Offshore firm at heart of story, Appleby, is seeking damages and has demanded Guardian and BBC hand over documentsThe Guardian is to defend robustly a legal action seeking to force the disclosure of the documents that formed the basis of its Paradise Papers investigation. Appleby is also seeking damages for the disclosure of what it says are confidential legal documents. The ICIJ coordinated the Paradise Papers project, which included 380 journalists from 96 media organisations across 67 countries. It has brought legal action against only the Guardian and the BBC, both UK-based media organisations. Already we are seeing authorities taking action as a consequence.”Appleby said it was “obliged to take legal action”.

Source: The Guardian December 18, 2017 16:30 UTC