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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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.  

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).

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

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.

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.

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.  

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.  

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).

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. 

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.