Slapps

Current legal mechanisms to challenge and dispose of strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) are not fit for purpose and a new process is needed, according to ...

The growth of litigation crowdfunding could lead to 'inverse SLAPPs' which appear to funders to be in the public interest but are "simultaneously meritless as a legal ...

A task force organised by UK Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer will meet today to address the growing concern of strategic lawsuits against public participation (Slapps) aimed at ...

A review by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) shows that some law firms need to do more to guard against the risk of strategic lawsuits against public ...

Professor Justin Borg-Barthet, convener of the University of Aberdeen’s Anti-SLAPP Research Hub, has provided expert evidence at the European Parliament. Last Thursday, Ramona Strugariu MEP convened the ...

Courts will be able to dismiss lawsuits "seeking to stifle free speech earlier" under government reforms to protect the legal system from abuse. Justice Secretary Dominic Raab ...