
Prince Harry among claimants told to limit legal costs against Daily Mail publishers to £4m
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Prince Harry has been told that he and fellow claimants taking legal action against the Daily Mail publishers must not spend more than £4.1m on costs – around £14m less than they were proposing. Judge Cook said: “Costs management is not an exercise of reducing the parties’ costs to an irreducible minimum but setting reasonable and proportionate parameters.” The Duke of Sussex has accused the publisher of allegedly commissioning unlawful activities, including hiring private investigators to place listening devices inside cars, recording private phone conversations “blagging” private records, and even burglaries to order. open image in gallery The Duke of Sussex has accused the publisher of allegedly commissioning unlawful activities, In a 10-page ruling, Judge Cook said the legal claims were “really rather simple” and wrote: “The claimants will either succeed or fail in demonstrating the proposition. “The fact that these claimants are well-known, and the litigation high-profile, does not affect the issues that must be resolved.” The ruling comes days after Prince Harry settled his legal action against the publishers of The Sun newspaper, receiving a rumoured eight-figure settlement and a “full and unequivocal apology” for intrusion into his private life.
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