On Friday 3 May 2024, amendments [pdf] to the Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill [pdf] were tabled by MPs Wayne David and Sir David Davis. The Bill is due for its Committee Stage in the House of Commons this week. Continue reading
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Sir David Davis MP has tabled a number of far reaching amendments [pdf] to the Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill [pdf] which returns to the House of Commons for its Committee Stage on 8 May 2024. These include the removal of the requirement to prove intention and a provision for the award of damages to a defendant against whom a SLAPP claim is brought. Inforrm had a post about the Bill last week. Continue reading
Detective Constable Janet Percival of Nottinghamshire Police has won her libel action against Alex Belfield, the former BBC radio presenter, who was convicted of criminal harassment in September 2022 and sentenced to five and a half years in prison. Continue reading
The Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill [pdf] sponsored by Labour MP Wayne David but supported by the Ministry of Justice returns to the House of Commons for its Committee Stage on 8 May 2024. Continue reading
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