Delivery company Evri is suing the BBC for around £1.2 million after a Panorama programme aired on 15 December, according to multiple reports. The claim relates to a segment that features complaints from drivers and customers. Evri says the programme includes allegations it considers incorrect and damaging, and that it suffered serious financial loss as a result.
Court documents described in the reports state that Evri is seeking damages for libel. It argues the broadcast wrongly suggested its business practices were exploitative, including claims about how it deployed arrangements affecting couriers. The reports also say Evri disputes aspects of the programme’s portrayal of the company’s pay practices, including references that it did not underpay its couriers and that it did not mislead Parliament.
All sources frame the matter as ongoing legal action brought by Evri against the BBC over the content of the Panorama episode, with the requested amount reported consistently as about £1.2 million. The reports do not indicate a court outcome.
