Hundreds have died – we want justice goodlawproject.org/update/we-want… #goodlawproject
The National Audit Office said "it is essential that lessons are identified, learned and acted on as swiftly as possible." But Johnson puts his desire to avoid political embarrassment above avoiding future loss of life. And that's why we are proceeding with our judicial review.
We began our judicial review for a public enquiry in early June. We agreed with Government it should be stayed whilst the NAO investigated. The NAO urged a "comprehensive lessons-learned exercise" but still Government refuses.
If you would like to help us force Government to put the lives of healthcare workers in future pandemics above its immediate political convenience you can do so here. crowdjustice.com/case/too-many-…

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6 Dec
From time to time, indeed quite a lot, I receive letters from Pestfix's lawyers who boast of acting for the world's leading tech companies (and a pest control specialist with last reported net assets of £18k but now engorged with profits from £350m of PPE contracts).
Sometimes I have to send those letters off to lawyers acting for @GoodLawProject who charge quite a lot of money (we might now be well into five figures) to advise me on the various ways to tell Pestfix's lawyers to sling their hook.
What I find especially crappy about this is that Pestfix doesn't like its actions being in the public domain. Their letters are marked "private and confidential" to try and stop me telling you they are using profits from public contracts to muzzle my work.
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5 Dec
First they came for the Jews and I said nothing...
I made these points - that the Bell case was an attack on the right to consent with clear implications for abortion rights brought by a lawyer with a long history of attacking abortion rights - back in June.
I said here - explicitly - what the Bell case would mean for abortion rights.
Read 5 tweets
4 Dec
There is powerful evidence from around the world that access to trans affirming health care is closely correlated with reduced suicide risk. Here is, eg, Canada. mentalhealthcommission.ca/English/media/…
Here is an extract from a similar paper published by Public Health England and the Royal College of Nursing. Note the first "protective factor". gov.uk/government/pub…
Looking at these statistics, you would expect the decision of the High Court this week - at which it refused to hear from a single trans person or charity representing them - and which denied healthcare to trans young people would lead to increased numbers of suicides.
Read 8 tweets
3 Dec
So a quick update on the procurement case management hearing today.

We already had 'permission' on 2/5 grounds in Pestfix and Clandeboye and 3/5 grounds in Ayanda (having permission means that you can argue a case at the full hearing).
Overall I would say (and I'm not in the business of overselling litigation or prospects) we had a slightly disappointing day. We were given permission to bring an extra ground in Pestfix and Clandeboye.
In P and C we got permission on an extra ground - that the contracts were irrational - because the Court was concerned by what the VIP lane meant for the fairness of the procurement process. This, importantly, means there will be some proper judicial scrutiny of the VIP lane.
Read 8 tweets
3 Dec
The procurement hearing presently taking place in the High Court is not the only @GoodLawProject hearing today. We also have a hearing in relation to an incredibly important environmental matter.
EU law recognises something called the Precautionary Principle: “where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation.”
That definition comes from the Earth Summit’s Rio Declaration of 1992. It is part of EU law but - at least this is the Government's position - it is not part of our domestic law.
Read 9 tweets
3 Dec
The High Court gave us 'permission' to bring some of our judicial review arguments in relation to the Government's odd PPE contracts. We are today asking again for permission to bring the others. You can read our (remarkable) Skeleton and Statement here. goodlawproject.org/update/were-in…
We chose these three contracts (Clandeboye/Ayanda/Pestfix) in June/July when we had much less understanding than we do now about what was going on. Once you appreciate that fact, what we have already uncovered (before disclosure) about those three is all the more remarkable.
Let me just focus on one aspect of those contracts: the quality of the product supplied by those companies (respectively, a confectionery wholesaler, a 'family office', and a pest control specialist).
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