As the BBC’s Legal Correspondent from 2010 to 2020, Clive was the face and voice of legal coverage and analysis across the BBC news output on radio, television and the website.
A former practicing barrister, he broke and covered a vast range of domestic and international legal stories and won numerous journalism awards. He received an honorary doctorate of Laws and was made an honorary Bencher of the Middle Temple in recognition of his legal journalism. Clive also presented Radio 4’s legal analysis programme ‘Law In Action’, a raft of programmes including ‘Panorama’ and has been a columnist on ‘The Times’.
Clive has an in-depth knowledge of how news stories work, are managed and affect the lives and reputations of those involved. His litigation experience gives him a particular insight into stories involving those going to law or seeking to avoid legal action, and the role of lawyers advising them.