20 Mar 2025
Justice
Why won’t Labour stand up for free speech?
Although the acronym SLAPPs (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) emerged in the United States in 1996 from Professors George Pring and Penelope Canan’s ‘SLAPPs: Getting Sued for Speaking Out’, it originated with Sir James Goldsmith, Robert Maxwell and Mohamed Fayed in their attempts to silence their critics. Drugs companies such as Upjohn and the Sacklers’ […]
