A group of more than 70 newspaper editors, lawyers, and publishers has written a letter to Justice Secretary Dominic Raab, calling on him to “move swiftly” to stop wealthy individuals from muzzling the British media with strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs).
The letter calls on Raab to “make good” on a commitment the Ministry of Justice made earlier this year to “stamp out” SLAPPs.
In July the government said it planned a series of legal reforms, including a “new statutory early dismissal process to stop these cases in their tracks.”
It said there would be a “three-part test, with clear criteria to help courts determine whether a case is a SLAPP.”…