Why Trump’s lawsuit against the BBC is not going well for him

4th August 2026 How he has fallen into a discovery trap of his own making One point which was emphasised in the litigation department of where I was a junior litigator was to always prepare for trial. Each step of the litigation process, from pre-action correspondence onwards, was to be regarded to be part of a whole. Each part related to another part. Everything had to fit together. This meant that, say, shooting off letter before claim with no real regard to what would – or could – happen later on was an absolute no-no. You do not just send a threatening letter, still less issue and serve a claim, just to press the other side into settlement. You had to assume that the case could go all the way, and plan accordingly. Sending threatening letters as an end in themselves could be left to other law firms. Only when you had thought through every contingency should any legal letter be sent or any claim brought. Perhaps paradoxically, this meant cases did tend to settle early. As military…