There has been a substantial decline in the number of new claims issued in the Media and Communications List of the Queen’s Bench Division (“the M&C List”) in the first 6 months of 2022. A total of 100 new claims were issued, an annual rate of 200. This is only 35% of the 564 new claims issued in 2021 and 53% of the 373 claims issued in 2020. Continue reading