Kate Ellis, from the Centre for Women's Justice, who is Beth's solicitor, said: "To have this kind of outcome and to win actually against a body like MI5 who are so shrouded in secrecy and in a sense so powerful, is a huge achievement for Beth. " Prompted in part by Beth's case, MI5 has embarked on a programme of work to reinforce the highest standards of record keeping and information management. MI5 is currently under investigation after the BBC revealed that the security service gave false evidence to three courts while defending its handling of the agent. Two official inquiries then took place which absolved MI5 and its officers of deliberate wrongdoing, claiming the false evidence was down to mistakes and poor memories. But, in July, a panel of senior high court judges ruled that the "investigations carried out by MI5 to date suffer from serious procedural deficiencies" and that "we cannot rely on their conclusions". They said it would be "premature" to decide whether to begin contempt of court proceedings against any MI5 officers before a new investigation took place.