Overview

• Court documents show Wallace has filed a High Court data‑protection claim against the BBC and BBC Studios Distribution Limited seeking damages not exceeding £10,000.
• He is asking for an order requiring the defendants to comply with subject access requests for personal data relating to his work, contractual relations and conduct over two decades.
• The filings state he submitted the requests on March 6 and that the BBC later apologised on August 7 for delays after classifying one request as complex.
• According to the claim, BBC Studios said parts of his data were being withheld on "freedom of expression" grounds, which Wallace alleges involved wrongful redactions and unlawful non‑disclosure.
• The BBC and BBC Studios have not yet filed a defence and have declined to comment, while Wallace was removed from MasterChef after an external inquiry upheld multiple misconduct allegations that he disputes.