Disclosure

The Chancery Division allowed an application by the claimant, Sir Cliff Richard, for an answer to a question concerning the sources of a journalist working for the first defendant BBC. The issue arose in the context of a raid carried out by the second defendant police force at the claimant’s home, which had been extensively covered by the BBC, and which had resulted in no further investigation into the claimant.

The court held that, balancing the appropriate factors, the interests of the claimant outweighed those of the journalist and his source.