Leading experts call for the Anti-SLAPP Bill to be amended to ensure it can protect everyone speaking out in the public interest
Over sixty editors, journalists, writers, publishers, academics, and experts have written to Justice Secretary Alex Chalk KC MP calling on the Government to support amendments to the Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill. Signatories include the...
The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition expresses concern at defamation action threatened by Gerry Adams’ solicitor
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 welcomes the decision in the case against two investigative journalists and their employer, the Journalism Development Network
On 22 February 2024, the court issued a ruling in favour of investigative journalists, Daniel Balint-Kurti, Will Jordan, and their employer the Journalism Development Network, which operates the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). The legal...
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.
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...