Megan Davis
@megandavis-lawthor.bsky.social
Lawyer and Author megandavis.co.uk. Associate @spotlightcorruption.org. Sunday Times Thriller of the month in @thetimes.com Winner @bridportprize.bsky.social & @lucycavcoll.bsky.social fiction prizes. Rep: Peter Straus @ RCW
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🔥 Huge stakes in this #SLAPPs appeal by the lawyer who tried to prevent tax justice campaigner @danneidle.bsky.social from disclosing a threatening email sent on behalf of Nadhim Zahawi after Neidle claimed the then-Chancellor had lied about his tax affairs:
In 2022, Nadhim Zahawi’s solicitor sent me a libel threat - and said I wasn’t even allowed to say he’d written to me.
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal ruled that was improper.
Now he’s appealing.
A 🧵 on why it matters.
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal ruled that was improper.
Now he’s appealing.
A 🧵 on why it matters.
August 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
🔥 Huge stakes in this #SLAPPs appeal by the lawyer who tried to prevent tax justice campaigner @danneidle.bsky.social from disclosing a threatening email sent on behalf of Nadhim Zahawi after Neidle claimed the then-Chancellor had lied about his tax affairs:
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I continue to be appalled at the lack of accountability around the SLAPP case that targeted me. If I can get sued for saying a warlord sanctioned by the EU, UK, and US for his role in Wagner is involved with Wagner then can we really say there's any protection for journalists in the UK from SLAPPs?
The SRA discontinued @eliothiggins.bsky.social complaint against Discreet Law who represented the warlord Prigozhin. Too many questions remain, so that is why the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition has written to the regulator. Read the letter here: antislapp.uk/2025/03/28/q... #stopSLAPPs 1/3
Questions Unanswered, Concerns Remain: The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition calls for clarity and transparency from the SRA - UK Anti-Slapp Coalition
The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition wrote to the SRA seeking answers to a number of outstanding questions regarding its decision-making process as it relates to SLAPPs after it discontinued Eliot Higgins' com...
antislapp.uk
March 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I continue to be appalled at the lack of accountability around the SLAPP case that targeted me. If I can get sued for saying a warlord sanctioned by the EU, UK, and US for his role in Wagner is involved with Wagner then can we really say there's any protection for journalists in the UK from SLAPPs?
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@petergeoghegan.bsky.social reports the SRA ruling that a UK law firm "broke no rules" in SLAPPing @bellingcat.com Elliot Higgins for Evgeny Prigozhin in 2021, saying there was only "public speculation" that he led Wagner. Let's post some pre-2021 "speculation"....
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UK law firm that acted for Putin’s warlord Prigozhin 'broke no rules'
Exclusive: Taking cash from a sanctioned Russian mercenary chief to enable him to sue a British journalist is not an abuse of our legal system, solicitors' regulator finds
open.substack.com
January 29, 2025 at 9:12 AM
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social reports the SRA ruling that a UK law firm "broke no rules" in SLAPPing @bellingcat.com Elliot Higgins for Evgeny Prigozhin in 2021, saying there was only "public speculation" that he led Wagner. Let's post some pre-2021 "speculation"....
open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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🆕 In the UK’s first #SLAPPs disciplinary case, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has today fined a lawyer £50k for improperly stifling public scrutiny when emailing @danneidle.bsky.social about his writing on the tax affairs of former Chancellor Nadhim Zawahi.
Here’s our summary of the case 👇:
Here’s our summary of the case 👇:
Solicitors' tribunal finds against lawyer for stifling public scrutiny – an early test case for SLAPPs - Spotlight on Corruption
The Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal has today found against a lawyer for improperly stifling public scrutiny, following a complaint that he engaged in legal
www.spotlightcorruption.org
December 20, 2024 at 5:27 PM
🆕 In the UK’s first #SLAPPs disciplinary case, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has today fined a lawyer £50k for improperly stifling public scrutiny when emailing @danneidle.bsky.social about his writing on the tax affairs of former Chancellor Nadhim Zawahi.
Here’s our summary of the case 👇:
Here’s our summary of the case 👇:
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This is really important for investigative journalists who receive bullying lawyers' letters. I must have had scores of these fake threats
🆕 In the UK’s first #SLAPPs disciplinary case, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has today fined a lawyer £50k for improperly stifling public scrutiny when emailing @danneidle.bsky.social about his writing on the tax affairs of former Chancellor Nadhim Zawahi.
Here’s our summary of the case 👇:
Here’s our summary of the case 👇:
Solicitors' tribunal finds against lawyer for stifling public scrutiny – an early test case for SLAPPs - Spotlight on Corruption
The Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal has today found against a lawyer for improperly stifling public scrutiny, following a complaint that he engaged in legal
www.spotlightcorruption.org
December 20, 2024 at 5:47 PM
This is really important for investigative journalists who receive bullying lawyers' letters. I must have had scores of these fake threats