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I'm guessing you haven't read the judgment. https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cliff-richard-v-bbc-judgment.pdf

Yep. And after the not guilty verdict the main school that was involved released a statement to the effect of “our overriding priority is the welfare of our pupils” and the BBC, who had employed him occasionally prior to the trial, released a statement to the effect of “he’s not under contract...

Yep, it’s the big picture I’m interested in. The Jefferies case, which I recall being genuinely shocked about, was the one that prompted me to read the legislation and some of the then extant case law. The legislation and various Judges subsequently have acknowledged that they are trying to...

The Judge awarded the extra £20k because he believed that the BBC were extra guilty by submitting the coverage for an award (which he notes rather sardonically “they didn’t win”) after CR had already complained about the coverage. He also talks at length about how he came up with all the sums...

I think the BBC come out of this in an extremely poor way indeed. It’s hard to see how at least two of those involved will keep their jobs. They, like others in the media, are focussing now on how the judgment brings the whole of reporting possible criminal acts before charges have been laid...

I’m guessing you haven’t read the judgment? The judge was deeply scathing about many of the BBC folk who gave evidence (and none of the SYP people). He found that the initial contact to SYP was by the BBC journalist, who led the police to believe that if they didn’t cooperate with him, he would...