Good Law Project is a UK organisation dedicated to using the law to build a better world. Every month we host a livestream on an important political, social or cultural issue, featuring amazing guests and hosted by one of our team. This podcast is our way of letting you catch up in case you missed the action or just want to listen again. Find us on Spotify, Apple and all good podcast platforms.
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Nine Dots Prize winner Joanna Kusiak talks about her new book, Radically Legal, the story of a grassroots movement that convinced Berliners to pop the speculative housing bubble.
10 May 2024
In Conversation with Dale Vince
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Our campaigner Rachel talks with Dale Vince, climate campaigner and founder of Ecotricity. We’ve previously worked with Dale as part of our fight to protect the environment, and we talked with him about his life and why he thinks Britain must have a change of government if it is to play its part in tackling climate change.
9 Oct 2023
In Conversation with Dawn Butler
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Join Brent Central MP Dawn Butler and Good Law Project Executive Director Jolyon Maugham for a discussion of Butler’s new book ‘A Purposeful Life’.
As the first African-Carribean woman to become a Government Minister in this country, the lessons in this book are the culmination of a lifetime of breaking records and speaking up for some of the most marginalised people in society.
Butler has changed countless lives through taking on corruption in institutions such as the Met Police and the NHS, as well as in the corridors of power themselves. In 2021, she was famously thrown out of the House of Commons for calling Boris Johnson a liar.
This podcast is an opportunity to hear Dawn talk candidly about what motivates her to keep going in the face of an increasingly hostile political landscape and to learn from and be inspired by her experiences and achievements.
9 May 2023
Bringing Down Goliath: In Conversation with Jo Maugham
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Good Law Project founder Jo Maugham discusses his new book with Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu.
Bringing Down Goliath can be found at all good book shops.
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11 Jan 2023
The Cost of Living Crisis
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The UK is faced with massive inflation rises and millions of households are struggling to pay basic living costs alongside soaring energy prices.
Our panel of activists and experts explore some of the key issues, both social and political, around this Cost of Living Crisis, and discuss what can be done to resolve them.
The panel for the livestream was:
Bell Ribeiro-Addy – Labour MP for Streatham
Tom Brooke Bullard – Senior Policy Researcher, Energy Policy, Citizens Advice
Jan Shortt – General Secretary, National Pensioners Convention
Tamara Walters - Legal Assistant, Good Law Project
This Livestream was originally broadcast on December 2nd, 2022.
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6 Dec 2022
In Conversation with Adam Wagner
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Join us as our Director, Jo Maugham, chats to one of the UK's leading lawyers and experts on human rights, Adam Wagner.
We explore themes from his new book, 'Emergency State: How we Lost Our Freedoms in the Pandemic and Why it matters', as well as his life and work.
10 Aug 2022
Trans Rights: Hopes and Challenges
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Join Good Law Project for 'Trans Rights: Hopes and Challenges in 2022', an open, positive event where a panel of activists and experts will explore some of the key issues, both social and political, facing trans people in 2022, and discuss what can be done to overcome them.
We apologise for poor audio quality due to technical issues on the day.
Featuring:
CN Lester - Musician, author and host.
Eva Echo - Activist
Katy Montgomerie - Activist
Ramses Underhill-Smith - Managing Director, Alternative Care Services
Nadia Whittome - MP for Nottingham East
11 Jul 2022
The Power of Open-Source Investigation
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An online discussion on the power of open-source investigations to hold those in power to account.
Gemma Abbott, Good Law Project’s Legal Director and host
Carole Cadwalladr, Investigative Journalist
Eliot Higgins, Bellingcat’s Director
Russell Scott, Investigator at Good Law Project
They will explore how open-source and citizen journalism can be used to hold powerful elites to account, how it should and shouldn't be used, and their hopes and fears for the future of this type of work.
This livestream was first broadcast on Friday 25 March.
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11 Jul 2022
Is the UK Shutting Down Dissent?
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The Government has changed the law to make it easier for the police to restrict where and how we protest, and it’s set to do so again in the coming months. For many, freedom of assembly is essential to a healthy democracy.
Is this the end of protests? Are the new policing laws an unprecedented power grab or a necessary corrective to protect public life? When the issue is as serious as the climate crisis, is there an argument for civil disobedience?
Our panel answer these questions and more:
Ian Browne, Good Law Project’s legal manager and host for the event
Roger Hallam, activist and founder of Extinction Rebellion
Parm Sandhu, former Met Chief Superintendent
Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu, author and founder of Women in Leadership
Tom Wainwright, a leading lawyer in the field of protest law at Garden Court Chambers
This was first broadcast as a livestream on the 15th June 2022.
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11 Jul 2022
The State of Citizenship in the UK
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We take a look at what it means to be a British citizen in the world right now, exploring issues including the hollowing out of UK citizenship rights, the protection they can expect from torture abroad, and how civil society and the legal profession should respond.
The exciting panel for this joint event with Redress was:
Jo Maugham, Good Law Project's Director and Host
Richard Ratcliffe, Campaigner and husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Yasmine Ahmed, UK Director of Human Rights Watch
Ayesha Christie, a leading barrister in the field of immigration, asylum and nationality law, practicing at Matrix Chambers
Rupert Skilbeck, Director of REDRESS
This Livestream was first broadcast on the 9th March, 2022.
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11 Jul 2022
Ending Violence Against Women
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Violence against women is a widespread and complex issue that needs to be addressed on many fronts. The four women on our panel will give their unique insights into the different ways people can join the movement to end it.
Our panel for the evening was:
Polly Jackman, Good Law Project legal team and host for the event
Jamie Klingler, co-founder of Reclaim These Streets
Evie Muir, domestic abuse specialist and freelance journalist
Harriet Johnson, author and barrister at Doughty Street Chambers
This was first broadcast as a livestream on the 20th April 2022.
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