Day: 7 February 2012

The claim for judicial review of the Metropolitan police conduct in relation to the phone hacking investigation ended today in victory for the claimants.   The Administrative Court granted a declaration of a breach of Article 8 of the Convention on Human Rights in terms had been agreed between the parties.  The police also agreed to pay the claimants costs and to an order that they send “letters of regret” to each of the Claimants, apologising personally for the distress caused by their failures to provide information about phone hacking. Continue reading