Anti-SLAPP Research Hub

The Hub is involved in training lawyers across Europe on Anti-SLAPP law. https://www.antislapp.eu/about

Farrington, F. and Borg-Barthet, J. “PE1975/N: Anti-SLAPP Research Hub, University of Aberdeen Submission” (March 2023) https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/committees/citizen-participation-and-public-petitions-committee/correspondence/2022/pe1975/pe1975_n.pdf

Farrington, F. and Borg-Barthet, J. “University of Aberdeen submission of 14 December 2022 PE1975/D: Reform the Law Relating to Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs)” (December, 2022) https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/committees/citizen-participation-and-public-petitions-committee/correspondence/2022/pe1975/pe1975_d.pdf

Poesen, M. “Civil Litigation Against Third-Country Defendants in the EU: Effective Access to Justice as a Rationale for European Harmonization of the Law of International Jurisdiction” (2022) 59 Common Market Law Review 1597

Borg-Barthet, J. “‘Daphne’s Law’: The European Commission introduces an Anti-SLAPP Initiative” (EU Law Analysis, 2022) http://eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2022/04/daphnes-law-european-commission.html?m=1

Borg-Barthet J. “The Legal Background of SLAPP Cases in Malta” in Bayer J et al eds. Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) in the European Union (EU-CITIZEN Network, 2021) https://commission.europa.eu/system/files/2022-04/slapp_comparative_study_0.pdf

Borg-Barthet J., Lobina B, and Zabrocka, M.E. “The Use of SLAPPs to Silence Journalists, NGOs, and Civil Society” (European Parliament, June 2021) https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2021/694782/IPOL_STU(2021)694782_EN.pdf

Borg-Barthet J., ‘The Brussels Ia Regulation as an Instrument for the Undermining of Press Freedoms and the Rule of Law: an Urgent Call for Reform’ (University of Aberdeen School of Law Working Paper Series 2020) https://www.abdn.ac.uk/law/documents/007.20%20-%20Borg-Barthet.pdf

Ravo, L.M., Borg-Barthet, J., Kramer, X.E. “Protecting Public Watchdogs Across the EU: A Proposal for and EU Anti-SLAPP Law (European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, 2020). https://www.liberties.eu/f/zkecf9

Borg-Barthet, J. “Advice Concerning the Introduction of Anti-SLAPP legislation to Protect Freedom of Expression in the European Union” (May 2020). Report commissioned by Article 19, Committee to Protect Journalists, European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, Reporters Without Borders, and PEN International. https://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/2164/16449/2020.05.19_Anti_SLAPP_advice.pdf;jsessionid=47C7623B67EFC2299E9D46E7F226C6CF?sequence=1

Farrington, F. and Zabrocka, M. “The Anti-SLAPP Research Hub Reflects on Media Freedom on the 30th Anniversary of World Press Freedom Day” (May 2023, University of Aberdeen)

Farrington, F. and Zabrocka, M. “The Anti-SLAPP Research Hub Calls for Global Cooperation in Tackling SLAPPs at the UN’s Expert Seminar on the Safety of Journalists” (May 2023, University of Aberdeen)

Farrington, F. and Bog-Barthet, J. “Freedom of Speech: Scotland Could Derail Europe’s Drive to Stop Rich People Silencing Journalists" (The Conversation, February 2023) https://theconversation.com/freedom-of-speech-scotland-could-derail-europes-drive-to-stop-rich-people-silencing-journalists-199617

Leask, D. “Scotland Must Follow EU and UK to Stop the Rich Gagging Their Critics” (The Herald, January 2022) https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/23249190.scotland-must-follow-eu-uk-stop-rich-gagging-critics/

Elliards, X. “What are SLAPPs and Why Should Scotland Take Action to End Them? (The National, January 2022) https://www.thenational.scot/news/23252134.slapps-scotland-take-action-end/?ref=twtrec

Kieran, A. “Weak SLAPPs Law Frees Rich to Silence Critics” (The Times, January 2023)  https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/weak-slapps-law-frees-rich-to-silence-critics-3jlb3b660

Thomson, M. “Our Justice System Should Be For All, Not Just the Richest” (The Times, January 2023) https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a4ca6280-8ae3-11ed-b24e-c1aaebfbdb8d?shareToken=a07c3ae85eb4d282dbc1ba7c60d784c3

Borg-Barthet, J. “If the Government Cared About Free Speech, It Would Reform the London Libel Industry” (The Guardian, August 2021) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/06/free-speech-london-libel-industry-putin-journalism

Božič, K. “Justin Borg-Barthet o zastraševalnih strateških tožbah zoper sodelovanje javnosti: ‘Ne gre za zaseben, nevtralen posel, ampak za temelje naših demokracij’” (Pravna Mreža, August 2022) https://pravna-mreza.si/justin-borg-barthet/

Rettman, A. “EU to Defend Journalists from Malicious Law Suits” (EU Observer, June 2021) https://euobserver.com/world/152049

Rosà, P. and Pierobon, C. “SLAPPs: Strategic Lawsuits Public Participation” (OBC Transeuropa, January 2020) https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/ECPMF/ECPMF-news/SLAPPs-Strategic-Lawsuits-Against-Public-Participation-198695

Borg, VP. “How to Cripple the Media in Malta” (Times of Malta, March 2020) https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/how-to-cripple-the-media-in-malta.775022

Demarco, J. “Weaponisation of the Law Suppressing Scrutiny of Power” (The Shift News, May 2020) https://theshiftnews.com/2020/05/21/weaponisation-of-the-law-suppressing-scrutiny-of-power/

Phillips, G. “How the Free Press Worldwide is Under Threat” (The Guardian, May 2020) https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/may/28/how-the-free-press-worldwide-is-under-threat

Muscat, C. “’We Were Never More Proud of Her Than on the Day She Was Murdered’” (The Shift News, March 2019) https://theshiftnews.com/2019/03/05/we-were-never-more-proud-of-her-than-on-the-day-she-was-murdered/

Taylor, A. “Lawsuits that Cripple Journalists: Malta a Protagonist in Debate on Press Freedom” (The Shift News, March 2019) https://theshiftnews.com/2019/03/02/lawsuits-that-cripple-journalists-malta-a-protagonist-in-debate-on-press-freedom/

Allaby, E. “After Journalist’s Murder, Efforts to Combat SLAPP in Europe” (Columbia Journalism Review, April 2019) https://www.cjr.org/analysis/slapp-daphne-caruana-galizia-malta.php

Taylor, A. “EU Must Intervene to Protect Journalists Against SLAPP” (The Shift News, November 2019) https://theshiftnews.com/2019/11/14/eu-must-intervene-to-protect-journalists-against-slapp/

Hudson, D. “David Casa Calls for EU Solutions to Address Harassment of Journalists” (Malta Today, November 2019) https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/98620/david_casa_calls_for_eu_solutions_to_address_harassment_of_journalists#.Y8F_eXbP1PZ

Garside, J. “Murdered Maltese Reporter Faced Threat of Libel Action in UK” (The Guardian, June 2018) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/01/murdered-maltese-reporter-faced-threat-of-libel-action-in-uk

Workshop: Reform of EU Law on Defamation, University of Aberdeen 2019

Guest Lecture at Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Gdansk: Magdalena Zabrocka on SLAPPs, the Rule of Law, and Fundamental Rights - a Litigation Strategy or an Abuse of the Legal System? 

UN Human Rights Council, Expert Seminar on Legal and Economic Threats to the Safety of Journalists (April 2023): Francesca Farrington (Panellist) and Magdalena Zabrocka (Representative)

Webinar on Whistleblowers’ Protection in Europe, Academy of European Law: Francesca Farrington on “The EU Anti-SLAPP Proposal: The Way to Protect Public Watchdogs” (27 April 2023)

Invited Lecture: University of Aberdeen Lawyers without Borders annual Human Rights Conference: Erin Ferguson on ‘In the Public Interest: Legal Responses to SLAPPs’ (25 April 2023).

Workshop: Developing a Model Anti-SLAPP Law for Scotland (02 June 2023)