Result of court case against Associated Newspapers Limited expected this afternoon
Throughout the High Court claim brought by Prince Harry, Sir Elton John and others, lawyers for the Daily Mail’s publisher denied having obtained any information through unlawful means.
Antony White KC, for Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), said at the trial’s close that “ordinary, legitimate journalism” was the more likely explanation for how the journalists sourced their stories, instead of phone hacking or other unlawful means.
What is even less likely still… is that if the 40 journalists were all engaged in serious unlawful information gathering, they would have all made witness statements and queued up to come to court to be cross-examined.
Through the course of this litigation, it’s only got worse, not better. I think it’s fundamentally wrong to put all of us through this again when all we wanted was an apology and some accountability.
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