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  • 30th June 2023
    News 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
  • 29th June 2023
    News 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?
  • 29th June 2023
    News 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
  • 23rd June 2023
    Case Update Voter ID rules denied at least 14,000 people the chance to vote

    Data released today shows the wide-scale impact of the Government’s new laws, which risk denying a voice to marginalised groups of people in the UK.

    Voter ID rules denied at least 14,000 people the chance to vote
  • 22nd June 2023
    News 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
  • 19th June 2023
    Case Update UPDATE: Court of Appeal to hear trans healthcare case in July

    The court has confirmed a hearing for the appeal to challenge the extreme waiting times faced by transgender people seeking help from NHS England.

    UPDATE: Court of Appeal to hear trans healthcare case in July
  • 15th June 2023
    Case Update Government to consult on expanding its plan to reduce sewage dumping in wake of legal challenge

    Faced with a legal challenge supported by Good Law Project, the Government has announced a consultation on expanding its plan for water companies to cut sewage dumping. This is an early and significant win in our campaign to protect our rivers and beaches for future generations – even before we’ve reached the courtroom.  

    Government to consult on expanding its plan to reduce sewage dumping in wake of legal challenge
  • 13th June 2023
    Case Update Stop fossil fuel drilling in Dunsfold: An update from Thursday’s hearing

    Last Thursday, we were in the High Court supporting the campaign group, Protect Dunsfold, as they challenged the government’s decision to permit a fossil fuel drilling scheme on the edge of the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

    Stop fossil fuel drilling in Dunsfold: An update from Thursday’s hearing
  • 13th June 2023
    Case Update Family Court rules local authorities must protect unaccompanied children seeking asylum

    Campaigners are calling on the government to provide proper funding so local authorities can fulfil their duties to look after vulnerable children.

    Family Court rules local authorities must protect unaccompanied children seeking asylum
  • 12th June 2023
    News 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
  • 12th June 2023
    News 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
  • 8th June 2023
    News 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
  • 6th June 2023
    Case Update Good Law Project and Dale Vince take legal action to close the £600 million private equity tax loophole

    We’ve launched a legal challenge with Dale Vince, founder of Ecotricity, against HM Revenue and Customs, demanding the closure of a loophole which allows private equity fund managers to pay almost half the tax they should.  

    Good Law Project and Dale Vince take legal action to close the £600 million private equity tax loophole
  • 5th June 2023
    Case Update We were in court to protect the Surrey Hills from fossil fuel drilling

    This week, we we’e in the High Court supporting campaign group, Protect Dunsfold, in their legal challenge against the Government’s approval of a fossil fuel exploration scheme at the edge of the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

    We were in court to protect the Surrey Hills from fossil fuel drilling
  • 3rd 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
  • 2nd 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