Britain's Prince Harry, Elton John and other claimants were ordered in London to pay millions of dollars toward Associated Newspapers' legal costs after their failed privacy lawsuits were ruled unreasonable. Judge Matthew Nicklin ordered an interim payment of £9.54 million by August 28 and said the costs should be paid on an indemnity basis. He criticized the case as speculative and inferential, and no decision has yet been made on an appeal.
Britain's Prince Harry leaves High Court on the day of the first week of a nine-week trial lawsuit against Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail, which Britain's Prince Harry and others are suing over allegations of privacy breaches dating back 30 years, in London, Britain, Jan. 20. Reuters-Yonhap
LONDON — Britain's Prince Harry, singer Elton John and other high-profile claimants face paying millions of dollars out of their own pockets to cover the legal costs of the Daily Mail's publisher after a judge ruled their failed privacy lawsuits were conducted in an unreasonable way.
Judge Matthew Nicklin's judgment on costs, which was published on Friday, ordered an interim payment from the claimants of £9.54 million, due by August 28, towards the legal costs of Associated Newspapers.
