Press

Editors call for anti-Slapp law to protect investigative journalism

Jonathan Ames

The Times

How the rich and powerful try to intimidate the press

Manveen Rana
The Times (Podcast)

UK’s top editors call for standalone anti-SLAPP bill​

Bron Maher
Press Gazette

Editors say government plans on SLAPPS not good enough

John Hyde

Law Gazette

SLAPPs clampdown must go further

Opinion & Comment
Law Gazette

Bullying lawyers target internet users who post negative reviews online with SLAPPs

Ian Burrell
inews

‘A Blatant Invitation for Abuse’: Carole Cadwalladr and the Uneven Playing Field of Libel Law

Jessica Ní Mhainín on behalf of the Co-chairs of the Anti-SLAPP Coalition

Byline Times

Government acts on SLAPPs – but only in economic crime

Michael Cross
Law Gazette

UK judges to be given powers to dismiss oppressive Slapps lawsuits at early stage

Haroon Siddique
The Guardian

Law to protect UK journalists from vexatious lawsuits a welcome ‘first step’

Jim Fitzpatrick

openDemocracy

Judges in England to gain new powers in clampdown on abusive litigation

Alistair Grey
FT

Activists praise Slapp crackdown

Jonathan Ames
The Times

UK Government Takes Action to Prevent SLAPPs

Zdravko Ljubas

OCCRP

Judges may gain new powers to stop SLAPPs. Are they enough?

Ed Siddons
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ)

Dominic Raab fails to put timeline on crackdown on lawsuits that restrict freedom of speech

Ben Riley-Smith
The Telegraph

Senior media figures call for law to stop oligarchs silencing UK journalists

Rupert Neate
 The Guardian

Slapp cases: UK government announces reforms to protect free speech

Lucy Nash
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ)

Democracy is at risk. We can’t let oligarchs exploit British courts to silence their critics

David Davis MP
The Guardian

Guardian and Daily Mail editors unite to demand action over legal bullying of media

Charlott Tobitt
Press Gazette

openDemocracy backs campaign to end intimidation lawsuits against journalists

Adam Bychawski
openDemocracy

An anti-Slapp law is essential to the health of UK democracy

Mary Fitzgerald
FT

Rich people are abusing UK laws to muzzle the Press with expensive lawsuits, writer warns

Paul Revoir
Daily Mail

If we value free speech, we can’t afford to lose momentum in the fight against Slapps

Charlie Holt
The Times

Stop super-rich abusing Slapps to stifle critics, Dominic Raab urged

Jonathan Ames
The Times

Law and Media Round Up – 5 December 2022

Inforrm

Four media outlets facing libel claims over Nursultan Nazarbayev reports

Rupert Neate
The Guardian

Slapps: the rise of lawsuits targeting investigative journalists

Peter Coe
The Conversation

The UK’s reputation management industry is destroying journalism. It must be stopped

Susan Coughtrie
openDemocracy

UK courts to get power to stop SLAPPs that allow rich to ‘bully’ journalists

PA Media and Press Gazette
Press Gazette

MP accuses top London law firms including Schillings, Carter Ruck and Harbottle and Lewis of helping ‘organised crime and authoritarian states’ including Vladimir Putin’s Russia try to muzzle the UK press as he tables new law to limit expensive libel cases

David Wilcock
Daily Mail