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Jolyon Toby Dennis Maugham
BornJuly 1971
OccupationBarrister
Known forLegal challenges to Brexit

Jolyon 'Jo' Maugham QC (born July 1971)[1], is a British barrister, currently practicing in tax law at Deveraux Chambers. 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] These 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] He has written extensively on Brexit and legal issues for many publications including the Financial Times, The Daily Telegraph,[8] The Guardian[9] and the New Statesman.[10]

He graduated with an LLB in European Legal Studies from Durham and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in 1997, and an MA from Birkbeck. He became a QC in 2015.[11] He is the son of David Benedictus, although they did not meet until Maugham was 17, and he was brought up by his mother in New Zealand.[12]

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  1. ^ Jolyon Toby Dennis MAUGHAM Companies House Director profile
  2. ^ Good Law Project Retrieved 22 April 2018
  3. ^ O'Carrol, Lisa (17 January 2017). "Britons tell Dutch court their EU rights cannot be removed". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  4. ^ Maugham, Jolyon (1 March 2018). "Our rights to EU citizenship are worth fighting for – despite Brexit". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  5. ^ O'Leary, Elisabeth (20 March 2018). "Court rules in favour of case on Britain's ability to reverse Brexit". Reuters. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  6. ^ George, Hannah (23 March 2018). "Anti-Brexit Group Wins Challenge Against 'Vote Leave' Spending". Bloomberg. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  7. ^ "UK asks Supreme Court to rule on Scottish and Welsh Brexit laws". Financial Times. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  8. ^ Maugham, Jolyon (19 November 2016). "How Nicola Sturgeon could shake up 'cosy consensus' and use Article 50 to wrest back control of Scotland's future". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Jolyon Maugham". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Jolyon Maugham". New Statesman. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  11. ^ "Jolyon Maugham QC - Profile". Devereaux Chambers. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  12. ^ Eleftheriou-Smith, Loulla-Mae (29 August 2017). "Katie Hopkins' attempt to shame barrister on Twitter for having an Etonian father backfires". The Independent. Retrieved 22 April 2018.