If we report a significant criticism or allegation about you or your organisation, you are entitled to respond.
Before publication
Our reporters put the substance of significant allegations to the person or organisation concerned before we publish, with enough detail and enough time to answer meaningfully. What counts as enough time depends on the story; for fast-moving news it may be hours rather than days, and we say in the article when a response was requested and not received by publication.
After publication
If you were not approached, or your position was not fairly represented, contact us through our contact page marking your message Right of Reply. Include the article link, the passage concerned and your response.
Where the complaint is upheld we will normally do one or more of the following: add your response to the article, amend the article, publish a correction, or publish a separate reply.
What we will not do
A right of reply is not a right of veto. We will not withdraw accurate, fairly reported journalism, hand over unpublished material, or allow copy approval of our reporting.
Legal notices
Legal correspondence should be clearly marked and sent through the contact page; it does not replace the editorial process above.
