1.0Good Law Projecthttps://goodlawproject.orgAbi Wilkinsonhttps://goodlawproject.org/author/abi/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ZLPn8s0rK3"><a href="https://goodlawproject.org/update/important-update-permission-proceed/">An important update – we have permission to proceed</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://goodlawproject.org/update/important-update-permission-proceed/embed/#?secret=ZLPn8s0rK3" width="600" height="338" title="“An important update – we have permission to proceed” — Good Law Project" data-secret="ZLPn8s0rK3" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://goodlawproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Informal_meeting_of_foreign_affairs_ministers_Gymnich._Round_table_Boris_Johnson_36913612672_cropped.jpg20791387We can confirm that our action to prevent Boris Johnson cancelling Parliament has received (without an oral hearing) permission to proceed.  A copy of the Petition, in which our director Jolyon Maugham QC, along with Jo Swinson and Joanna Cherry and some seventy other MPs and Peers, can be read here. The Government’s ‘defence’ seems […]