The BBC, still represented by Gavin Millar QC, has offered to pay £850k 'on account' to Sir Cliff Richard, as part of his legal costs - costs which were described by Mr Millar as 'grossly unreasonable' before the trial proper. Auntie is also offering £350k to South Yorkshire Police.
The legal argument is continuing before Mr Justice Mann, but the BBC strategy must be to separate the sensational treatment of the Sir Cliff Richard 'story' from a principle which may close down journalists' ability to report police investigations when it may be more in the public interest to disclose names and details. But the bill of these initial legal costs sucks up 7,973.4 licence fees.....
More to come, as they say....
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