Support increases for anti-SLAPP protections being included in the King’s Speech
On 28 January, a letter, coordinated by the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition, was sent to Sir Keir Starmer calling for universal anti-SLAPP provisions to be included in the forthcoming King’s Speech, which is expected to take place in May 2026. It was signed by 127 editors,...
The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition monitors Dan Neidle’s test of the UK’s only existing anti-SLAPP protections
Today in the Royal Court of Justice, tax transparency expert and lawyer, Dan Neidle challenged the legal threat brought against him and Tax Policy Associates in the first test of the UK’s only anti-SLAPP provisions included in the Economic Crime and Corporate...
Over 120 editors, lawyers, academics, journalists, publishers and civil society representatives call on the Government to give parliamentary time to stamp out SLAPPs.
On 28 January 2026, marking the 5th anniversary of the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition, 127 representatives from a wide cross section of society co-signed an open letter sent to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer joining the Coalition’s call for anti-SLAPP provisions to be...