A High Court judge has declared an £8 million libel claim against tax commentator Dan Neidle to be a strategic lawsuit against public participation, the first time the statutory definition…
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Defamation Law UK: The Absolute Defence of Truth and What Actually Protects You Law & Rights · 4 March 2026 · 10 min read Defamation in the UK: The Absolute…
FOI Investigation · Speed Enforcement A Freedom of Information request to West Yorkshire Police has produced one of the most detailed public datasets on UK speed enforcement ever released. The…
Part of the wider work on long term conditions and systems navigation at The Reasonable Adjustment. If you have ulcerative colitis and keep seeing people online selling glutamine as a…
Author: Kieron JH, Founder, The Reasonable Adjustment FOI reference: DVLA FOIR13019 You can read the full FOI WhatDoTheyKnow thread here: Medical fitness to drive decisions – prescribed cannabis and CBPM…
When Nexus introduced a new Metro byelaw banning vaping from July 2025, it created an obvious question for anyone prescribed cannabis based medicines. If a passenger is lawfully prescribed medical…
![Screenshot of paragraphs 3 to 6 of the Supreme Court judgment in Hayes v Willoughby [2013] UKSC 17. The text explains that Timothy Hayes ran software companies which employed Michael Willoughby, that they fell out, and that Willoughby then began an obsessive campaign. It records more than 400 communications with the Official Receiver, police, DTI and other bodies alleging fraud, embezzlement and tax evasion, all rejected after investigation. It also describes three intrusive acts into Hayes’s private life, including using confidential information from his ex-wife about his mental and emotional health, suggesting to Hayes’s GP that sick notes were forged, and leaving a voicemail for Hayes’s US landlord on the eve of his bankruptcy asking if money was owed.](https://thereasonableadjustment.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Hayes-V-Willoughby-Bailli-1024x432.png)
Hayes v Willoughby [2013] UKSC 17 is one of the key UK Supreme Court decisions on the Protection from Harassment Act 1997. On the surface, it looks like a case…
Harassment is not a magic word In modern Britain, “harassment” gets thrown around a lot. A customer sends follow up emails about a complaint. A tenant keeps contacting a housing…
Legal writing often sounds harder than it is. Sometimes that is because the issue is genuinely complex. A lot of the time, though, it is just ordinary ideas wrapped in…
Detective Constable Mark Luker, a British Transport Police officer who responded to the 2017 London Bridge terror attack, has been dismissed for gross misconduct after sending derogatory WhatsApp messages about…