As the Good Law Project’s latest legal challenge to the government draws to a close this week, its founder, Jolyon Maugham, has revealed the extent to which the case has got under ministers’ skin. The judicial review over contracts for personal protective equipment awarded without competition concludes on Tuesday, almost two months to the day since the barrister received a letter from the government’s lawyers. Maugham says he refused and invited the government to refer him itself, as he says many others he has irked have done. “That sleaze narrative around this government, I think we can properly claim a significant part of the credit for,” says Maugham. Reflecting on this desire to empower others and his personal motivation, Maugham recalls his time in psychotherapy in his late 20s.

Source: The Guardian May 25, 2021 06:00 UTC