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Buying Silence - How oligarchs, corporations and plutocrats use the law to gag their critics
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Buying Silence - How oligarchs, corporations and plutocrats use the law to gag their critics
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This timely and important book focuses on the controversial issue
of SLAPP cases – Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation
– which are designed to censor, intimidate and silence critics by
burdening them with aggressive opposing lawyers, heavy legal costs
and enquiry agents until they abandon the case. David Hooper,
veteran media lawyer, explores how the power of money enabled the
very wealthy to crush their critics and outlines the tactics they
used. He examines how billionaire oligarchs, often ex-convicts and
linked to organised crime, have tried to launder their reputation
in this country by suing for libel, and how they have found lawyers
only too happy to pocket their roubles. Hooper describes his
experience with some of these oligarchs, including Boris Berezovsky
when Hooper needed an armed bodyguard while collecting evidence in
Moscow. It was a case where both plaintiffs were ultimately
murdered, as was his client, the editor of Forbes Russia. The UK
also has its home-grown Slappsters, of whom Nadhim Zahawi and
Mohamed Amersi are the most recent examples. They also come from
Greece, Sweden, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Malta and the
United States. Hooper describes how those with something to hide
tried, with varying degrees of success, to stop you knowing about
it, and how their lawyers were willing to help them. The well-paid
legal profession does not emerge with credit.
General
Imprint: |
Biteback Publishing
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
Authors: |
David Hooper
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Dimensions: |
240 x 165 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
Pages: |
352 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-78590-831-6 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-78590-831-6 |
Barcode: |
9781785908316 |
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