From the minutes of the BBC Board meeting held on 26th April...
3.3 The BBC had concluded giving evidence in the Cliff Richard trial. Directors were clear
that an important issue was at stake and one that it was right to defend robustly.
Mmmm. Let's see if that position holds. Here's the advice on appeals from the Government's website.
Check you have a good case
You usually only get one chance to appeal, and in almost all cases you must ask for the judge’s permission to appeal against their decision.
The judge will only let you appeal if you have a real chance of success or there’s another very strong reason why the appeal should be heard.
You must explain why the decision was wrong or unfair – for instance there was a serious mistake or the court didn’t follow the right steps.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
This coming Thursday will be interesting, when legal costs are to be decided:
ReplyDelete"The BBC faces a request for a down payment on costs of £750,000 sustained by Richard since May 2017 and £350,000 incurred by South Yorkshire police. Its defeat means it cannot expect to recoup its own costs of £617,000 since then. Richard will also seek special damages of £350,000 for commercial deals lost because of the negative publicity; this is in addition to the £210,000 already awarded"
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bbc-faces-2m-legal-bill-in-sir-cliff-richard-privacy-case-r3fqtwn89
ReplyDeleteSo that's possibly a couple of million Pounds worth of licence payers dosh squandered.