UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition criticises the SRA’s closure of Higgins’ SLAPP complaint and points to need for universal SLAPP protections
The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition is highly critical of the decision by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to close the complaint brought by Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins against Discreet Law, the firm that represented Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, without...
Silenced Stories: Documenting the impact of legal harassment
Yesterday, MPs from different political parties stood up in the House of Commons to describe press reports from media outlets across the country. What made this moment unique was that each story had never been published. The reason? Legal threats prevented them...
Threatening legal letter sent to every sitting MP as Parliament delays establishing anti-SLAPP protections
On 11 September 2024, a legal letter from London law firm, Silver, Langston And Percival Partners was sent to every sitting MP, calling for them to withdraw public statements and apologise. If they do not they could face court proceedings in an unprecedented attack on...