High Court – Prince Harry settles with Mirror Publisher – over phone hacking
High Court – Prince Harry settles with Mirror Publisher
Prince Harry given “substantial” additional damages in his claim against Mirror Group Newspapers, his lawyer says.
Outside the High Court after Prince Harry settled with the publisher of The Mirror over claims related to phone hacking.
The royal had accused the newspaper group of unlawfully gathering information to write stories about him.
Legal
In December, he won 15 claims in his case, with the High Court ruling there had been “widespread and habitual” use of phone hacking at Mirror newspapers.
At today’s hearing, the prince’s lawyer, David Sherborne, said MGN had agreed to settle the remaining parts of the duke’s claim and pay damages and costs.
Sherborne added that the Mirror group had agreed to make a costs payment of about £400,000, with further costs to be assessed.
The Mirror group said: newspapers “pleased” to reach the agreement and “move forward from events that took place many years ago.
The prince did not appear in court today. He returned to America this week after visiting his father King Charles following his cancer diagnosis
Reaction
Kelvin MacKenzie, former editor of the Sun newspaper, says he has no “sympathy” for Prince Harry following the settling of his phone hacking claim.
Judge: Costs of preparing a trial and trying the generic issues treated as common costs by both sides.
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