Matthew Scott

Eco-cultist lawyers are undermining the rule of law

Insulate Britain activists outside court (photo: Getty)

A group of 120 ‘top lawyers’ have signed a ‘declaration of conscience‘ stating they will not prosecute ‘peaceful climate change protestors’ and will ‘withhold [their] services in respect of supporting new fossil fuel projects.’

Predictably the tax specialist and founder of the ‘Good Law Project’ Jolyon Maugham KC is amongst the signatories, although the practical effect of his conscientious objection is limited.

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