Jolyon Maugham
| Jolyon Maugham QC Twitter (Barrister) | |
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| Born | Jolyon Toby Dennis Maugham 1 July 1971 |
British barrister and NGO-activist. "George Soros has become one of the great bulwarks against fascism. He hasn't given [my NGO] any money. But I aspire to it acquiring sufficient influence that he does." | |
Jolyon Maugham QC is a British barrister, as of 2023 practising in tax law at Deveraux Chambers[1]. He is the founder and director of the Good Law Project, through which he has played a key role in bringing to court a number of legal challenges to the Brexit process.[2]
Maugham's cases include defending the rights of British expats in Europe,[3][4] a case to clarify whether the Brexit process can be reversed by Parliament,[5] and a legal challenge to referendum spending by Vote Leave.[6][7]
Jolyon Maugham has written extensively on Brexit and legal issues for many publications including The Daily Telegraph,[8] The Guardian[9] and the New Statesman.[10]
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“George Soros has become one of the great bulwarks against fascism. He hasn't given @GoodLawProject any money. But I aspire to it acquiring sufficient influence that he does.”
Jolyon Maugham (8 February 2018) [11]
References
- ↑ https://doi.org/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U283232
- ↑ https://goodlawproject.org/about/
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/17/britons-dutch-court-eu-rights-cannot-be-removed |
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/01/eu-citizenship-brexit-ecj-netherlands
- ↑ https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-article50/court-rules-in-favour-of-case-on-britains-ability-to-reverse-brexit-idUSKBN1GW195
- ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-23/anti-brexit-group-wins-challenge-against-vote-leave-spending-jf3zzsjz
- ↑ https://www.ft.com/content/8f63a486-4233-11e8-803a-295c97e6fd0b
- ↑ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2016/11/19/how-nicola-sturgeon-could-shake-up-cosy-consensus-and-use-articl
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jolyon-maugham
- ↑ https://www.newstatesman.com/writers/320811
- ↑ https://twitter.com/JolyonMaugham/status/961511319789858816 Twitter
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