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
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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
The former Liberal Democrat Cabinet minister Chris Huhne yesterday accepted a six-figure sum from the publisher of The Sun and News of the World in settlement of a phone-hacking and intrusion claim – and promptly demanded a new police investigation into the Murdoch company. Continue reading
In a comprehensive judgment handed down today in the case of Various Claimants v Associated Newspapers Limited [2023] EWHC 2789 (KB), Mr Justice Nicklin dismissed the application by the Defendant, the publisher of the Daily Mail, for summary judgment against the seven claimants on limitation grounds. The Judge upheld the defendant’s objections to the Claimants’ reliance on certain documents from the Leveson Inquiry and orders withholding the names of journalists. Continue reading
The Judge hearing the bid by the Sun newspaper to block phone hacking claims brought by Prince Harry and Hugh Grant has ordered a a further, shorter hearing in July, after which he will give his decision. Continue reading
The four day High Court hearing about the phone hacking and privacy intrusion claims against the Daily Mail group by Prince Harry and others ended yesterday in the world of the hypothetical and even the surreal. Continue reading
On the third day of the High Court hearing in relation to claims that the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday illegally breached the privacy of Sir Elton John, Prince Harry, Baroness Lawrence and four others, the newspapers argued that the cases came too late. Continue reading
Day two of the High Court hearing in the Daily Mail intrusion and phone hacking case brought the newspaper’s approach into clearer relief. Continue reading
Prince Harry and Elton John appeared at the London High Court today to witness the latest stage in the case they and others have brought accusing the publisher of the Daily Mail of breaching their privacy, including by hacking their phones. Continue reading
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