![]() Lady Lawrence is not a longtime press reform campaigner and her decision to sue the newspaper group has touched a raw nerve at the Mail. Prince Harry, Elton John, David Furnish, Sadie Frost and Liz Hurley have variously sued Murdoch newspapers and the Mirror – enabling the Mail to dismiss their cases as a “fishing expedition by claimants and their lawyers, some of whom have already pursued cases elsewhere”.īut the allegation that has really hurt the Mail comes from Doreen Lawrence, the mother of Stephen, who was murdered in a racist attack in south London in 1993. Murdoch shut down the News of the World in 2011 when companies said they no longer wanted to be associated with accusations of phone hacking by its journalists.įive of the individuals who are bringing the claims against Associated Newspapers are veterans of legal battles with other publications. One of the biggest worries at Associated Newspapers will be any possible impact on advertising. Sherborne is known for delighting in getting headlines out of his court appearances – and may enjoy the chance to cross-examine Dacre, whose paper regularly criticised the lawyer’s work at the Leveson inquiry. But while the latter two have mainly had to deal with cases relating to systematic interception of voicemails – a relatively simple crime to commit – the allegations against Associated Newspapers are murkier and appear to focus on the use of external private investigators.ĭavid Sherborne, the barrister who successfully represented Coleen Rooney in the “Wagatha Christie” libel trial, has been signed up to represent the group that includes Prince Harry and Sir Elton John. ![]() The Daily Mail, which says the claims are “preposterous smears”, has until now avoided the scandal over phone hacking that has dogged Rupert Murdoch’s News UK and the Daily Mirror for the last 15 years. ![]()
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