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The first step against SLAPPs Premium Content
A landmark anti‑SLAPP judgment leaves important procedural questions unanswered, say Claudine Morgan, Hannah Gornall & Ellen Roberts
12 June 2026 / Hannah Gornall / Ellen Roberts / Claudine Morgan
NLJ this week: Courts draw a line against legal intimidation
A landmark ruling has delivered the first judicial application of the UK’s anti-SLAPP regime and provided fresh guidance on abusive litigation
12 June 2026
Tackling SLAPPs Premium Content
New legislation & SRA guidance mark a stronger stance on litigation that stifles perceived critics, writes Paige Coulter
31 October 2025 / Paige Coulter
NLJ this week: Striking back at SLAPPs
Paige Coulter of Quinn Emanuel reports on the UK’s first statutory definition of SLAPPs under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, in NLJ this week
31 October 2025
Sticks & stones Premium Content
Defamation matters, but claimants need to prove they have suffered serious reputational harm: Nicholas Dobson
10 October 2025 / Nicholas Dobson
NLJ this week: Justice delayed, justice denied
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
05 September 2025
SLAPPed shut? Premium Content
Sadie Whittam considers the growing use of SLAPPs & the abuse of the litigation process
05 September 2025 / Sadie Whittam
Civil way: 12 July 2024 Premium Content
12 July 2024 / Stephen Gold
NLJ this week: Money, money, debt interest on costs

Legal aid is hard to get, but the numbers applying for exceptional funding are still low. In this week’s ‘Civil way’, NLJ columnist and former district judge Stephen Gold urges lawyers to apply

12 July 2024
Malicious falsehood requires hurt to pocket as well as feelings
A claimant cannot recover damages for injury to feelings caused by a falsehood if they do not also suffer financial loss, the Supreme Court has held
14 June 2024
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NLJ this week: The price of persistence
Indemnity costs remain exceptional, but parties cannot ignore a case that deteriorates around them. In Lawrence v Associated Newspapers, Mr Justice Nicklin ordered the claimants to pay indemnity costs after finding their conduct, viewed cumulatively, fell ‘well outside the norm’
NLJ this week: Public law in motion
Public law is in flux following reversals and robust appellate intervention, according to the latest public law update by the team at HSFK for NLJ
NLJ this week: Battle for the brain
Neurotechnology is turning the human mind into an operational domain, exposing gaps in the laws of war
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