Jolyon Maugham

London

Director at The Good Law Project

Director @GoodLawProject. King's Counsel. Live your values. Fight the power. Keep the receipts. He/him.

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We left it to the Supreme Court to decide ‘what a woman is’ - they chose wrong

1 week ago | independent.co.uk | Jolyon Maugham

comment The Supreme Court’s decision regarding trans women has made me ashamed of my profession – and ashamed of what our law has become, writes Good Law Project founder Jolyon Maugham KCYou can tell when something is important to lawyers because it gets its own Latin tag. One, and perhaps the most important, is audi alteram partem: that both sides should be heard. You don’t need to be a lawyer to know it’s important.
Anti-Brexit lawyer demands British Museum do more on slavery to prevent riots

Nov 21, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Craig Simpson |Jolyon Maugham |Nigel Farage

Jolyon Maugham KC, wants the Government to take action over the British Museum’s ‘omissions’ on slavery Credit: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty An anti-Brexit lawyer known for beating a fox to death has demanded that the British Museum dedicate more space to slavery to prevent riots. Jolyon Maugham KC, the founder of the campaign group the Good Law Project, has shared his thoughts in a letter sent to the London museum and Lisa Nandy, the Culture Secretary. He suggests the subject of slavery is...
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Jun 21, 2024 | threadreaderapp.com | Jolyon Maugham

On Wednesday evening I spoke to a prominent journalist about a mind-blowing PPE case that will soon emerge - it looks like a small group of senior civil servants created false evidence trails to try and cover up the fact that valuable PPE contracts were diverted to Tory VIPs.Our conversation followed a meeting we had with the lawyer - in a well known firm - acting in the case. The lawyer spoke of how it had taken him a long time to believe the evidence.
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Dec 29, 2023 | threadreaderapp.com | Jolyon Maugham

In April the United Nations described the Public Order Bill as "deeply troubling legislation that is incompatible with the UK’s international human rights obligations regarding people’s rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association." shar.es/agpsHs Last month, the UN Rapporteur said the crackdown on environmental protest in Britain with “draconian” new laws, excessive restrictions on courtroom evidence and the use of civil injunctions is having a chilling impact on...
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Sep 7, 2023 | threadreaderapp.com | Jolyon Maugham

Did Mark Higton, former Chair of Hammersmith Conservatives refer an offer to supply PPE to you, writing to you at your private email address? Did civil servants record you *personally* in internal DHSC spreadsheets as being joint winner of a £25m PPE contract? And did they show Mark Higton as being the main contact for that contract? Did Govt release your name as being the winner of a no bid PPE contract before scrabbling to delete that record? ().
Books: Bringing Down Goliath: How Good Law Can Topple The Powerful

Jul 27, 2023 | bjgp.org | Trish Greenhalgh |Jolyon Maugham

Jolyon Maugham WH Allen, 2023, HB, 336pp, £22.00, 978-0753559789Early February 2020. A patient walks into a London GP surgery to book an appointment about his cough. Five days later, the receptionist develops a cough and deteriorates rapidly. In less than a week, she is dead from the newly named coronavirus, COVID-19.
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May 1, 2023 | threadreaderapp.com | Jolyon Maugham

There's an especially ugly and cynical thing happening in relation to voter id which hasn't got enough attention. 🧵When voter ID was introduced there were obvious and understandable concerns about how many people would be turned away. And in new section 59A of the Representation of the People Act 1983 the Government committed to reporting on the effect of voter ID.
Bringing Down Goliath by Jolyon Maugham

Apr 27, 2023 | waterstones.com | Jolyon Maugham |Tod O’Brien

A revealing, empowering vision of how the law can work better for all of us, from Jolyon Maugham KC, founder of Good Law Project. Our legal system often feels like it only works for the rich and powerful - for those who know how to use the courts to enforce their will and defend their interests. But we can fight back. Jolyon Maugham KC founded Good Law Project with the belief that the law can also put power in the hands of ordinary people.
Why Im joining more than 100 lawyers in refusing to prosecute climate protesters

Mar 23, 2023 | iqfin.net | Jolyon Maugham

The GuardianBy Jolyon MaughamThe cab rank rule expresses a beautiful idea: that access to the law societys great leveller is for everyone, whoever they are and whatever they are said to have done. The rule remembers that for a lawyer to say I will not act appropriates a role the system gives to judges or juries. And it recognises that if lawyers are tainted by association, the criminal justice system is jeopardised. It risks, or even ensures, miscarriages of justice.
Why I’m joining more than 100 lawyers in refusing to prosecute climate protesters | Jolyon Maugham

Mar 23, 2023 | theguardian.com | Jolyon Maugham

The cab rank rule expresses a beautiful idea: that access to the law – society’s great leveller – is for everyone, whoever they are and whatever they are said to have done. The rule remembers that for a lawyer to say “I will not act” appropriates a role the system gives to judges or juries. And it recognises that if lawyers are tainted by association, the criminal justice system is jeopardised. It risks, or even ensures, miscarriages of justice.