrous EU deal in 2025.

    Brexit deal was only ever a ‘starting point’
  • 13 September 2023
    Government brushes aside another damning report on voter ID

    The Electoral Commission says that voter ID rules will impact people with lower incomes, with disabilities and from minority ethnic backgrounds. But the Government says its reforms are ‘very encouraging’.

    Government brushes aside another damning report on voter ID
  • 12 September 2023
    Sewage dumping: Watchdog finds Government may have broken law

    Good Law Project has been challenging the Government over the industrial scale of sewage dumping by water companies. Now the Office for Environmental Protection says there may have been ‘misinterpretations’ of the law.      

    Sewage dumping: Watchdog finds Government may have broken law
  • 11 September 2023
    MPs find discrimination at polling stations and declare voter ID risks ‘injustice’

    Cross-party group says election officials took action that was ‘clearly discriminatory’, and calls for more forms of ID to be accepted

    MPs find discrimination at polling stations and declare voter ID risks ‘injustice’
  • 17 August 2023
    Video: Sued for speaking out

    “We’ll never end violence against women if we are not allowed to speak about it.” – Nina Cresswell

    Video: Sued for speaking out
  • 11 August 2023
    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
  • 10 August 2023
    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
  • 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