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Today it’s been revealed, perhaps unsurprisingly, that the North West based water company United Utilities is the worst offender for dumping sewage into our local rivers and coastal waters. 

Today, the Government has published its revised Net Zero plan – just a day before the court-ordered deadline – as a result of the legal challenge we brought together with Friends of the Earth, Client Earth and environmental campaigner, Joanna Wheatley. The High Court found in our favour – ruling that the original strategy was inadequate and unlawful, thereby forcing the Government to produce a new plan.   

Jo Maugham, founder and director of Good Law Project explains why he’s supporting the Barristers’ Declaration.

The Family Division of the High Court has heard an urgent application seeking to provide protection to a group of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the UK who are missing.

A company controlled by a wealthy donor, believed to be a major funder of the far right in Germany, has donated another £50,000 to the Carlton Club – which has in turn given £1.3m to the Conservative Party.

We are supporting the campaign group, Protect Dunsfold, to challenge the Government’s decision to allow a fossil fuel exploration scheme on the edge of the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

New figures show that, in 2022 alone, raw sewage was dumped into rivers and coastal areas across England 300,953 times by private water companies – an equivalent of 824 spills every single day for a total of 1.7 million hours.

Our Director, Jo Maugham, explains why he and 120 other leading barristers have signed a Declaration of Conscience to stop representing fossil fuel interests.

Good Law Project has written to NHS England asking for an update on the new specialist service for trans young people and children in England, including assurances that protections outlined in the Equality Act are properly implemented.

This Friday, the Family Division of the High Court will hear an application which seeks to provide protection for a group of children without any parent or guardian who are seeking asylum in the UK – who have gone missing.

The new book, Bringing Down Goliath, by our Executive Director, Jolyon Maugham, will be released on 27th April.

An investigation by Good Law Project has revealed the Department of Health and Social Care wasted a staggering £246.6m of taxpayers’ money procuring 126 million “unusable” Covid tests.

One of Britain’s most controversial tax loopholes might not even exist at all. It’s time for HMRC to apply the law properly.

An update from our Executive Director, Jo Maugham, on our partnership programme.