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4.07.17

Defamation and privacy claims: making a statement in open court

In Sir Cliff Richard OBE v the BBC and Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [2017] EWHC 1648 (Ch), Mr Justice Mann reviewed the law on statements in open court, and the grounds upon which the court might refuse to permit them. Upon acceptance of a settlement offer in a libel, slander, malicious falsehood, and/or misuse of private…