Richard Tice accused of ‘nasty tactics’ over legal threat to the Guardian
Richard Tice’s lawyers wrote to the Guardian over reporting about financial transactions that were referred to the National Crime Agency. Photograph: Thomas Krych/Zuma Press Wire/ShutterstockView image in fullscreenRichard Tice’s lawyers wrote to the Guardian over reporting about financial transactions that were referred to the National Crime Agency. This betrays a failure to understand how important that principle is to journalism.”Margaret Hodge, the peer and former Labour MP and anti-corruption campaigner, said: “It is never acceptable for individuals to seemingly abuse our laws to silence investigative journalism and close down public criticism.
- ▪Richard Tice’s lawyers wrote to the Guardian over reporting about financial transactions that were referred to the National Crime Agency.
- ▪Photograph: Thomas Krych/Zuma Press Wire/ShutterstockView image in fullscreenRichard Tice’s lawyers wrote to the Guardian over reporting about financial transactions that were referred to the National Crime Agency.
- ▪This betrays a failure to understand how important that principle is to journalism.”Margaret Hodge, the peer and former Labour MP and anti-corruption campaigner, said: “It is never acceptable for individuals to seemingly abuse our laws to s
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| Publication time | Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:15:54 GMT |
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Richard Tice’s lawyers wrote to the Guardian over reporting about financial transactions that were referred to the National Crime Agency. Photograph: Thomas Krych/Zuma Press Wire/ShutterstockView image in fullscreenRichard Tice’s lawyers wrote to the Guardian over reporting about financial transactions that were referred to the National Crime Agency. Photograph: Thomas Krych/Zuma Press Wire/ShutterstockRichard TiceRichard Tice accused of ‘nasty tactics’ over legal threat to the GuardianReform deputy leader condemned for seeking disclosure of documents that could reveal reporter’s sourcesGuardian staffTue 11 Aug 2026 14.15 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleRichard Tice has been accused of using “nasty tactics” in an attempt to intimidate journalists and deflect attention from his own…
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