Britain’s Prince Harry, Elton John and other claimants have been ordered to pay millions of pounds toward the Daily Mail publisher’s legal costs after losing privacy lawsuits in London. Judge Matthew Nicklin said an interim payment of £9.54 million is due by August 28, and that the costs should be paid on an indemnity basis. He also sharply criticized the way the claimants presented their case, saying the allegations rested on speculative and inferential foundations.
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 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 pounds, due by August 28, towards the legal costs of Associated Newspapers.
