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Richard v BBC and South Yorkshire Police [2018] EWHC 1837 (Ch) is a 2018 English High Court of Justice case between the singer Sir Cliff Richard against the BBC and South Yorkshire Police for invasion of privacy and violation of the Data Protection Act 1998. The case revolved around whether the BBC was correct to broadcast a police raid on Richard's house live. Presiding Mr Justice Mann found in favour of Richard whom he awarded £210,000 total damages.

Background
Sir Cliff Richard is a popular singer in the United Kingdom with a career spanning 7 decades. In 2014 he was accused of allegedly sexually abusing a boy in 1985 at Bramall Lane in Sheffield during a Billy Graham crusade, which Richard strongly denied. South Yorkshire Police obtained a warrant to search Richard's apartment in Sunningdale, Berkshire. Richard was not present during the raid but the BBC broadcast it live on television after a BBC reporter had approached the police about it, and responded to consent to broadcast by responding to the email with the opening lines of Richard's 1968 Eurovision song "Congratulations". The action led to widespread condemnation from politicians. Richard was never arrested or charged and in 2016, the Crown Prosecution Service stopped the investigation due to lack of evidence for the allegations with an appeal for continuation from the accuser being refused. A month afterwards, Richard sued the BBC and South Yorkshire Police for their actions during the raid.

Case
The case was heard at the Chancery division at the High Court by Mr Justice Mann. During the case, Richard reached an out-of-court settlement with South Yorkshire Police, which was later revealed to be £400,000 plus £300,000 costs and included a public apology.