The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition expresses concern at defamation action threatened by Gerry Adams’ solicitor

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...

The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition calls for the Anti-SLAPP PMB to be amended to ensure it protects everyone speaking out in the public interest.

by Nik Williams | Feb 20, 2024 | News

On Thursday 15 February 2024, the Anti-SLAPP Private Members’ Bill (PMB) brought forward by Wayne David MP was published ahead of the Bill’s second reading on Friday 23 February. The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition is disappointed that the shortcomings found in the Anti-SLAPP...

The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition welcomes Wayne David MP’s Anti-SLAPP Bill

by Nik Williams | Dec 6, 2023 | News

Today, Wayne David MP will present the Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill, his Private Members’ Bill, to the Houses of Parliament. This is a crucial milestone for the UK to stamp out all SLAPPs targeting public interest reporting. Irrespective of...

Anti-SLAPP campaigners from across Europe stand in solidarity with the Russian dissident authors after an injunction was secured against their publisher in Germany.

by Nik Williams | Nov 24, 2023 | News

Photo credit: New America On 8 December 2023, Hachette Book Group will appeal an injunction brought in response  to the publication of the book, The Compatriots: The Brutal and Chaotic History of Russia’s Exiles, Émigrés and Agents Abroad written by dissident...

The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition reiterates its support for Carole Cadwalladr following Supreme Court decision

by Nik Williams | Nov 20, 2023 | News

Photo credit: TED Conference (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED) The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition reiterates its support for Carole Cadwalladr following the Supreme Court decision to refuse her permission to appeal the costs order made by the Court of Appeal in May 2023. This relates...