Crowdjustice - startup trying to fill in the holes in legal aid/funding with crowdsourcing

[stuff_it]

Seems fairly interesting.

 

[DotCommunist]

CrowdJustice - Crowdfund public interest litigation

not 100% sure on the name though it has another meaning

 

[SpookyFrank]

'Crowd justice' sounds like a euphemism for 'lynch mob' to me.

 

[DotCommunist]

'Crowd justice' sounds like a euphemism for 'lynch mob' to me.

exactly.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Lots of anti wind turbine campaigns on there. IME the people who hate wind turbines the most are rich country folk who can afford their own fucking lawyers.

There was never legal aid for planning objections anyway IIRC.

 

[stuff_it]

Lots of anti wind turbine campaigns on there. IME the people who hate wind turbines the most are rich country folk who can afford their own fucking lawyers.

There was never legal aid for planning objections anyway IIRC.

TBH it's probably only middle class BBC daytime news-magazine programme watching people who have evven heard of it.

 

[CrowdJustice]

Thanks for comments! We're trying to enable access to funding, and also to empower communities around issues they care about, whether it's their local green space, employment rights (Urreste v Cleanology #GoNorbey) or a big human rights issue (Torres v BP and others). Always happy for feedback - email us to let us know what you think we can do better: [email protected]