LONDON — A lawsuit by Prince Harry, Elton John and five other public figures accusing a newspaper publisher of using private detectives and listening devices to illegally snoop on them should go to a full trial, a British judge ruled Friday. Judge Matthew Nicklin rejected a bid by the publisher of the Daily Mail to dismiss the case without trial, saying defense lawyers had not delivered a “knockout blow” to the claims. Associated Newspapers strongly denies the allegations and asked the judge to throw out the case. They allegedly include records of payments to private investigators by the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday. He unexpectedly attended the March hearings in the Associated Newspapers case, though he did not take the stand.

Source: Daily Mail November 13, 2023 23:03 UTC