SLAPPs in England and Wales: The Issues and the Evidence

In light of the UK government's renewed commitment to introduce further measures concerning SLAPPs, this paper identifies significant definitional and evidential issues that remain undiagnosed and under-explored in anti-SLAPPs lobbying successes to date by which prospective legislative change has been heavily influenced. It argues for a moratorium on further legislative change unless and until the Law Commission is tasked with properly considering these issues.