195 Meaning of “SLAPP” claim
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (2023 c 56) | Legislation

195  Meaning of “SLAPP” claim

(1)     For the purposes of section 194 a claim is a “SLAPP claim” if—

(a)     the claimant's behaviour in relation to the matters complained of in the claim has, or is intended to have, the effect of restraining the defendant's exercise of the right to freedom of speech,

(b)     any of the information that is or would be disclosed by the exercise of that right has to do with economic crime,

(c)     any part of that disclosure is or would be made for a purpose related to the public interest in combating economic crime, and

(d)     any of the behaviour of the claimant in relation to the matters complained of in the claim is intended to cause the defendant—

(i)     harassment, alarm or distress,

(ii)     expense, or

(iii)     any other harm or inconvenience,

beyond that ordinarily encountered

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