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17 December 2025

Why is Donald Trump suing the BBC and will he win? – Dominic Crossley for the Financial Times

Media and reputation expert Dominic Crossley, head of dispute resolution and partner at Payne Hicks Beach, discusses the legal weakness and strategic risk of Trump’s BBC lawsuit in the Financial Times article “Why is Donald Trump suing the BBC – and will he win?”.

Dominic comments: 

“to a UK lawyer’s eye”, the claim seemed “ludicrously overstated and unlikely to withstand serious legal scrutiny”. But he cautioned that the lawsuit meant the BBC was “being dragged to the unfamiliar, claimant-friendly jurisdiction of Florida, the backyard of their opponent”. Crossley added: “Trump has achieved positive settlements from less promising starting points.”

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