Prominent UK SLAPP by a cosmetic surgery clinic aimed at former patients and a patient advocate wins big at the 2025 European SLAPP Contest
The legal actions brought by Signature Clinic against former patients and a patient advocate was awarded the Farcical Threat of the Year at the European SLAPP Contest. The annual contest, organised by the Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe (CASE), seeks to raise...
Questions Unanswered, Concerns Remain: The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition calls for clarity and transparency from the SRA
On behalf of the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition, the co-chairs wrote to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) seeking answers to a number of outstanding questions regarding its decision-making process as it relates to SLAPPs. This follows media and public attention...
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...