Public interest law UK resources
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This page brings together resources of interest to community agency networks (CANs) and community groups concerning public interest law.
Public interest law news
Jailed climate activist wins appeal against deportation from UK, theguardian.com (Nov 10, 2025) — Marcus Decker was served with deportation order while in prison for unveiling Just Stop Oil banner over Dartford Crossing. Decker’s appeal against deportation was supported by climate experts, religious leaders, celebrities, members of the public, The UN special rapporteur on environmental defenders, Michel Forst, 22 Nobel prize laureates and 562 actors, musicians and other artists- Just Stop Oil trio cleared over Stonehenge protest, BBC News (Oct 31, 2025)
- The pollution court case that could reach far beyond the banks of the River Wye, theconversation.com (Oct 22, 2025)
- Bill McKibben on the State-Led Efforts to Make Big Oil Pay Up, insideclimatenews.org (Nov 19, 2025)
- A Landmark Court Ruling Looms Over U.S. Absence at COP30, insideclimatenews.org (Nov 18, 2025) — The historic climate change advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice suggests the United States is violating international law on climate, legal experts say.
- COP30 host Brazil creates 10 new Indigenous territories, BBC News (Nov 18, 2025)
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Organisations working with communities
The Environmental Law Foundation (ELF) is a UK registered charity, dedicated to environmental law and disseminating information on the subject.
- Environmental Law Foundation
- Lawyers for Nature, "...focus on creating systemic change by embedding Rights of Nature into legal and organisational frameworks across the UK and globally." added 16:59, 24 February 2025 (UTC)
Other organisations and resources
- Good Law Project, added 17:52, 3 October 2020 (UTC), not-for-profit campaign organisation that uses the law to protect the interests of the public. Founded by Jolyon Maugham, the Good Law Project states that its mission is to achieve change through the law. "We defend, define and change the law to uphold democracy, protect the environment and ensure no one is left behind." The organisation's issues include: No-one left behind, Upholding democracy and Protecting the environment. text added 18:46, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
- EarthRights Solicitors, Resources page on web.archive.org, 28 2 2015
About Public interest law
Public interest law refers to legal practices undertaken to help poor, marginalized, or under-represented people, or to effect change in social policies in the public interest, on 'not for profit' terms (pro bono publico), often in the fields of civil rights, civil liberties, religious liberty, human rights, women's rights, consumer rights, environmental protection, and so on.
In a celebrated 1905 speech, Louis Brandeis decried the legal profession, complaining that "able lawyers have to a large extent allowed themselves to become adjuncts of great corporations and have neglected their obligation to use their powers for the protection of the people."
In the tradition thus exemplified, a common ethic for public-interest lawyers in a growing number of countries remains "fighting for the little guy".
See also
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| Authors | Phil Green |
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| License | CC-BY-SA-4.0 |
| Cite as | Phil Green (2023–2025). "Public interest law UK resources". Appropedia. Retrieved November 28, 2025. |