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This is the humblest day of my life, declared Rupert Murdoch to a parliamentary committee on July 19, 2011. This was at the height of what the newspaper historian Roy Greenslade called “the most astonishing 14 days in British press history, with daily shock heaped upon daily shock”. Continue reading
Anyone who has fought the tabloid press will tell you that taking them on is not for the faint hearted. Prince Harry would have known that they would fight hard and dirty. He and Meghan Markle have been attacked ever since they set out, and voiced the intention to improve the quality of the British press. They also wanted to reduce the degree to which it abuses all of us, by compelling it to be the subject of effective and independent regulation. Continue reading
Following a dramatic last-minute settlement in court, Prince Harry has again been victorious in his mission to take on the UK’s tabloid press. Continue reading
After yesterday’s adjournment saga, it was announced that the claims brought by Prince Harry and Lord Watson against News Group Newspapers (“NGN”) had settled on the payment of “substantial damages”. The BBC has suggested that the sum paid by NGN for damages and costs was in excess of £10 million. Continue reading
The 8 week trial in the case of Duke of Sussex and Lord Watson v News Group Newspapers was due to commence before Mr Justice Fancourt in Rolls Building, Court 30 today. There was, however, a delay and the trial did not begin. Continue reading
Will Lewis may not be a well-known name in the UK, but he is getting to be quite famous in the United States, if not in a good way. He is a journalist and, in fact, he is really Sir Will Lewis, since he received a knighthood last year in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list. You can tell a lot from that. Continue reading
The scale and reach of what we call the phone-hacking scandal is easily missed. It may be nearly 20 years since it first hit the headlines but right now, in the United States, it is chipping away at the credibility of the publisher of the Washington Post, Will Lewis, who is accused of (and denies) helping cover up of hacking in the Murdoch empire. Continue reading
On 10 November 2023 , Mr Justice Nicklin handed down judgment [2023] EWHC 2789 (KB) in relation to misuse of private information claims brought by seven claimants against Associated Newspapers. Continue reading
A pivotal court judgment has found evidence that “habitual” phone hacking went on at Mirror Group newspapers for years. The high court judgement from Mr Justice Fancourt left no doubt: “There is compelling evidence that the editors of each newspaper knew very well that [phone hacking] was being used extensively and habitually and that they were happy to take the benefits of it”. Continue reading
On 15 June 2023 Fancourt J, handed down judgment in the case of Duke of Sussex and Ors v MGN Limited [2023] EWHC 3217 (Ch). In a 386 page, 1679 paragraph judgment, the judge made damning findings concerning the Mirror Group’s engagement in phone hacking and other unlawful information gathering over many years. Continue reading
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