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On 27 June 2023 the House of Lords approved an amendment to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill which aims to tackle “strategic litigation against public participation” (“SLAPPs”); the use of defamation law to silence critics.  The amendment was only published the week before and was not subjected to any consultation, white paper or select committee report. Inforrm had an article arguing that  the amendment is ill thought out. Continue reading

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, lost his defamation case against three newspapers that accused him of war crimes in Afghanistan. The full 742 page, 2618 paragraph judgment, Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited (No 41) [2023] FCA 555, was published  on 5 June 2023. Continue reading

On 17 May 2023, the Court of Appeal issued the costs order [pdf] in the long running Banks v Cadwalladr case ([2023] EWCA Civ 219). Journalist Carole Cadwalladr has been ordered to pay 60% of Arron Banks’s costs of the trial and one third of the costs in the Court of Appeal after his partial libel victory on appeal. Continue reading

The Metropolitan Police made fifty-two arrests during the coronation of King Charles III on Saturday 6 May 2023. In a press release, the Met stated that the arrests were for affray, public order offenses, breach of the peace and conspiracy to cause a public nuisance. Continue reading

Fox Corporation has agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems $787.5 million (£630m) to settle a landmark defamation suit brought by the election technology company over claims repeatedly aired on Fox News suggesting its voting machines were involved in a conspiracy to rig the 2020 US presidential election. Continue reading

The Hilary Legal Term ends on Wednesday 5 April 2023.  The new term, Easter, begins on 18 April 2023 and finishes on 26 May 2023. Continue reading

BBC offices in India have been raided by tax department officials just weeks after the release of a documentary critical of the prime minister, Narendra Modi, which was blocked by the government. The Guardian, BBC and Bloomberg cover the story. Continue reading

On 1 February 2023, the Supreme Court gave judgment on the private nuisance case of Fearn & Ors v Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery [2023] UKSC 4.  By a majority of 3:2 the Court found the Tate liable in the tort of private nuisance to flat owners overlooked by the viewing gallery of Tate Modern. The claim has been remitted to the High Court for remedy. Continue reading

Human Rights Watch has warned that the UK is about to be labelled a human rights abuser if it continues to clamp down on protest rights and work towards the replacement of the Human Rights Act with the Bill of Rights. Continue reading