Possible Clues:

• In court, fail to keep secret
• Storeroom
• 'Being near to tea, mislay what's in it for the cupboard (6)'
• The cupboard gets one near to a little tea
• Near to tea you just can't win in the cupboard
• Press suffer defeat in court
• It's near to tea, so there's the cupboard
• Secret cupboard
• Get nowhere in court after Waterloo?
• The Press fail to win in court