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Hacked Off welcomes Supreme Court rejection of Mirror hacking appeal
Responding to the rejection by the Supreme Court of the Mirror’s attempt to appeal the judgment of Mr Justice Mann in the Mirror Hacking trial (which was upheld by the Court of…
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Court of Appeal victory in Mirror hacking case underlines need for completion of Leveson Inquiry
This morning, the Court of Appeal has dismissed MGN’s appeal against awards of damages made in the Mirror Group phone hacking litigation. MGN had argued on four legal grounds that the damages…
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Years of phone hacking and denial at the Mirror Group – Judge finds
Years of phone hacking at Mirror Group were exposed today at the High Court as a judge found in favour of eight hacking victims. The damages in all eight cases, which totalled…
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Charlie Brooks – sour grapes from the millionaire who’s still a millionaire
Monday 20th October Commenting on Charlie Brooks’ article in the Telegraph complaining about being left out of pocket after the Old Bailey trial, Dr Evan Harris, Associate Director of Hacked Off said:…
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Ian Edmondson becomes latest ex- News of the World journalist guilty of phone hacking
Dr Evan Harris, Assistant Director of Hacked Off said: “It will comes as a relief to his victims that Ian Edmondson has admitted his role in the abuses that were being carried…
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Hacked Off welcomes news that News UK has abandoned its attempt to get court costs
Responding to the ruling by Mr Justice Saunders, set out in a memo handed out in court, which explains the history of the aborted costs applications by the acquitted defendants and News…
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Andy Coulson to face perjury trial in Scotland in January
Andy Coulson’s trial at The High Court in Glasgow, which saw the former News of the World editor face three charges of perjury, began with him offering no plea. Coulson’s barrister, Murdo…
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Beyond Contempt: The Inside Story of the Phone Hacking Trial to be published in July
The first full “uncensored” account of the phone hacking trial by journalist Peter Jukes is to be published within weeks, Canbury Press announced today. Beyond Contempt: The Inside Story of the Phone…
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Neville Thurlbeck: NOTW phone hacking sanctioned by Stuart Kuttner and three other execs
By Martin Hickman. Phone hacking at the News of the World was sanctioned by managing editor Stuart Kuttner and three other top executives at Rupert Murdoch’s UK newspaper group, one of its…
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Andy Coulson to face re-trial
By Martin Hickman Andy Coulson, former award-winning editor of the News of the World, is to face a re-trial over allegations he approved cash bribes to “palace cops” to obtain copies of…
