Is Time Up for the foxbotherer?

[Awkwardy]

www.spectator.co.uk/article/has-the-good-law-project-been-dealt-a-blow-

“It cannot be supposed that the GLP now has carte blanche to bring any claim for judicial review no matter what the issues and no matter what the circumstances.

In other words, the Good Law Project is now the No Legal Standing Project. What a shame.

Ha, I missed this at the time (context, foxy offering the government a bet on whether they'd lose the next case)

^ yes that was glorious!

@StellaAndCrow

Ha, I missed this at the time (context, foxy offering the government a bet on whether they'd lose the next case)

Omg!

Jolyon is also discontinuing an ongoing case against the DCMS.

From Guido Fawkes:
A Whitehall source sets out Jolyon’s latest failure more simply:

“In short, GLP made BS claims about the Government trying to muzzle charities (it wasn’t), raised £85k in support of their spurious claim, went on a fishing exercise wasting Government time and money only to discontinue their proceedings and keep much of the cash they raised for their next politically motivated legal case (and of course pay for Jolyon’s kimonos 👘)”

And this pulls no punches!

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10530917/DAN-HODGES-fox-killing-lawyer-bombastic-claims-clogging-courts.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ico=taboola_feed

DAN HODGES: A fox-killing lawyer, his bombastic claims – and the grotesque indulgence that is clogging our courts

By DAN HODGES FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY
PUBLISHED: 09:02 AEDT, 20 February 2022 | UPDATED: 09:02 AEDT, 20 February 2022

From the article:
“In Maugham’s eyes – and those of his devoted followers – he’s a judicial caped crusader. ‘I really, really don’t like acts of dishonesty by the State,’ he says. ‘I don’t like the Government misleading the public.’ But, as we saw last week, this passion for honesty and transparency in the public sphere doesn’t extend to pronouncements on the cases brought by his own organisation.”

This will do nicely while I wait patiently for Boris Johnson's downfall

That was a good read. Not many comments yet but this one is excellent:

"Folks like the Good Law Project thrive in the Social Media world where speed and spin and the number of retweets becomes the strength of 'their' truth. It's new age warfare."

That's exactly it.

It would be good to see a spreadsheet of all the cases brought, money involved, and results.

@DomesticatedZombie

It would be good to see a spreadsheet of all the cases brought, money involved, and results.

I'm surprised that they're not doing this.

I'm surprised that they're not doing this.

I'm not, it would be a catalog of money squandered and cases failed, or often not brought at all- the mail seem to be missing the point that much of the specific fundraising just goes in general coffers.

There is value to some of their wins, it's not a black and white situation. It's a shame that this organisation is run by someone like JM.

A proper charity supporting others to take a few important cases a year would be a good thing.