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We’ll be in court next week for the final stage of the hearing of Mermaids versus the Charity Commission regarding the charity status of LGB ‘Alliance’. After witness evidence was concluded in September 2022, the Tribunal will hear legal arguments in the case on November 7 and 8. A judgment can be issued at any point from next week, but we expect a delay possibly of months. 

We have just heard that the Supreme Court has given us permission for our appeal to be heard in regards to the service error made by external solicitors in one of our cases. The case relates to £100m+ worth of public contracts and evidence that Ministers and an ex-adviser to the Prime Minister actively helped favoured bidders to win the contracts.

Good Law Project has commissioned ground-breaking polling from YouGov to gauge the level of trust different segments of society have in the judiciary.

For over a year, we have worked to uncover the identities of the politically-connected companies who received preferential access to a priority route to the contracts awarded as part of the Government’s multi-billion pound Test and Trace programme.

Rishi Sunak has performed a screeching u-turn to attend COP27.

On Saturday 5th November, the National Trust, beloved by many across the country and internationally, will decide on its new council members.

You may recall the tiny and obscure company Place Group, which was awarded an eye-watering £70bn framework agreement seemingly to help with the country’s Net Zero aspirations.

Good Law Project has today supported a cross-party group of MPs including Caroline Lucas, Layla Moran and Clive Lewis in urging the Charity Commission to investigate potential wrongdoing by the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF).

After witness evidence was concluded in September 2022, this week we heard legal arguments from lawyers representing Mermaids, LGBA and the Charity Commission.