Media lawyers have described the high court’s decision to permit the naming of a Conservative donor in a global money-laundering case involving a business associate as a boost for open justice.
Javad Marandi, who donated more than £663,800 to the Tories between 2014 and 2020, fought a lengthy legal battle with the BBC to remain anonymous in a claim for forfeiture of assets brought by the National Crime Agency (NCA) against three other individuals.
