by Nik Williams | May 31, 2024 | News
On 22 May, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced the next General Election will take place on 4 July 2024. With six weeks until the polls open and the dissolution of Parliament, the Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill (the SLAPP Bill) has...
by Nik Williams | May 17, 2024 | News
Photo credit: Chris J. Ratcliffe / Greenpeace The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition expresses its support for Greenpeace as it faces a legal action claiming more than three quarters of a million pounds in damages as a result of their peaceful protest against the activities of...
by Nik Williams | May 9, 2024 | News
The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition remains seriously concerned about the viability of the Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill (SLAPP Bill), after key opportunities were missed to strengthen the Bill during the House of Commons committee stage that took...
by Nik Williams | Apr 11, 2024 | News
Over sixty editors, journalists, writers, publishers, academics, and experts have written to Justice Secretary Alex Chalk KC MP calling on the Government to support amendments to the Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill. Signatories include the...
by Nik Williams | Mar 25, 2024 | News
The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition expresses concern at the defamation action that has been threatened against Matthew Jury, a solicitor at McCue Jury & Partners LLP, in relation to a press release issued by his law firm earlier this year. The press release followed a...
by Mark Frary | Feb 27, 2024 | News
On 22 February 2024, the court issued a ruling in favour of investigative journalists, Daniel Balint-Kurti, Will Jordan, and their employer the Journalism Development Network, which operates the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). The legal...
