Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestylePrince Harry reacts as he walks outside the High Court, during the first week of a nine-week trial lawsuit against Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail (Reuters)Prince Harry, Sir Elton John, Elizabeth Hurley, and four other high-profile figures have paid an initial £9.5m in legal fees after losing their High Court unlawful information gathering case against Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL). Mr Justice Nicklin ordered the group of seven claimants to pay £9,544,355 within seven days as an initial contribution to the publisher’s costs, ahead of further hearings to determine the total sum. The judge ruled that ANL’s legal costs must be determined on a stricter indemnity basis, criticising the claimants for pursuing speculative and unsupported allegations of serious criminality against journalists. The court was previously told there was a shortfall between ANL’s total legal costs of over £34m and the group’s insurance cover of a combined £16.2 million.Associated Newspapers Limited described the ruling as an overwhelming victory, while any potential bids by the claimants to appeal the decisions must be submitted by 2 October. In fullPrince Harry and famous faces pay £9.5m to Daily Mail publisher after failed court caseMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Prince Harry and Elton John ordered to pay millions after Daily Mail court case loss
Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestylePrince Harry reacts as he walks outside the High Court, during the first week of a nine-week trial lawsuit against Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail (Reuters)Prince Harry, Sir Elton John, Elizabeth Hurley, and four other high-profile figures have paid an initial £9.5m in legal fees after losing their High Court unlawful information gathering case against Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL). Mr Justice Nicklin ordered the group of seven claimants to pay £9,544,355 within seven days as an initial contribution to the publisher’s costs, ahead of further hearings to determine the total sum. The judge ruled that ANL’s legal costs must be determined on a stricter indemnity basis, criticising the claimants for pursuing speculative and unsupported allegations of serious criminality against journalists. The court was previously told there was a shortfall between ANL’s total legal costs of over £34m and the group’s insurance cover of a combined £16.2 million.Associated Newspapers Limited described the ruling as an overwhelming victory, while any potential bids by the claimants to appeal the decisions must be submitted by 2 October. In fullPrince Harry and famous faces pay £9.5m to Daily Mail publisher after failed court caseMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
