The BBC has sought advice from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) in the wake of comments made by Farrer & Co partner Julian Pike to the committee investigating phone-hacking at the News of the World.

The broadcaster confirmed to Legal Week that it has written to the SRA for advice in relation to Pike’s evidence to the select committee last Wednesday (19 October) and a letter he sent to the BBC prior to a Panorama programme, ‘Tabloid Hacks Exposed’, which was aired in March this year.