Maugham’s reference to Goliath is an indirect reference to the people in power that haven’t been held to account, which is the driving force that led him to creating the Good Law Project in 2017. Maugham is not against wide judicial power — he wants judges to use a political end goal as justification to unilaterally abrogate Parliamentary sovereignty, yet he also thinks that judges put right-wing political ends ahead of following the law. Jolyon Maugham was one of an elite group of prominent establishment professionals whose historical role was I think to legitimise the questionable strategies and overheated language of the Remain cause during the three and a half-year constitutional arm-wrestle which followed the Brexit vote.

Maugham gave an eye-opening portrayal of what he is fighting for when he spoke of the statue atop London’s Old Bailey.Anxious that more manure will inflict ecological damage on this tributary of the Wye, campaigners are trying to get the decision overturned in the UK’s Supreme Court. In addition to an explanation about how the law in this country actually works - all written in a very accessible, and sometimes amusing, way. The Public Trust Doctrine says that the foreshore and coastal waters are assets held ‘in trust’ for the public, to safeguard their rights to fish, gather food - and (the claimants argue) enjoy.

His insight into the Uber business model is insightful, nuanced and draws effectively on his own expertise. He depicts a specific moment that surprised him about his father, an upper-class man, which was that he did not care to know what life was like in a coal-mining village. While it succeeds in pointing out how common ‘sleaze’ is within the British Government, by the time it gets to the third similar example of these contracts, the point feels tired. BUT if you want a succinct overview of the current government's deliberate attacks on the rule of law, this is what you should read.

Although my general politics aren’t as left-leaning as Mr Maugham’s, it’s clear from examples that the scales need to be recalibrated as the independence of the judiciary is vital if a health democracy is to be maintained. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). Like many convinced of their own righteousness, Maugham arrives at a seemingly hypocritical conclusion by fanatical sincerity. And I agree with him that the judiciary must be open to public criticism, though he seems happier when it's at his hands than at the Daily Mail's. The purpose of the judiciary is to achieve the end goals of the parties, and the idea of judicial independence is a trap .