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Jo Maugham

@JolyonMaugham

Director @GoodLawProject. Barrister. Live your values. Fight the power. Keep the receipts.

He/him.

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We forced the abandonment of a vast, opaque £70bn Net Zero ‘framework’ agreement. goodlawproject.org/update/theyre-…

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We funded and won a landmark Supreme Court case protecting public parks from being turned into luxury housing. goodlawproject.org/update/supreme…

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We exposed how the disgraceful sweetheart deal for private equity buyout fund managers arose from political pressure placed on the Inland Revenue by the then Tory Chancellor… goodlawproject.org/update/private…

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… and we forced the Inland Revenue’s successor agency to abandon that sweetheart deal and agree it would instead apply the law. goodlawproject.org/update/win-pri…

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We forced the Scottish Government to admit it was in breach of its own climate laws – and to agree to take steps to remediate. goodlawproject.org/update/scottis…

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Working with a number of partners we successfully ensured that all coastal waters and estuaries would be included in the Government’s plan to reduce sewage dumping. goodlawproject.org/sewage-polluti…

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And we worked with Coal Action Network to shut down an illegal coal mine in South Wales. goodlawproject.org/update/illegal…

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We forced Government to admit the then Prime Minister had misled Parliament over the publication of Covid contracts. goodlawproject.org/we-won-governm…

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We continued to expose the Government’s sleazy or corrupt procurement practices which funnelled billions in public money into the pockets of their associates and donors, leading Labour to promise a 'Covid Corruption Commissioner' after a General Election.

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And we funded, and worked with, Alice Litman’s family to achieve a landmark inquest ruling about the need to improve healthcare for young trans people. goodlawproject.org/warm-and-kind-…

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We did all of that with materially no huge donations from wealthy backer - more than 90% of our income comes from small, usually monthly, donations from tens of thousands of regular people, like you.

If you'd like to join us we'd be thrilled to have you. goodlawproject.org/donate/

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