Over 100 academics come together to call on the Prime Minister to introduce universal Anti-SLAPP provisions to protect academic freedom
Yesterday, Tuesday 3rd March, 103 academics wrote to Sir Keir Starmer MP calling for him to include anti-SLAPP provisions in the forthcoming King’s Speech as it “will help protect academic freedom – including critical research on matters of public interest...
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...